The Swedish news site NyTeknik reports that Sony Ericsson is not planning any more Symbian phones in the short to medium term.

Jan Uddenfeldt ( inset above ) who is the Chief Technology Officer for Sony Ericsson was speaking to NyTeknik and confirmed "Android is definitely our focus, but we haven't given up on Microsoft's Windows Mobile, despite its slow uptake. But Windows Phone 7 remains on our roadmap. However, currently we have no plans for new Symbian products."

Sony Ericsson currently has two Symbian smartphones within its portfolio - these are the Vivaz and Vivaz Pro. You could argue that Symbian will only feel a small loss of sales with the withdrawal of Sony Ericsson as the bulk of Symbian's sales coming via Nokia. Nokia is the key to Symbian's success.

The next Symbian OS update will be Symbian^4 and it is unclear if Sony Ericsson will be working with Symbian at that time.