Comments on: Symbian, Now With Additional DOA-ness For Developers? http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2009/11/18/symbian-now-with-additional-doa-ness-for-developers/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: iPhone Developer http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2009/11/18/symbian-now-with-additional-doa-ness-for-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-130606 iPhone Developer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:45:45 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/?p=3389#comment-130606 Mr Rowehl is spot on. I'm not sure that Nokia is going to be able to market “high-end” devices for long - the N97 simply isn't in the right league and if Nokia rush through the dev on a replacement they'll probably replicate similar issues to those hampering the N97. IMHO Nokia needs to be braver and more decisive if it's going to stay in the market at the level it's historically enjoyed. Mr Rowehl is spot on.
I’m not sure that Nokia is going to be able to market “high-end” devices for long – the N97 simply isn’t in the right league and if Nokia rush through the dev on a replacement they’ll probably replicate similar issues to those hampering the N97.
IMHO Nokia needs to be braver and more decisive if it’s going to stay in the market at the level it’s historically enjoyed.

]]> By: Teemu Kurppa http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2009/11/18/symbian-now-with-additional-doa-ness-for-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-130597 Teemu Kurppa Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:34:59 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/?p=3389#comment-130597 Well put. In addition to poor user experience and non-proven distribution channels, S60/Symbian is suffering from it's old software architecture. Doing well-working and good-looking applications for it is hard. N97 is a prime example of it: when even standard apps from Nokia are slow to respond and show screeen flickr frequently, how can they think that 3rd-party devs can do polished quality apps on top of the platform. Furthermore, I don't buy the mid/low range models argument that Symbian keeps pushing. Modern mobile use is still crossing the chasm and people who buy 0-50$ phones won't have reasonable data plans and are not spending their dollars 3rd party apps beyond big brand names. In 3 years, current highend is midrange. RIP Symbian. Well put. In addition to poor user experience and non-proven distribution channels, S60/Symbian is suffering from it’s old software architecture. Doing well-working and good-looking applications for it is hard. N97 is a prime example of it: when even standard apps from Nokia are slow to respond and show screeen flickr frequently, how can they think that 3rd-party devs can do polished quality apps on top of the platform.

Furthermore, I don’t buy the mid/low range models argument that Symbian keeps pushing. Modern mobile use is still crossing the chasm and people who buy 0-50$ phones won’t have reasonable data plans and are not spending their dollars 3rd party apps beyond big brand names. In 3 years, current highend is midrange. RIP Symbian.

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