Even though the XPERIA X1 sells like hotcakes and information about a successor has already been leaked, the age of WM-based Sony Ericsson handsets could come to an end shortly.
The quote below is from a recent Reuters article looking at the future of Sony Ericsson:
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Sony Ericsson said in April it would stick to its plans to use three different operating systems — Symbian, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile — to make smartphones.In the midst of recession and shrinking cellphone demand its three-way bet is seen as too costly in the market and Sony Ericsson’s chief Hideki Komiyama told the Financial Times the company may cut the number.
Komiyama hinted Microsoft’s position would be unsure on the list, calling X1, its only Microsoft phone so far, “a kind of experiment.”
Even though SE could very well give up on Windows Mobile (it is but a VAR, after all); I am pretty sure that Microsoft will not be too happy about this. As Sony (one of the mother companies sells Windows PC’s and laptops); well, you get the idea…
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