Sony Ericsson drops Symbian, embraces Android

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Sony Ericsson drops Symbian, embraces Android, pants are still dry

Remember earlier this week, when the CEO of Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki, likened companies who use Android to little boys who pee their pants to stay warm when it?s cold outside? Now, Sony Ericsson has announced that they are dropping any devices set to release with Nokia?s Symbian OS, and their pants look perfectly dry.

In a statement to Bloomberg, Aldo Liguori, spokesman for Sony Ericsson said:

?We have no plans for the time being to develop any new products to the Symbian Foundation standard or operating system.?

Although Sony Ericsson?s Vivaz line is doing moderately well, it is relatively clear that Symbian isn?t going to be in the runnings much longer; even Nokia is opting out of Symbian for their new Meego platform.

This announcement is much less concrete and, well, rude as Nokia?s new stance on Android. Sony Ericsson isn?t saying they will never again use the platform. The statement runs in line with rumors that Sony will be releasing a Playstation phone that runs Android 3.0, said to end up sporting a 3.7″ screen and a 1GHz processor.

Sony Ericsson drops Symbian, embraces Android, pants are still dry)

 

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Care to take bets on when they'll pull the Symbian plug?