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Nokia dumping Symbian

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MyBroadband; By Alastair Otter
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N8 will be the last Nokia N-series phone running Symbian operating system. Nokia's Symbian operating system has been dealt a further blow with the cellphone maker announcing it will be dropping it in favour of the Linux MeeGo operating system for its high-end smartphones.

Nokia's Symbian operating system has been dealt a further blow with the cellphone maker announcing it will be dropping it in favour of the Linux MeeGo operating system for its high-end smartphones.

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some people might prefer a Nokia phone with Android instead of MeeGo
And then support it? One embedded OS is pain enough. Adding another, and all the support requirements to go with it, is a lot less profitable than following the KISS principle.

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