why is symbian/nokia getting so much stick?
By ntpspe
@ntpspe (36)
October 14, 2010 6:37am CST
Allmost everybody from the UK and other countries will remember their first mobile phone. Most started off with the Nokia 3310, 3330 or even earlier models.
Back then they we're amazing, the peak of technology, and everybody wanted one.
Now, with a market dominated with Iphones, Blackberries and Windows Phones, Nokia is really getting stick for it. Every review site i've been on i get people complaining, and the complaints are allways the same.
They want Nokia to stop using the Symbian OS for their devices.
Now... I've had a fair few of Nokia phones, including 3310, 3330, N-Gage, a slide down keyguard one (forgot the model) and my current phone, Nokia N97 Mini.
Each of these phones has had the familiar left (select) and right (exit) keys, either physical buttons, or on the touch screen. Each of these phones have had the same familiar ringtones, and keypad tones. Each of these has been easy to use, frozen a few times, but hey - so does everything!
All of these phones ran one incantation of Symbian, from the early Symbian 1, to the modern S60 platform.
Symbian continuously develops, and it tailored to suit nokia devices just fine, yet people still complain.
My Nokia N97 Mini Does text messaging, picture messaging, internet calls, video calls, high speed quad band internet, GSM/GPRS/HDSPA/3G/EDGE connections, bluetooth, wifi, apps, games, high colour display and has great hardware.
Now seriously, that isn't far off the Iphone or other iOS devices, yet because it's stayed true to the software's roots, keeping the same keypad tune and layout e.c.t. people think it's old.
Well, what about Microsoft windows? that's had a start bar since the windows 3.1 days, and still in 2010 it hasn't changed a bit! they up the graphics (so did symbian) upped the capabilities (so did symbian) and Windows still freezes occasionaly (so does symbian). So i really don't get why symbian seems to be the only OS getting so much stick, and Nokia is being complained at for using it.
Have a different view? aggree? Let's get the discussion going!
1 response
@pankajgarg (797)
• India
14 Oct 10
what ever the innovation is made, the symbian platform is not capable enough to support the features with the ease that is done using a blackberry, android or an iphone. i am an electronics student and had analyzed different phones and realised that nokia phones can perform a task to a satisfaction level but if you want to run multiple tasks on your phone then the quality of each task decreases but this is not the case when it comes to an iphone or an android mobile or a blackberry (but it has security issues) and windows mobile (they are slow and use if you are in desperate need). so the best option is an iphone and the next is an android phone and then the nokia.
@ntpspe (36)
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14 Oct 10
Fair point made, but the Iphone has only recently gained true multi-tasking, and has no hardware keyboard input, only the touch screen. Obviously this is aesthetically pleasing, but it is normally a lot harder to type on a touch screen than a hardware keyboard.
Back when i had my N-Gage, i could keep hold of the menu button and it would show all my open apps, just like my new Nokia N97 mini does.
I was thinking of an android phone, but the market is far too saturated with different devices, which the manufacturer or operator normally fill with useless apps (i've experienced this on a windows phone too).
My nokia n-gage could multi task effectively, as can my N97mini.
Here are the exact specs if you want to take a look (http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n97-mini/specifications)
:)
