Reports: Nokia Says No Android Phone in the Works

July 6, 2009, 10:03 AM —  PC World — 

Nokia has denied today reports that the Finnish company is working on a mobile phone running on Google's Android mobile operating system.

A report this morning from the Guardian , a British daily newspaper, quoted "industry insiders" saying that Nokia would unveil in September a mobile phone running on the Google Android operating system (OS).

But Nokia has denied Guardian's speculation, telling Reuters that there is "Absolutely no truth to this whatsoever." The denial continued quoting a company spokesman saying: "Everyone knows that Symbian is our preferred platform for advanced mobile devices."

Indeed, Symbian is Nokia's OS of choice for smartphones, or multimedia computers, as the company likes to call its devices. But Nokia's popularity has been dwindling in recent years, and HSBC analysts quoted by the Guardian reckon that the Finnish company has lost smartphone market share, going down to 31% at the end of 2008 (from 47% in 2007).

However, Nokia has invested heavily in Symbian in recent years. The biggest move we saw was the company buying out the partners in the Symbian OS joint venture last year. With this, Nokia planned to offer the platform free of charge to other smartphone manufacturers.

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