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]]> By: vinitneo http://vinitneo.com/2010/02/my-thoughts-on-symbian-meego-android-and-future-nokia-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-90 vinitneo Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:54:08 +0000 http://vinitneo.com/2010/02/my-thoughts-on-symbian-meego-android-and-future-nokia-devices/#comment-90 Hi Eric, please call me vinit. He said it in all about symbian<br>video interview 3 --- Anssi Vanjoki [Nokia], on being asked<br>where he sees thing going in five<br>years:<br><br>Two things. I see Symbian going [points downwards]... and when I go<br>down it does not mean functionality goes down, but it will allow us to<br>make computer type of product for the great masses in this world in<br>the developing markets. So the first computer they will have will be<br>an extension of the phone based on Symbian. So we are driving Symbian,<br>cost wise,<br>to India, China, Africa, Russia, Turkey, you know everywhere. Hi Eric, please call me vinit. He said it in all about symbian
video interview 3 — Anssi Vanjoki [Nokia], on being asked
where he sees thing going in five
years:

Two things. I see Symbian going [points downwards]… and when I go
down it does not mean functionality goes down, but it will allow us to
make computer type of product for the great masses in this world in
the developing markets. So the first computer they will have will be
an extension of the phone based on Symbian. So we are driving Symbian,
cost wise,
to India, China, Africa, Russia, Turkey, you know everywhere.

]]> By: Eric http://vinitneo.com/2010/02/my-thoughts-on-symbian-meego-android-and-future-nokia-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Eric Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:01:37 +0000 http://vinitneo.com/2010/02/my-thoughts-on-symbian-meego-android-and-future-nokia-devices/#comment-89 Except that S40 has nothing to do with Symbian. Series 60 (S60) is Symbian based platform. Series 40 (S40) is not Symbian based platform. <br>And MeeGo is excellent thing, no more Moblin & Maemo but a combined effort MeeGo. Nokia has no reasons to use Android which is highly controlled by Google and let's be honest: proprietary Google OS which claims to be open source. Why start using Android when using it would basically mean that Nokia would have to fork it to get rid of all the Google nonsense (stupid jvms etc.). It would just mean more splitting. Why Google had to do/buy Android? They could have chosen to use Maemo which was already out...<br><br>To the author:<br>I'm pretty sure Anssi Vanjoki has never said anything about Symbian coming "down" to low-end or mid-end phones. MeeGo is for mobile computers, Symbian for smartphones (all segments including high-end). Except that S40 has nothing to do with Symbian. Series 60 (S60) is Symbian based platform. Series 40 (S40) is not Symbian based platform.
And MeeGo is excellent thing, no more Moblin & Maemo but a combined effort MeeGo. Nokia has no reasons to use Android which is highly controlled by Google and let's be honest: proprietary Google OS which claims to be open source. Why start using Android when using it would basically mean that Nokia would have to fork it to get rid of all the Google nonsense (stupid jvms etc.). It would just mean more splitting. Why Google had to do/buy Android? They could have chosen to use Maemo which was already out…

To the author:
I'm pretty sure Anssi Vanjoki has never said anything about Symbian coming “down” to low-end or mid-end phones. MeeGo is for mobile computers, Symbian for smartphones (all segments including high-end).

]]> By: Breathless Tao http://vinitneo.com/2010/02/my-thoughts-on-symbian-meego-android-and-future-nokia-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Breathless Tao Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:35:26 +0000 http://vinitneo.com/2010/02/my-thoughts-on-symbian-meego-android-and-future-nokia-devices/#comment-88 On one hand, it's indeed astounding in a way, considering the number of Symbian-powered devices in the market, that Symbian's getting such low amount of attention - but at a second look, it might not be that surprising at all? I mean, a majority of those devices are running S40 instead of S60, or S60 but a few version older than they should. I guess the S60 version just became too fragmented in the last few years...and incompatibility issues discouraged developers to approach it because they'd've to work on too many different versions for what's basically still one platform.<br><br>On another note, that might just be the thing Symbian needs - think of it, all those rich new features seeping down into the low-mid range, people will get to use it sooner or later. And if it's gonna be universal, devs will have an easier job making apps for those devices too. All the while the system itself will remain familiar (at least that'd be my guess/hope) for those currently using it as well, making the transition smooth and painless. These things might be the key in bringing Symbian back to life.<br><br>As for MeeGo...I've already said this too: Nokia debuted Maemo 5, in virtually beta state, on the N900, and now they're already talking about another platform... I don't think it's good. It's not speaking convergence they want to pummel into us, it's speaking another split. Further fragmentation. Why can't they just adopt Android, is way beyond me. On one hand, it's indeed astounding in a way, considering the number of Symbian-powered devices in the market, that Symbian's getting such low amount of attention – but at a second look, it might not be that surprising at all? I mean, a majority of those devices are running S40 instead of S60, or S60 but a few version older than they should. I guess the S60 version just became too fragmented in the last few years…and incompatibility issues discouraged developers to approach it because they'd've to work on too many different versions for what's basically still one platform.

On another note, that might just be the thing Symbian needs – think of it, all those rich new features seeping down into the low-mid range, people will get to use it sooner or later. And if it's gonna be universal, devs will have an easier job making apps for those devices too. All the while the system itself will remain familiar (at least that'd be my guess/hope) for those currently using it as well, making the transition smooth and painless. These things might be the key in bringing Symbian back to life.

As for MeeGo…I've already said this too: Nokia debuted Maemo 5, in virtually beta state, on the N900, and now they're already talking about another platform… I don't think it's good. It's not speaking convergence they want to pummel into us, it's speaking another split. Further fragmentation. Why can't they just adopt Android, is way beyond me.

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