It makes me sad to see ppl not actually understand the strengths of Symbian and the needs of others that don't have the financial ability or actually want to own a smart phone.

For starters Symbian is a proven technology. It is mature, and very suited to what it is designed for.

Secondly that 40% of the market that Nokia shifts to, buy low end phones because that is what they can afford. Did you see the reports about the sales of the C3?

http://thenokiablog.com/2010/08/10/n...ietnam-launch/

http://thenokiablog.com/2010/06/07/nokia-c3-indonesia/

Apart from Bada I can't think of a mobile phone OS that can sit happily on low end phones and still provide higher end functionality.

Finally you have people who rely on their phone for their business. One of the main advantages of Symbian is that the buggers keep going even if you have it hooked up to exchange with a contant connection. I can't afford to have my phone go down on me, so I can't afford to not have a phone that isn't actually designed around battery life.

Therefore I personally think Nokia hold onto Symbian because they are not short sighted and blinded by the latest fad where people are willing to compromise real functionality over what essentially are expensive toys.