The end of an era for Nokia as it bids farewell to Symbian, its proprietary operating system: space only for Windows Phone.
Nokia has announced its decision to cease the production of smartphones and cell phones based on the Symbian operating system.
The history of this OS thus comes to a close, allowing the company to develop new products in a single direction: Windows Phone.
Specifically, the Finnish company has indicated that the Nokia 808 PureView was the last device produced with Symbian on board. Therefore, from today onwards – or at least as long as the partnership with Microsoft proves fruitful – new Nokia products will be based on Windows Phone.
This announcement of the “retirement” coincided with the meeting to present the company’s earnings for the past quarter and for 2012 overall. During this event, Nokia’s top executives reiterated that Nokia’s new course has been set and that the first positive results arrived during the fourth quarter of 2012, both for the device sector and concerning the new Nokia HERE maps service, a sector on which the company has indicated a strong focus from the outset.
The next event where Nokia’s strategy in the smartphone sector can be assessed is the Mobile World Congress 2013, taking place in the coming weeks in Barcelona. This is indeed the first significant opportunity for the company – and for all competitors – to present new products to be launched in the coming months.
Given the flattering reviews of Pure View technology, of which the aforementioned Nokia 808 PureView is equipped, the company has stated that it does not intend to abandon this path. We await to see how Pure View will be integrated with Windows Phone, which is now Nokia’s new standard for operating systems.
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