The Nokia cell phone division seems to be scraping Symbian S60 by replacing it by Maemo on all its flagship N-series smartphones in future and the transition might take place by 2012.

At an official Maemo-only event at London, marketing personnel of Maemo reportedly revealed that Nokia is planning to drop S60 OS from its top positions. It will be replaced by Maemo, which is an advanced mobile platform. It is Linux based with higher functionalities for mobile computing.While Symbian is not being dropped, it is just being replaced on top-brands by Maemo. Symbian OS will power new X-series and E-series smartphones while Maemo 5 will power N-series top-end. Although further Symbian powered N-series handsets will be available in market for times to come.

According to Really Mobile Project, Nokia marketing personal let slip that Nokia will abandon S60. The transition will be a gradual one as there are other Symbian-based N-series handsets currently in development. The transition won’t be instantaneous and might take place by 2012 as the N900 handsets which have S60 OS installed on them would continue to service until Nokia arranges to switch them over to Maemo 5 OS.

Nokia is happy with the response Maemo received so far and this might have driven the decision to replace Symbian-based S60 from the top N-series brands. It is notable that Maemo 5 OS received good response as was revealed by Nokia N900 testers during an event, reports said. There are also plans to let ‘Maemo Select’ community portal run parallel with Nokia’s Ovi Store for the time being.

This abandoning move seems to just have come in time as experts speculate that Symbian handsets were getting a run for their money from competitors who are rolling out phones that are grabbing users’ attention. Replacing all the top N-series phone with Maemo might just be a shot in the arm. Only time will tell.

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  By Rupz Sandhya, December 12, 2009 @ 5:08 am

  I think Maemo will bang with a blast inthe world wide market.

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