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The first ramification of Samsung’s bada OS has been confirmed, as Samsung senior VP Don Joo Lee today announced what everyone already knew…either WinMo or Symbian was going to have to be dropped to make room for bada alongside Android in Samsung’s bag of tricks with many rooting for Redmond to take the fall.

According to Lee, Windows Mobile dodged a bullet however and Symbian will be completely phased out at Samsung before the end of 2010.

Windows Mobile is not out of the woods yet, as reports have WInMo phones dropping significantly at Samsung in 2010, to be just a minority beside Android and bada phones by 2012….unless of course Windows Mobile 7 is a hit. Then all bets are off.

This is hardly the end of the world for Symbian, who after all, will always have Nokia. However it is a blow, leaving only Nokia, Sony Ericsson and NTT DoCoMo selling Symbian based handsets, and there is still no clear indication how Nokia’s use of Maemo for it’s top tier handsets will affect Symbian’s bottom line. Time will tell, but Symbian has been on top of the worldwide marketshare list for a LONG time? Could we be seeing the first signs of that ending in a few years?