News - Nokia Symbian event falls flat

[HEXUS]

With just a handful of people and a distinct lack of excitement, the Nokia sponsored Symbian Expo could be a good indication of the smartphone OS's future.

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[directhex]

The sooner Symbian dies, the better. Calling it a "smartphone OS" is a farce

[TheVoice]

Hardly surprising that nobody's interested any more, it's looking incredibly dated and clunky now compared to the likes of Android, the iPhone and Nokia's own Maemo. Why would most people really want to choose the Windows 95 of smartphone OSs when there are far smoother platforms out there?

[shaithis]

I have a symbian phone and to be honest, calling it the "Windows 95 of smartphone OSs" is highly flattering

I hate it and if it wasn't a works phone, it would have found it's way to the bottom of a bin a long time ago.

[abaxas]

As per usual, a total lack of development means you fall behind.

However symbian is still light years ahead of windows mobile, which is the punched card of smartphone OSs.

[Stringent]

My N97 is the last Nokia/Symbian choice for me. I already have issues with Nokia and them messing up their devices, not releasing firmware updates for the UK off line handsets (which mine is). They seem to release new handsets every 2 days instead of sorting out the issues with their current models. It takes about 6 months before a device is stable.

Symbian is old and clunky. It is very slow and sluggish. Sure its ahead on some things like flash capability, but others like the email client on the N97 is appalling, no native HTML reader, unless you install Nokias Messaging client which is so cumbersome and rubbish to use. BTW I DO have v20 installed, it is running better, but it should have been like this from the beginning. Or roll out updates frequently.

I would be tempted by the N900, but its done an Apple. No MMS.

[aidanjt]

Hardly surprising that nobody's interested any more, it's looking incredibly dated and clunky now compared to the likes of Android, the iPhone and Nokia's own Maemo. Why would most people really want to choose the Windows 95 of smartphone OSs when there are far smoother platforms out there?

nail + hammer + head = ^

I couldn't have said it better myself. The sooner Nokia cuts off funding for Symbian, the better.

[eek]

My Samsung i8910 was my last symbian phone. 2 days after I first played with an android phone it was swapped for a HTC Hero.

[Brewster0101]

My Samsung i8910 was my last symbian phone. 2 days after I first played with an android phone it was swapped for a HTC Hero.

With Android 2 out now I think Nokia's OS Symbian days are numbered. Nokia will have to completely rewrite it to catch up or bin it. I think bin it is the best idea and move on.

Anyhow Android is brillant compared to Symbian. My Nokia E71 is very under powered compared to HTC Hero.

[aidanjt]

With Android 2 out now I think Nokia's OS Symbian days are numbered. Nokia will have to completely rewrite it to catch up or bin it. I think bin it is the best idea and move on.

It's more likely that they'll simply stop financially supporting it. Nokia has begun to put a fair bit of clout into various opensource projects (purchase of TrollTech, for e.g.), their Maemo platform is shaping up nicely, and I think they're moving into Android territory as well.

In any event, Symbian has failed to make any kind of progress, it's stagnant, and it should just go away at this point. It's outlived its usefulness.

[jimborae]

The sooner Symbian dies, the better. Calling it a "smartphone OS" is a farce

Never a truer word(s) spoken (written).

Slow, insecure, lacking features & decent apps. Why Nokia persists with it is beyond me, it's ruing their phones & image.