[samuellevy]

Samsung at least seems to have far too much invested in Android now to consider dropping it (hell, they're making the best-selling android phones on the market).

This isn't a surprise for anyone, though. They have been working towards this purchase for a while, so if any of the manufacturers were likely to baulk at it, they already would have done so.

Here's hoping that google puts out some great handsets, and makes this a real game-changing move.

[twelvechairs]

Samsung have always hedged their bets with OS's. Even while making the Galaxy S and SII they also made phones using their own OS (bada) and Symbian OS. They are currently producing a Windows phone (Samsung Focus S) in addition to Bada and Android devices. They are also involved with Tizen.

This is purely for their own phones too, not mentioning the parts they produce which go into others (original iphone processor etc.)

[dagw]

Samsung is however also investing in Tizen. So while I doubt they have any plans of dropping Android, I wouldn't be surprised if they have people working on plans on to handle a situation where doing so becomes expedient.

[bad_user]

Samsung makes great phones, but they suck at software and at creating a developer community around their software.

I don't see how this is going to change.

[LaaT]

I had the impression that Samsung was readying themselves for this with Bada. There will probably give more weight to it from now on, while investing less and less in Android. It won't be an overnight withdrawal for sure.