Thread: The N800 _MUST_ have a good PIM to succeed
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2007-02-19 , 22:54
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
However, with the number of apps developed for the e90 in house, you would think Nokia could throw a bone or two our way.
I'm sure if someone here developed an app that was "killer" for the N800... It would find its way on to one of Nokia's commercial devices.
The E90 is a Symbian, not a Linux device. It runs S60 on top of the Symbian O/S, a platform for which a vast number of applications already exists. Also to be taken into account is the (sad?) fact that there is no significant Open Source community for that platform, plus its backwards compatibility can often be measured in months.

In short, there isn't much of a bone to throw from the Symbian division to the Linux dudes. They don't, in fact, even like each others' bones.