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Android is in, Windows Mobile is in (despite rumors to the contrary), and Bada is definitely in for next year, according to Samsung senior vice president Don Joo Lee. Not making the phone manufacturer's cut? Symbian. Digitimes has it from the exec that its new proprietary mobile OS will be taking the place of the Nokia-friendly platform. Hey, all the phones to end a legacy on, the Omnia HD certainly isn't a bad swan song.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/samsung-dropping-symbian-for-bada-in-2010-says-senior-vp/

Bada appears to be a rebranding of Samsung's proprietary feature phone OS with some tools and an SDK added.

The statement pertaining to be from Don Joo Lee has not been confirmed, or denied, by Samsung themselves. Samsung have always been promiscious when it comes to mobile operating systems so it's no surprise to see them adopting new ones. As for Symbian, they remain a member of the board of the Symbian Foundation so I don't see any wavering in their commitment at the moment. That may change of course.