Samsung Rebuffs Claims That It Dropped Symbian and WinMo

Samsung has denied speculations that it will be dropping Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems. This may be good news as many observers thought the launch of Bada OS had spelt doom for the Samsung Symbian/ WinMo portfolio. Samsung rebuffed allegations made by HMC Investment securities that it has abandoned Symbian/WinMo but approved Android and Bada as their Operating systems of choice for the near future.

Below is an excerpt from the official statement

Samsung has not made any change in its strategy of supporting multiple open operating systems. We believe this strategy continues to provide consumers with a variety of choices of rich mobile content and applications. To provide more choices to meet consumers’ many different taste and preference, we will continue our “multi-OS” strategy

As an initial member of Symbian Foundation, Samsung continues to cooperate with Symbian Foundation. Windows Mobile is also an established operating system with solid market position and its own set of strengths. Samsung will continue working closely with Microsoft to provide a range of continually evolving Windows Mobile based smartphones in the coming years.

This statement lays to rest speculation that only Bada and Android have been approved by Samsung. Symbian and WinMo supporters have nothing to worry about and so we should expect more mouth watering devices from them that employ these operating systems, if their statement is anything to go by.

Tags: Bada, Symbian, Windows-Mobile