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firstly, symbian isn't like the the windows of the smartphone world because it is actually good. if there is anything that is like the windows of the smartphone world its Blackberry hands down - marketability is a powerful thing dude and the similarities between BB and Windows there is all 2 similar
Secondly, symbian has been making MOS for smartphones since 2001 so naturally as the longest running OS devs they would have most market share and a more stable OS - its the reason why 'The Simpsons' is one of the most popular and marketed cartoons in the world. but look at dis - in 2 years, it is predicted that android becomes the second most dominant smartphone OS in the world.. now based on my previous comparison, if symbian is like 'the simpsons' then i say android is like 'family guy'. dont rule android out cuz it still growing ute - u doing the same thing as steve jobs :P
their both pretty good but change is good as well. based on what i've read, symbian not only fails to update the UI but also the source code as well.. lee williams has been promising since 2007 (around the release of the IPhone) he would not only revamp the UI but vastly improve its processor management and source code (camera firmware & radio firmware). that was 3 years ago ute, and with the various releases of OS9.4 - he still fails to bring it out. He claims that symbian has more promise than android, but if he doesnt haul *** he goin see his market share drop. on the other hand, which each android OS release, they DO update multiple factors of their OS as we can see from 1.5 all the way to 2.1.. they both have a long way to go but based on a CNET review, Devs actually prefer Android 2 symbian currently - that spells trouble for Lee
read: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10398202-16.html
Lastly, Symbian got stupid to stump their market to Nokia phones.. and dont blame nokia for the dated UI.. blame symbian. Look at it now, Motorolla, Sony Ericsson, LG, and Samsung dere start making Android Phones along with HTC- its only a matter of time till android dominates
Last edited by vylle; Jun 27, 2010 at 05:12 PM.
With such a wealth of info, then why make a comment such as the previous one.
Maybe you just stumbled upon this last bit of info but the least you can do is retract that previous statement which is obviously erroneous.Symbian - average multi-media phone with a gajillion apps, java based so requires Java runtime environment installed to interact with a computer effectively
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that comment was based on my user experience (OPINION) of Symbian on a nokia E63 and a nokia N80. I never used them for any superuser or development purposes nor did they offer much customization tips apart from wallaper/theme. To me it seems like all these super user functionalities are a bit harder to find and are closed off to more higher tier users. i wasnt driven because of this and thus i saw it as a phone with a barrel fuill of apps.
in retrospect - i edited that symbian is based on C++. and even if symbian is based on what i found the most popular phone - its pretty average because alot of the information on customization is cut and dry and like you said, dated
that is the current appeal of android to ALOT of their users - its customizability + its bucket of apps
Last edited by vylle; Jun 27, 2010 at 05:45 PM.
Nice edit, java was way off.
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well no you cant blame symbian for the ui, blame nokia. Symbian os did not have a UI up till it was opensourced, it consisted only of a micro kernel with aditional telephony and a graphics plugin stack. the graphics plugin stack is called uikon and provides an interface where manufacturers could add their own ui and application layer, thats why we had series 60, series 80, series 90 and uiq. Series 90 was based on the same hildon ui in the n900 today!
what happened was that nokia dumped all but series 60 merged with s80 aka s60 and uiq died so we ended up with the ui we know today as representing symbian. S3 brings over the same avkon s60 ui framework while s4 will bring the new more flexible orbit ui framework. symbian is effectively the youngest os(others are unix/linux based) with the oldest ui(11yrs old), the ui that nokia created.
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Ive been using the N1 for about 3 weeks now and after the first 3 days of buyers remorse (the cost) I quickly got over the fact that its not an iphone and could see the features it has over the iphone which made me pleased with my purchase. For the price I could have gotten an iPad, but I wasnt moved to do so, especially because of the lack of flash. I cant say enough about how useful the browser is in froyo with flash, I find i dnt use my lappy for much quick browsing as i used to, especially when frustrated with my blackberry's browser.
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One question here, if I were to jump on the android ship, what amount of money will I be spending on the cheapest android phone?
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Depends on if you looking for a brand new device unlocked then you can look to get a G1 but bear in mind tht this was the first android device you can get them for abt 200-250, there is a store in mobay selling them for like 230.
You could always buy one second hand though for a reasonable price, i wouldnt buy from stores out here though as their prices tend to be a bit astronomical, if you want a more updated device look to spend between 400-500 which is really not bad when you look at it
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