Symbian "awesome-ness"?

it goes both ways... yes symbian allows for any app you can imagine... but at the same time those apps are not necessarily the best "option"

for example i prefer the defauly realplayer using mp4's vs smartmovie or the divx player..

as dumbphones increase their multimedia capabilites it brings them closer to smartphones.. but you won't really know till you try the 3rd party apps to see if you like them better then stock...

restrictions aren't only apparent in dumbphones.. it depends on the development teams choice.. for the example the rokr e2 i tried.. allowed me to move folders and icons into folders etc..etc.. like s60.
 
You don't need Internet to enjoy all the apps that Symbian has to offer.

Smartmovie--I can't tell you how many lines I stood in, trips I took, or places I've just been bored and watched some favorite episodes of Futurama and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Great app

MP3 Players--Lonely Cat Games has a cool jukebox player with a sleep timer, and a ton of cool features. Ultra MP3 and a few others out there are nice.

Camera Apps--Photorite, Lenses, there are some fun apps out there to help you play with the camera on your phone.

Games--There are tons of Java and SIS games out there (if you know where to look) that you couldn't play on other phones.

So you see, if you don't count PDA's, there is no other phone that gives you virtually unlimited possibilities for applications than Symbian. I would also go as far to say that there are more apps accessible to Symbian users than any other smartphone platform out there.
 
Also I like Symbian for the community. This forum is one of the more active on the 'net for Symbian phones, and you can't overlook the s60blogs.com site, where actual people who work on Symbian blog to the community, and solicit feedback from users. No other OS has that. Try finding a helpful Windows Community, you get a bunch of Registry tweaks.
 
Wow, I didn't know this thread got so many replies. Thanks guys. Now that I think of it, I couldn't really do a lot with my old moto or SE phones unlike my current N73. Maybe I felt a little dissapointed was because I didn't have a memory card for my phone (I'm getting a 2GB today FINALLY). If I had the internet on this phone, it would be insane, but whatever. $20 is too much for me seeing as I complain with Cinuglar almost every month to lower the price because of their errors (and it worked a few times and paid even less!). So yeah, Symbian does allow a LOT of stuff to occur on these phones and that's real cool. I'm going to look around for some more apps that I may be interested in. Thanks for the replies.
 
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I really enjoy a few things about s60, and once I had my first, I really wanted to make sure I got another for my current phone.

1. Native Lotus Notes integration via PC Suite. Against my will, it's what I'm forced to use at work. If I had a windows mobile phone, I'd have to pay $60 - $80 for an app to sync contacts and calendar events.
2. Great emulators. My 6620 used to emulate C64, SMS, Gameboy, and NES perfectly, not to mention other emulators that were available. Not quite as many emu's for s60v3 yet, but I'm sure they're on the way.
3. A clean OS that doesn't get in the way of the phone. It IS a phone, after all, and it excels at that. Great contact management options that I haven't seen rivalled in another phone yet.
4. OS support no matter what you use. Both my s60 phones worked great with my windows PC's and my ibook.

As far as a CDMA s60, I saw that a 6630 prototype was out for CDMA networks, but as far as I know, it was never rolled out. Too bad, though it would be a tragedy to see what someone like Verizon would do to it.
 
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