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2016-08-17 , 07:22
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Originally Posted by chilango View Post
No. Read the report history.
Symbian was limited en Touch. And Nokia had the Alternitiv Maemo/Meego.
The Problem was that Symbian Division was fighting and nobody with balls, made the decision what is the future.
Loved the E71 with Symbian, it was the best. Encryption, SIP, VPN - all integrated in the OS.
Interested in the E7 but finally buyed the N9 (never had see the N900 in Mexiko).

Maemo/Meego was the evolution but never it received a GO from the board.
No, it was not. It was NOKIA's S60 that was limited in more than one way. UIQ was also symbian and touch was working just fine. S60 was smart platform just in a way that user was able to install some app and mess with file management, but it was terribly bad from UI point of view since the only way to use it was 4 way navi and yes/no buttons. Nothing smart about that.
UIQ on the other hand was way more power user friendly, symbian as underlaying OS was great in so many ways and supported a lot of things that none of the newcomers didn't or still don't have years later but at the end it was killed because NOKIA as major symbian owner didn't see the need to support more modern HW since their S60 was so dumb and limited that they didn't need anything more.
 

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