http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/11/symbian-the-end-of-the-road/ Intelligent Mobile Discussion Mon, 23 May 2011 18:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/11/symbian-the-end-of-the-road/#comment-6291 vboelema Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:31:49 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=9530#comment-6291 I think Psion's Epoch 32 was more or less stripped of all of it's goodness, and butchered into S60 and UIQ. Over time it seems like it's tried to become something more sophisticated again. I like using it, but it's strange that no two people seem to have things in the same place! I'm wondering though whether Nokia are planning to replace S60 with Maemo or to have to competing phones. I also don't think we've seen the end of Symbian just yet. It may not be the thing for the "geek" out there, but it does what most people need well, and it comes fairly complete and not much needs to added to it (I'm talking about applications that is. Mine even has an excellent dictionary on it, and I easily added a Spanish and Dutch language pack to it for free!) It wouldn't take much to update Symbian, give it a more modern GUI, and to make it slightly more intuitive and straight forward. It also needs to be the same OS on every device. I think Psion’s Epoch 32 was more or less stripped of all of it’s goodness, and butchered into S60 and UIQ. Over time it seems like it’s tried to become something more sophisticated again. I like using it, but it’s strange that no two people seem to have things in the same place! I’m wondering though whether Nokia are planning to replace S60 with Maemo or to have to competing phones. I also don’t think we’ve seen the end of Symbian just yet. It may not be the thing for the “geek” out there, but it does what most people need well, and it comes fairly complete and not much needs to added to it (I’m talking about applications that is. Mine even has an excellent dictionary on it, and I easily added a Spanish and Dutch language pack to it for free!) It wouldn’t take much to update Symbian, give it a more modern GUI, and to make it slightly more intuitive and straight forward. It also needs to be the same OS on every device.

]]> http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/11/symbian-the-end-of-the-road/#comment-6283 Jennifer Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:37:25 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=9530#comment-6283 Android is very stable as well from what I have experienced. Agree that Symbian is the most stable of the lot. Android is very stable as well from what I have experienced. Agree that Symbian is the most stable of the lot.

]]> http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/11/symbian-the-end-of-the-road/#comment-6279 jah Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:50:53 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=9530#comment-6279 Unfortunately the critics of Symbian also agree it is the most stable and reliable OS for mobile communication devices. I think the OS that survives will be one that works on a range of mobile devices from simple button based phones to Smartbooks. Symbian OS has the potential but the Symbian Foundation may not have the finances and management vision to extract the greatest value from the OS. Psion all over again? Unfortunately the critics of Symbian also agree it is the most stable and reliable OS for mobile communication devices. I think the OS that survives will be one that works on a range of mobile devices from simple button based phones to Smartbooks. Symbian OS has the potential but the Symbian Foundation may not have the finances and management vision to extract the greatest value from the OS. Psion all over again?

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