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If we didn’t have the iPhone and Android…

Had this interesting discussion the other day about the mobile landscape — had Apple not invented the iPhone and Google didn’t get into the mobile OS market and developed the Android platform.

Of course we will still have Symbian OS, Windows Mobile 6.5, BlackBerry OS, Samsung Bada and a host of other mobile OSes.

So discounting the iPhone OS (iOS) and the Android OS and while all the other handsets remained the same as they are today, which one would you have preferred using?

My guess is that the top contenders would be any one of the ff. handsets — Nokia N900, BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC HD2, Samsung Wave, among others.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

49 Responses

  1. Avatar for Wakocoke Wakocoke says:

    symbian s60! buti nga lumabas ang android at iphone OS para maging competitive naman ang symbian

  2. Avatar for deuts deuts says:

    @abeolandres most probably the same windows mobile smartphone I have right now. But then, I wouldn’t have gotten it for the same price.

  3. Avatar for chintoguy chintoguy says:

    SYMBIAN. It is still the best mobile phone OS for me. I’m excited for the arrival of Symbian^3.

  4. Avatar for ton ton says:

    Symbian. Hard habit to break.

  5. Avatar for jacksy jacksy says:

    sana meron din ubuntu mobile version para iwas virus.

  6. Avatar for Daryl Daryl says:

    If we did not have the iPhone, maybe the touchscreen form factor would remain a niche design.

  7. Avatar for cheftonio cheftonio says:

    Nokia E72 + Blackberry Bold 9800

  8. Avatar for geekpinoy geekpinoy says:

    @abeolandres symbian s60 by nokia would top my list… It would probably be the smartest phone around if that happened…

  9. Avatar for Jiro Yan Jiro Yan says:

    Symbian

  10. Avatar for jerome jerome says:

    Symbian, of course. :) Napaka user friendly. =)

  11. Avatar for Roca Roca says:

    HTC HD2 or the BB Storm 2.

  12. Avatar for montanwangco montanwangco says:

    @abeolandres a Nokia Sir Abe para long lasting! Especially for the brownout season =)

  13. Avatar for frogprince28 frogprince28 says:

    @abeolandres Naturally, NOKIA!! Hehe. Nokia 5230. I think I was destined for this phone.

  14. Avatar for PaoloMaligaya PaoloMaligaya says:

    @abeolandres Still BlackBerry

  15. Avatar for Justine Justine says:

    Symbian ako. :)

  16. Avatar for andrew andrew says:

    Hd2 no doubt

  17. Avatar for Fleeb Fleeb says:

    Symbian.

  18. Avatar for Oni Oni says:

    been using samsung wave for a week now and i must say the price was worth it if compared to Iphone 4 not a lot of apps but the specs are comparable to the iphone the super amoled screen is awesome

  19. Avatar for manong manong says:

    a yahoo phone could have appeared in an alternate world… built in yahoo mail, search, messenger and video chat

    otherwise, symbian still rules until today which iphone & android still can’t overtake

  20. Avatar for myke myke says:

    I’ve always been a win mobile and symbian user

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