A study published by ABI Research predicted Symbian OS to dominate the market for smart-phones for the rest of the decade.
Symbian OS, co-owned by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and some other mobile phone vendor, is unlikely to be threatened by competiting OS such as Linux, Windows or Palm OS.
Cell-phone makers have backed Symbian so far in part to avoid leading their industry down the path of the PC business, where hardware is commoditized and software runs the show
