Symbian OS dying a slow death

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Off late with Samsung LG and SE releasing phones with Android OS. It looks like that the Symbian OS is dying a slow death. 
Nokia is stuck with the old Symbian OS which frankly, pales in comparison compared with its competition such as the Android or the uber cool iPhone or businessman's favorite the RIM Blackberry. 
Symbian is finding less and less users and Symbian developers are moving on to iPhone development. 
Though I admit, that Symbian is the world's most popular mobile operating system, accounting for 45% of Smartphone sales. The sales of other OS based phones pales in comparison to Symbian. But the Symbian based phones are fast losing their sheen and the sales are dropping. Nokia itself has reduced its targets becoz of dropping sales. 
The one main reason I say that the Symbian is dying a slow death is becoz of the more advanced options available on the other systems like the Android or the Blackberry or the iPhone. 
Some of the advantages of the other OSes are listed below 
1. Android – a) Easy development (lots of java developers) which means more applications.  b) Open source 
2. Blackberry: Email! With advanced multimedia features. Support for J2ME. 
3. iPhone: Tagged Coolest phone of the 21st century. Large number of apps, iPod + phone, and iTunes integration.
 Thus my prediction is that Symbian is going to slowly die unless Nokia and Symbian foundation come up with a miracle.




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