Thread: Nokia E7 running Maemo 5?
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2011-04-20 , 03:02
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Originally Posted by NvyUs View Post
The Symbian of 8 years ago is nothing like today not even Binary compatible.
there was a clean break from S60v2 to s60v3 to put security in place.
btw Symbian LTD was set up up around 1998/99 to build a OS to combats Microsoft rumoured Move into the Mobile OS space to try stop them dominating it like they did on on desktops.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Symbian#EPOC16
«EPOC16, originally simply named EPOC, was the operating system developed by Psion in the late 1980s and early 1990s for Psion's "SIBO" (SIxteen Bit Organisers) devices.»

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...OS_6.0_and_6.1
«The OS was renamed Symbian OS and was envisioned as the base for a new range of smartphones.»

only three years ago, nobody, except in the labs of NOKIA had ever heard the word Maemo.

actually thought yesterday, when i was typing my reply to GameboyRMH... "what a long way we have come since the Psion 5 mx..."

break?
let's assume someone spend a few (dozen?) hours developing an app that runs nicely on, well, let's say S60v2 and there comes NOKIA with s60v3.
you sound like the one who would just say "too bad..."

Originally Posted by NvyUs View Post
oh the irony how times change , joined forces with the Company they set out to avoid 13 years ago
things may not always be what they seem
Last edited by misterc; 2011-04-20 at 03:08.