The Really Mobile Project stated Nokia will abandon Symbian from their N-Series devices in favor of Maemo. Symbian is supposed to be used only on X and E-Series smartphones.

The transition should be complete in 2012 because there are still Symbian based N-series in development.

V3.co.uk also heard the rumors and contacted Nokia for more information. Nokia's reply wasn't a denial nor an agreement.

While it is our policy not to disclose details of our product roadmap, we’d like to explicitly communicate that we remain firmly committed to Symbian as our smartphone platform of choice. Any speculation on what our 2012 roadmap, including operating systems and product branding, are completely premature

As this is not the first time we heard this kind of news, most of you know about the previous rumors. According to them, Nokia is supposed to use Maemo on High-End devices and Symbian on low-end ones.

but Nokia had a reply to those rumors too!

As we have stated earlier, Nokia has multiple platforms to serve different purposes and address different markets. Symbian is more successful than ever in bringing smartphones to the masses. Maemo is our software of choice for devices based on technology that you’d typically find inside a desktop computer. It delivers a different user experience and enables us to widen the market we can address.

 

So, what it would be? A heavy upgraded Symbian or Maemo?