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Is there any mobile OS that is currently being developed and available on a device that I can buy today in the U.S. (from a carrier) that allows one to easily choose between closing a running application or minimizing it? I don't want the OS to decide for me which action to take.
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2012-02-12
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Is there with a Symbian kind like that functionality? ...If from menu you can use to close the running app. And pushing another button the program keeps on going in the background? Keep button pressed several seconds and it will show every running programs.
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2012-02-12
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symbian sounds like the only os from a carrier right now that'll works in that manner, tmobile offers the nokia c7 as the astound
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2012-02-13
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Thanks. I didn't realize you could get a Symbian phone in the U.S. I don't recall seeing one for a number of years now. Not exactly what I was hoping for, since development of Symbian will be coming to an end soon enough, but worth checking out.
How about on tablets? Anything there that would do the same thing? I'm looking for something to eventually replace my N800, but that has mobile internet and better PIM functionality.
How about on tablets? Anything there that would do the same thing? I'm looking for something to eventually replace my N800, but that has mobile internet and better PIM functionality.
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2012-02-13
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Originally Posted by dylanemcgregor
Both n900 and n9 but not available on American market today.
Thanks. I didn't realize you could get a Symbian phone in the U.S. I don't recall seeing one for a number of years now. Not exactly what I was hoping for, since development of Symbian will be coming to an end soon enough, but worth checking out.
How about on tablets? Anything there that would do the same thing? I'm looking for something to eventually replace my N800, but that has mobile internet and better PIM functionality.
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2012-02-13
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Windows mobile 6.5, but I'm not sure you can still buy one 
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2012-02-13
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Am I the only one that feels like we seem to be going backwards in terms of (at least certain types of) functionality? Older mobile OSes could do proper multitasking, had better app switching paradigms, had visible file systems, etc... It seems that we're taking out features and calling it an improvement. Using mobile devices today I feel like I'm stuck in a world that didn't move past Windows 3.1...
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2012-02-13
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Originally Posted by dylanemcgregor
Yes, indeed...
Am I the only one that feels like we seem to be going backwards in terms of (at least certain types of) functionality? Older mobile OSes could do proper multitasking, had better app switching paradigms, had visible file systems, etc... It seems that we're taking out features and calling it an improvement. Using mobile devices today I feel like I'm stuck in a world that didn't move past Windows 3.1...
It's the current trend... to make foolish systems for... "wider"... range of public...
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My biggest gripe with "modern OSes" is the dumbing down of the "media browsing" process. Eg:
1) N900, the default tracker settings index everything so you have crap like ringtones appearing in the video player and album art in the photo viewer.
2) Symbian, trying to select a ringtone from amongst a list 100's or 1000's of mp3s is an unpleasant experience
And you know what makes it worse? Both the N900 and Symbian phones auto create a set of default directories which includes things thing "videos", "music", "images" etc. I would expect the programs to look only in those directories (by default, with option to browse elsewhere), but no they still trawl through your whole filesystem and present a gigantic unwieldy list for you to crawl through.
1) N900, the default tracker settings index everything so you have crap like ringtones appearing in the video player and album art in the photo viewer.
2) Symbian, trying to select a ringtone from amongst a list 100's or 1000's of mp3s is an unpleasant experience
And you know what makes it worse? Both the N900 and Symbian phones auto create a set of default directories which includes things thing "videos", "music", "images" etc. I would expect the programs to look only in those directories (by default, with option to browse elsewhere), but no they still trawl through your whole filesystem and present a gigantic unwieldy list for you to crawl through.
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2012-02-14
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Originally Posted by dylanemcgregor
Oses are following so called simplicity as of ios.
Am I the only one that feels like we seem to be going backwards in terms of (at least certain types of) functionality? Older mobile OSes could do proper multitasking, had better app switching paradigms, had visible file systems, etc... It seems that we're taking out features and calling it an improvement. Using mobile devices today I feel like I'm stuck in a world that didn't move past Windows 3.1...