Sony Ericsson goodbyes Symbian OS

The mobile phone Company Sony Ericsson , is the latest vendor to abandon the Symbian operating system beside Nokia and Samsung.

"We have no plans for the time being to develop any new products to the Symbian Foundation standard or operating system," Aldo Liguori, a spokesman for the London-based company.

Symbian is clinging to its perch as the worlds biggest- selling smartphone operating system mainly because of Nokia Ovi, which uses it as its main software on high-end phones. Its market share declined to 41.2 percent in the second quarter from 51 percent a year earlier, according to Gartner figures. Sony Ericsson uses Symbian on its Vivaz line and also employs Google Android and proprietary systems.