(OFFICIAL THREAD) How do you feel about Symbian?

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As Nokia begins to move on into the future, with new and incredible phones, it has been rumored that Nokia will no longer support Symbian on its newer phones in the upcoming future. The Intel and Nokia combo operating system Meego, is set to be the main operating system Nokia uses.

How do you guys feel about this and what is your opinion of Symbian. Express any thoughts or feelings you have for Symbian or Meego.

One of the reasons why Nokia is making the switch:
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Where did you hear this rumour? First I've heard of it, and I don't think it's a very plausible rumour at the moment. Samsung and SE have bailed on Symbian, but I haven't seen any signs of Nokia going the same way -- Symbian is just moving downmarket, and Meego taking the top-end away.
 
Symbian has served me well for the last few years. I have always found the OS to be intuitive, functional and versatile. Touchscreen devices have really changed consumer expectations in parts of the world, and Nokia has been slow to recognize this and make a shift in their OS. The market changes so quickly, it's hard to predict how consumers are going to feel a year from now.

I will admit the main draw to Nokia and Symbian for me was the fact that I could use an unlocked phone on At&t and get the cheapest unlimited data plan. It was saving me $20 per month. Now that at&t has changed that, I'm more open to other phones.

It will be hard for Nokia to compete at the higher end because the main competition can focus their resources on that market. Apple only has one phone they have to support. If they continue to offer a variety of form factors for a variety of markets, I think they will stay profitable in the future. The power users will be disappointed because the OS will not seem as polished or refined as IOS, google, or W7, but sometimes I think the power users are never satisfied. They will always want more out of their devices, and that's what makes this fun for them.
 
Nokia will be using Symbian for many more years. In 2-3 years UI will be the same for Symbian and MeeGo, but underneath will be Symbian Core OS (mid-tier or low end devices) or MeeGo (high end devices).
 
Is it illegal to have signatures ccrows? I am not posting any spam so you need to calm down and if you have a personal problem with me, please keep it personal via PM ccrows.

Anyways,

http://gizmodo.com/5571633/nokia-ditching-symbian-for-n+series-phones

Symbian will most likely be used on the low end models but my prediction is that Meego and the N-series will start the new Nokia platform era. Give it a few years and Meego will be featured on more 50 percent of phones Nokia manufactures.

In perspective it is a good thing, because since Nokia is starting to lose profit in North America the Symbian platform is starting to lose fame as well. A new operating system and many "apps" is just what Nokia needs to get back on the top of this North American mobile war.
 
There is nothing to speculate or predict. The N8 is the last N-series device that will ever run Symbian. It will henceforth be relegated to lower-end models like C's and E's. And that includes S^4.

Nokia has explicitly said this. All N-series devices will henceforth run MeeGo. I wouldn't be surprised if we see E-series devices with MeeGo too, but I'm just guessing.

Symbian is powerful and capable, and with the UI refresh that's coming along with S^4 it can be sexy again too, but it's being pushed down the line to higher volume, lower cost devices in favor of the much more modern, powerful and extensible MeeGo.
 
Well that is what I am saying, even the lower end devices well be running Meego when the time comes.

S^4 sounds like it is promising but it needs to be powerful and cheap to compete against Adriod, RIM, and other competitors.
 
How does a thread become an "Official Thread"?

There are probably a couple of hundred threads where this endless speculation is already happening so not sure if another "official" one is needed. :)

For the record: Nokia will, obviously, continue using Symbian for many years to come.
 
It became OFFICIAL, because he wants to drive people to his gigantic signature post. After blocking his image, I could careless - but it's still annoying to see him start posting solely because of his little contest.
 
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To answer the original question "How do you feel about Symbian?" rather than discuss signatures:

My main gripe about Symbian is that some of the applications I would like to use are released for iPhone and Android but not for Symbian.

My current phone is the Nokia N95-3 but it's pretty well reached the end of its life.

Because so many applications are not released for Symbian but are for Android I am very tempted to move to the Dell Streak if only it would be available unlocked-unbranded in Canada. As it is not, I'll probably be buying the Nokia N8 as soon as it's available unlocked-unbranded in Canada.
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lol no logic? you mean evidence. also your logic is flawed. you're showing us US numbers? we already know nokia has no presence in the US. that alone isn't going to make them drop symbian. all they are doing is using meego for high end and symbian for the rest.

if you want to look at some numbers look at this for the global market share:
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22486010

idc projects the OS to drop to 32% by 2014, which is still a large enough share to keep symbian around.
 
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