Nokia revealed a bold move Wednesday as it announced its North American operations will stop selling cellphones based on its Symbian operating system and introduce from now on only smartphones based on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. The head of Nokia’s U.S. subsidiary, Chris Weber, broke the news in an interview. The move means Nokia will stop selling in North America all Symbian-based handsets. This includes both smartphones and feature phones — inexpensive mobiles running simpler operating system versions like S40.
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Nokia Goes All In With Windows Phone in North America
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. August 10, 2011 02:36 PMNokia revealed a bold move Wednesday as it announced its North American operations will stop selling cellphones based on its Symbian operating system and introduce from now on only smartphones based on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. The head of Nokia’s U.S. subsidiary, Chris Weber, broke the news in an interview. The move means Nokia will stop selling in North America all Symbian-based handsets. This includes both smartphones and feature phones — inexpensive mobiles running simpler operating system versions like S40.