Comments on: Mobile phones of the future – Google Android VS iPhone VS Symbian Foundation

By: Saikat

Saikat — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:07:09 +0000

I think future of Symbian is doubtful. Nokia introduced its Linux Maemo OS in latest handsets [eg. Nokia N900]. Nokia was biggest patron of Symbian and they themselves are now moving away from it.

So, looks like either Linux Maemo [or whatever], Android, iPhone and WebOS [Palm] will rule future Smart Phone market.

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:20:50 +0000

Now 10 months have passed since this blog entry was posted, is is clearer who is likely to win?

By: For Technical Information

For Technical Information — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:45:19 +0000

i wont agree that IPhone s just a flashy toy.It s not a gaming console too..there s loads of simple but very useful features which makes IPhone unique…

But i do agree the fact that google adreoid wil be a sure bet in the future

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:47:04 +0000

I personally think that Android would be the most likely to win. The Android OS can be used without paying royalty or licensing fees too.

One thing I really like about Android is the development environment. As a Java developer, I was able to download the SDK and get through the tutorial to create a demo app fairly quickly. That is without having done any mobile application development before. Furthermore, the development environment used is Eclipse, which is the most popular Java IDE (and what I use at work).

Google also had a good idea to spur development of applications for the Android environment. They put up $10 million dollars in prize money for their developer challenge. The money is split into two challenges, each giving money to the top 50 applications.

Their biggest impediment is that they only have 2 of the major U.S. carriers right now, T-Mobile and Sprint. If they get all of the carriers on board, it’s game over.

By: TechnicalMarkus

TechnicalMarkus — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:37:27 +0000

Aye, tis about time, too, they daudled forever over releasing the P990… I know, I was waiting for one ever since it got rumoured!

Now UIQ are confirmed as being involved, I’m SUSPECTING the first build of the new Foundation OS might not be too far away from UIQ, since UIQ’s designed to work with either touchscreen or non-touchscreen phones, since I believe (and please do correct me if I’m wrong) S60 and S60 Touch are two separate operating systems?

By: Renegade Fanboy

Renegade Fanboy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:05:42 +0000

Well, that’s excellent news. Did not hear about the SE announcement. I’ve based my 2-year timeframe also on Nokia’s speed – good to see that SE moves so fast!

By: TechnicalMarkus

TechnicalMarkus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:07:27 +0000

Ah well, I had another read of the Symbian Foundation’s website yesterday, after the revelation Sony Ericsson made a few days ago about bringing out a Symbian Foundation phone next year, which is WAY before the two years predicted at the original press conference…

Looking at their site again, it seems that the Foundation will be running full on from the first half of 2009, and they’ll be MOVING OVER to fully open source within the next two years, so we’re going to get interim Symbian Foundation OS’s and phones until they go FULLY open source, I reckon.

Which, if it means Foundation phones getting to market quicker, is absolutely 100% fine and dandy by me!

Oh, and plus, Nokia will still be pushing Series 60 (Symbian Foundation being totally backwards compatible of course), which should dovetail nicely into te forthcoming SF phones.

One thing’s for sure: whatever develops ain’t half going to be interesting to watch!

By: Renegade Fanboy

Renegade Fanboy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:06:31 +0000

I was also very surprised (shocked, even) with the news of Symbian going open. It’s like Microsoft deciding to take their market leading OS open-source…

The only concern, which I see is timeline: Symbian is losing developer share quickly to hot shots like iPhone or Android. If it takes another 2 years to bring it out to the open – will there be the massive developer base as today?

By: Data Entry India

Data Entry India — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:28:24 +0000

Most of the people prefer Symbian Foundation because of its user friendly features . I am looking forward to get a nokia N96 . It will be the best next generation software .There is no doubt about this