Nokia puts Symbian OS out to pasture

Nokia's way back to the top are already demanding, especially with its first Windows 7 Phone devices unlikely to be on shelves until the end of 2011.
Add in last week's job cuts and staff changes and you could be forgiven for thinking Espoo were on their way further down in rank rather than aiming to get back to the top.
Of course, slashing 4,000 employees and move an additional 3,000 Symbian employees of Accenture, where they will continue to work on delivering software updates to Nokia's aging mobile platform, is hard to dress up as good news.
So, what do all the changes for Nokia owners and those who want to pony-up and bag herself a new Nokia phone in the future? Ultimately, Nokia will be hoping punters will not notice any dip in performance.
On the contrary.
It seems these changes point to a Nokia that is not focused on simply shifting epic amounts of phones, but instead focus on the core quality, at least in the short term.
Hopefully this will stop a repeat of the nasty delays that followed Nokia in recent months by Olli Pekka Kallasvuo's reign as CEO.
But what about the changes in Symbian employees? Hopefully, this shift should not make much difference.
Updates to the service has not been time in the past and the staff seems to go from one company to another, rather than undergoing a major reorganization.
The pressure will still be getting much vaunted Symbian Anna update to the Symbian 3 units as soon as possible.
Maybe, but this change will give Nokia, which added pressure to insure that users get the software they need in quick-smart way.
Any other approach would spell disaster for a company struggling to show why it is still relevant in today's mobile phone market.
In essence, makes Nokia's problems do not just come down to a large workforce.
It is definitely a concern that outsourcing Symbian are updates to Accenture will exacerbate problems with communication.
Of course, Symbian stepping out of the limelight with what Windows 7 Phone arrival.
But this change has the potential to consolidate the problems that Stephen Elop has fought hard to eradicate.
These changes should really make for a leaner, meaner Nokia.
But the proof will be in the products, not the staff structure.
Only when we see Symbian Anna appears on the N8, and W7 and W8 hit shelves, we'll really be able to judge whether Nokia is back to his brilliant best.