Thread: Who's considering the N8
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2010-08-18 , 10:13
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#50
Originally Posted by mahousaru View Post
It makes me sad to see ppl not actually understand the strengths of Symbian and the needs of others that don't have the financial ability or actually want to own a smart phone.

For starters Symbian is a proven technology. It is mature, and very suited to what it is designed for.
Originally Posted by Enyibinakata View Post
Stop dissing Symbian. An OS is more than eyecandy. It beats N900 for bare phone functionality and is more fit for purpose than its rivals. Read the specs on symbian.org, get educated for a change !
Proven and mature? In some ways yes, I guess, but I don't think any firmware of Nokia Symbian phones was exactly known for their maturity when the phones first hit the shelves. AFAIK adapting Symbian to even slightly different hardware is hell, which must be why they manage to make every new phone more unstable than a botched win95 installation on a bad day. Whether or not it is the fault of the OS itself (sure, any OS is bound to have some bugs when adapted to new hardware) it's still a reason to stay away from Nokia's Symbian phones if you wish to use the latest hardware. Maemo has worked a lot better regarding that matter, at least according to my experiences.

Fit for purpose? It was, but now it's pretty outdated to be used anywhere else but low-end phones. A complete UI rewrite might or might not be enough to make it credible again. We'll see.

I've owned various (Nokia) Symbian phones and I've been a (hobbyist) Symbian coder, and all I can say right now is "never again". S^3 and S^4 would have to be pretty damn amazing to change that.