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Originally Posted by AndyNokia232 View Post
But Nokia are supporting Symbian3 for now. Remember it didn't take them too long to drop Maemo support. And while that is less of a problem because the Maemo community seem to be doing a better job at keeping things fresh than Nokia ever could've done, it makes me think that as soon as the E7 is out in the wild, a few months after that, E7 (and N8) owners will be frustrated because it's likely that Nokia will drop (or reduce) support for Symbian3 as they focus their attention on Meego. And because of the nature of Symbian (and that Nokia are in charge of it now) it could become a closed OS. No tweaks, no homemade apps.
While I'm sure Symbian3 is an improvement over S60, it can't be better than Maemo5. Just take this tiny example: on the E7 desktop, you are restricted as to where your widgets and shortcuts go, in 1 of 4 squares. Sure you can choose the square, but I can do whatever I want with my widgets and shortcuts on my (4, not 3!) Maemo homescreens! Just that alone makes me wonder just how un-customizable Symbian3 is compared to Maemo5.
Very true, but in a marketing standpoint, an open source OS just scares off app developers that actually gives most meaning to a platform. that is why i think maemo5 lacked all those game titles in the first place despite its capability.

they might indeed abandon symbian but by far we at least had to wait about a year for pr1.3 after n900 release while symbian 3 is already headed to pr2.0 on feb and pr3.0 on Q2. just a few months after n8 release. and reportedly packing 50+ major features on just pr2.0. that is just what i meant by my support comment. also,

if they were to drop symbian, they would have already done so a long time ago. don't you think?

fact is not everyone are like us who spend most of the time tinkering with the OS itself.
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Last edited by shockgiga; 2011-01-17 at 23:37.