Nokia Android rumors earn outright denial

Nokia has strongly denied working on an Android-based handset, following a report early on Monday that it's planning to do so.

The report, carried in The Guardian, took a cue from "industry insiders" to predict the launch of a touch-screen Android device at Nokia World in September. When contacted by ZDNet UK later Monday morning, a Nokia representative issued an "outright denial" of the piece.

"There is no truth to this story whatsoever," a statement from the company read. "It is a well-known fact that Symbian is our platform of choice for smartphones."

Going for Android would certainly have been a surprising move for Nokia, given the time and money it has put into opening up Symbian. Nokia's operating system (since it bought out Symbian's other stakeholders last year) is likely to reappear in its new, open-source guise next year.

Nokia also has another open-source mobile platform in Maemo, which it is actively promoting as part of its Intel partnership.

Meanwhile, fairly realistic-looking images have been leaked of Sony Ericsson's Android phone, currently code-named "Rachael." The device appears to be part of SE's high-end Xperia line and is said to run on Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor.

David Meyer of ZDNet UK reported from London.

[monkeyfun14]

I love how easy it is for people to fall for photoshopped photos.

[seven7dust]

thats too bad !
it would have made those oudated N series phones decent !

[myles taylor]

It doesn't make sense for them to ditch their own OS. However, in the long run, that might be what is best. With smartphones taking off the way they are, there is going to be a real battle in the OS world. We have RIMM, Apple, Palm, Google, WinMo, and Symbian all as major players. Eventually some of these will have to cave to pressure and become more universal. Or maybe not, but it would be nice for the customers to have fewer choices. Three is a good number.

[codynews]

I'm surprised that Nokia sells as many phones as they do. I see them giving up huge market share in the near future.

Cody

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