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Re:Why not sell the Symbian 60 software rights or make it op... by resoluteteeth on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:52PM (#29581302)
Because it's completely obsolete now?
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Re:Why not sell the Symbian 60 software rights or make it op... by antifa on Thursday December 16, 2021 @02:47PM (#29582930)
That explains why nobody is making a new Symbian device today, it does not explain why they stopped around 2010.

Nokia apparently abandoned development so they can make windows 7 phones. Android filled the gap, but android was probably an inferior product before Symbian was abandoned.

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