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Originally Posted by imperiallight View Post
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Anything that is based on Symbian can only be evolutionary not revolutionary so it will always be behind.
hahaha. Did you know MeeGo will probably have some form of capability-based security? Did you know Symbian is the only mobile OS sporting a microkernel? Did you know some OSes are moving away from a monolithic kernel design? And adopting capability-based security? And more general: Symbian was market leader and way ahead of anything for a long, long time, and has inspired many of the current mobile OSes. It also still has a strong market.

Originally Posted by quipper8 View Post
I don't really get the symbian bashing either

OK, symbian1 did have a bad touch interface and somewhat dated graphics, but it looks like that will be better with the new symbian3 UI + capacitive touch amoled screens. Sure, Symbian is not really gonna satisfy your bling lust, but it is a workhorse. I am happier for it to be around than for it to die.

here are some things I like about symbian(as supplied by nokia at least) that you don't really get with the other OSs on market:

deeply integrated voip stack included for free, even with g729 codec
included office viewing and editing
included webdav client
included caldav(symbian3)
included pdf viewer
included voice nav
battery sipping
browser has flash(yes, it is lite, but it works most places where you would need it)
lower cpu/mem necessary(don't we celebrate that in the linux world?)
included syncml for not just pim, but also other stuff
very good addressbook, especially being able to having the note attached to a contact appear when they call.
Yep, I'm certainly looking forward to the new Nokia E7. Would love to try it out.

I'd recommend Dan to try out a Nokia E72 some time. Try to get to use a demo model or something. It will give you a rough impression about Symbian. The Nokia E72 is the current E-Series flagship, successor ofthe very popular Nokia E71 (in my case, my Nokia N900 predecessor).
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