Comments on: Why Nokia won’t divorce Symbian for Android?

By: dirch

dirch — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:12:17 +0000

Thing is, developers want to develop apps that can be used by more users. I think smart phones in the future are all about the apps that can be installed in it. I own a nokia s60 5th edition phone and comparing the available apps with what’s available for the iphone, You can see why iphone is so popular.

By: Tyrone Peterson

Tyrone Peterson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:13:05 +0000

Very useful information, always good to learn more.

By: lowellton

lowellton — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:12:08 +0000

what is good in s40? look n feel? go for s60

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By: eric

eric — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:16:56 +0000

nokia should learn from samsung, they almost carry all the mobile OS. dalawang beses pa lang akong guamit ng nokia, only as a secondary phone. hindi ako mabuuhay kung hindi windows mobile os ng phone ko.

By: ZitsBoy

ZitsBoy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:56:08 +0000

i think nokia’s move to put SymbianOS in the open source community is the right step just a few years too late.

developing OVI is another good step but again a few years to late..

do you see a pattern developing here?? i really believe nokia should look into reviewing their current business model as a whole, else they might not be able to buck the trend (multimillion dollar investments be damned).

By: Mark Jason

Mark Jason — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:42:12 +0000

@Miguel No, I’m not saying that they use S40 for their future smartphones, what I’m trying to tell is, they should try to reinvent symbian na may touch, look and feel of S40. Kasi, it’s more easy to navigate through kesa symbian. And the annoying header (don’t know exactly what it’s called) should be removed! They should display the battery and signal indicator, time, etc. like the S40, and other modern OS’s do which takes up only 1 line.

@Mr. Yuga, well at least you agree. haha. Symbian’s functionality (like support for many apps) is excellent, however, yung interface talaga ang bulok IMO

By: Gerard Banasig

Gerard Banasig — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:13:04 +0000

symbian should improve, rewrite again from scratch, now google android next stop google chrome OS http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

By: jctechcom

jctechcom — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:53:28 +0000

then this will be symbian + nokia = forever…

but hmmm for me symbian is ok with nokia.. because there are lots of existing symbian softwares out there…

but! I still love windows mobile =P and soon I want to try an android phone…ohh I just remembered someone already made a way to install android in omnia ^_^

http://technophobia1.blogspot.com/2009/07/convert-your-windows-mobile-to-android.html

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:08:53 +0000

@yuga yes sir, nokia definitely needs to do something.. Hmm, maybe the price, the software and the design? Not to mention features of course. Pansin ko pag smartphone nga bihira nokia.. Actually kahit ako blackberry nasa isip ko. Hehe

By: Miguel

Miguel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:06:59 +0000

Series 40 is a closed OS for Nokia “Featurephones”- you can’t write apps on it unless it shipped with the system. It just happens that the J2ME virtua machine runtime is such an app.

And another thing to note with S60 – it can run on much lower CPU. Android and iPhone currently run on >500 Mhz high-end CPUs.

By: yuga

yuga — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:35:00 +0000

@Mike – they’ll risk their stocks hitting rock bottom if they do. All that billion-dollar investment for nothing.

@eugene – changed the sentence to past tense.

@lance – I think it’s bloated.

@Mark Jason – the S40 platform has much better potential.

@victor – well, that’s 3 straight years of decreasing market share. If I were Nokia I won’t wait for the 5th year.

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:31:08 +0000

Symbian is good. Kelangan lang ng mods and adjustments to ‘fit in’.. The market is flexible.. I dont believe the nokia will lose its ‘ground’ control despite na fall at the smart phone area. Para lang yang competition ng windows OS and Mac.. and other OS’..

By: Mark Jason

Mark Jason — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:49:07 +0000

there’s no need to shift from symbian. They should just take part on improving the OS. Android and Apple’s OS are clean, cool and smooth while symbian is too organized, laggy and slow. That’s what made their touchscreen flagship (5800) not that successful. Maganda sana nilang kuhanan ng ideas yung Series 40 interface ng nokia phones. Mas modern ang look.

By: techme

techme — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:23:16 +0000

i think nokia should start to rebuild symbian! the specs for nokia phones are nice but the software i.e. symbian is very slow they should give symbian a new life by making a new and more friendlier interface, make symbian quicker etc. if they can do this they will definitely be on par with competition. with android, palm’s new os, iphone os, the current symbian feels very old school and very worn out! please nokia improve symbian before its too late!

By: Eugene

Eugene — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:22:39 +0000

Correction: Google no longer gets map data from Navteq since early last year. They now get map data primarily from Tele Atlas and their own Map Maker (plus some country-specific data sets here and there). Google dumped Navteq just as Nokia’s acquisition of Navteq was approved by European regulators.

By: sky

sky — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:21:22 +0000

They should just innovate Symbian.

By: bengtotpogi

bengtotpogi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:53:24 +0000

It’s about as much probability as Apple getting Android on their phones. No way that’s going to happen… symbian ftw!