Comments on: The Sad, Sad State of Symbian Signed http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2007/08/the-sad-sad-sta.html Everything You Need To Know About Symbian, Straight From The Guru Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: www.macrobug.com» Blog Archive » Openness http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2007/08/the-sad-sad-sta.html/comment-page-1#comment-14129 www.macrobug.com» Blog Archive » Openness Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:40:30 +0000 http://symbian-guru.com/?p=562#comment-14129 [...] Symbian currently looks like the most open platform. Sadly, Symbian has [...] [...] Symbian currently looks like the most open platform. Sadly, Symbian has [...]

]]> By: Jake http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2007/08/the-sad-sad-sta.html/comment-page-1#comment-1646 Jake Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:36:37 +0000 http://symbian-guru.com/?p=562#comment-1646 I totally agree. I'm not a (Symbian) developer. But I know how it feels when a great project you're making gets stuck in someone else's hands. I totally agree.

I’m not a (Symbian) developer. But I know how it feels when a great project you’re making gets stuck in someone else’s hands.

]]> By: Jake http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2007/08/the-sad-sad-sta.html/comment-page-1#comment-26034 Jake Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:36:00 +0000 http://symbian-guru.com/?p=562#comment-26034 I totally agree. I'm not a (Symbian) developer. But I know how it feels when a great project you're making gets stuck in someone else's hands. I totally agree.

I’m not a (Symbian) developer. But I know how it feels when a great project you’re making gets stuck in someone else’s hands.

]]> By: olly http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2007/08/the-sad-sad-sta.html/comment-page-1#comment-1645 olly Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:08:15 +0000 http://symbian-guru.com/?p=562#comment-1645 It may be Symbian Signed that ultimately drives me away from Symbian entirely. That's a bold statement coming from someone who's used exclusively Series 60 devices (with one or two exceptions), for the last 5 years (since the release of the 3650). But it needs to be addressed more (as you have done), and it's going to take some high profile developers quitting for Symbian to really get it. Plain and simple, all things being equal, there are only a few differences between Operating Systems (be they on the desktop, the server, or the smartphone). WinMo, Symbian, Linux, Palm, etc... all can have apps installed, all have native API's, all are multitaskers (except Palm), etc. So why would I buy a Nokia S60 phone over an HTC WinMo phone? In the end, it's all about choice. I choose the hardware I want, and I choose the software I want to install. By taking away the ability of dev's to write freeware, cheapware, or beggarware apps for S60, you move it away from the realm of smartphone, and towards the realm of the iPhone (meaning that it is a smartphone in the sense that it's POSSIBLE to install 3rd party apps, but I'd rather call it a VendorPhone (TM), since you have to have Apple's blessing to install apps). Imagine a world where you couldn't freely develop for Symbian anymore, and the only way 3rd party apps were going to be installed without the blessing of Symbian was to hack the phone entirely (as is being done with the iPhone right now). Windows Mobile has a lot of problems, and Microsoft as a company sucks -- but they at least aren't trying to lock out the small developers that really make the smartphone world go 'round. Keep an eye out folks, or you're beloved S60 may become the next VendorPhone, rather than the Smartphone it should be. -olly It may be Symbian Signed that ultimately drives me away from Symbian entirely. That’s a bold statement coming from someone who’s used exclusively Series 60 devices (with one or two exceptions), for the last 5 years (since the release of the 3650).

But it needs to be addressed more (as you have done), and it’s going to take some high profile developers quitting for Symbian to really get it. Plain and simple, all things being equal, there are only a few differences between Operating Systems (be they on the desktop, the server, or the smartphone). WinMo, Symbian, Linux, Palm, etc… all can have apps installed, all have native API’s, all are multitaskers (except Palm), etc. So why would I buy a Nokia S60 phone over an HTC WinMo phone?

In the end, it’s all about choice. I choose the hardware I want, and I choose the software I want to install.

By taking away the ability of dev’s to write freeware, cheapware, or beggarware apps for S60, you move it away from the realm of smartphone, and towards the realm of the iPhone (meaning that it is a smartphone in the sense that it’s POSSIBLE to install 3rd party apps, but I’d rather call it a VendorPhone (TM), since you have to have Apple’s blessing to install apps).

Imagine a world where you couldn’t freely develop for Symbian anymore, and the only way 3rd party apps were going to be installed without the blessing of Symbian was to hack the phone entirely (as is being done with the iPhone right now).

Windows Mobile has a lot of problems, and Microsoft as a company sucks — but they at least aren’t trying to lock out the small developers that really make the smartphone world go ’round.

Keep an eye out folks, or you’re beloved S60 may become the next VendorPhone, rather than the Smartphone it should be.

-olly

]]> By: olly http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2007/08/the-sad-sad-sta.html/comment-page-1#comment-26033 olly Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:08:00 +0000 http://symbian-guru.com/?p=562#comment-26033 It may be Symbian Signed that ultimately drives me away from Symbian entirely. That's a bold statement coming from someone who's used exclusively Series 60 devices (with one or two exceptions), for the last 5 years (since the release of the 3650). But it needs to be addressed more (as you have done), and it's going to take some high profile developers quitting for Symbian to really get it. Plain and simple, all things being equal, there are only a few differences between Operating Systems (be they on the desktop, the server, or the smartphone). WinMo, Symbian, Linux, Palm, etc... all can have apps installed, all have native API's, all are multitaskers (except Palm), etc. So why would I buy a Nokia S60 phone over an HTC WinMo phone? In the end, it's all about choice. I choose the hardware I want, and I choose the software I want to install. By taking away the ability of dev's to write freeware, cheapware, or beggarware apps for S60, you move it away from the realm of smartphone, and towards the realm of the iPhone (meaning that it is a smartphone in the sense that it's POSSIBLE to install 3rd party apps, but I'd rather call it a VendorPhone (TM), since you have to have Apple's blessing to install apps). Imagine a world where you couldn't freely develop for Symbian anymore, and the only way 3rd party apps were going to be installed without the blessing of Symbian was to hack the phone entirely (as is being done with the iPhone right now). Windows Mobile has a lot of problems, and Microsoft as a company sucks -- but they at least aren't trying to lock out the small developers that really make the smartphone world go 'round. Keep an eye out folks, or you're beloved S60 may become the next VendorPhone, rather than the Smartphone it should be. -olly It may be Symbian Signed that ultimately drives me away from Symbian entirely. That’s a bold statement coming from someone who’s used exclusively Series 60 devices (with one or two exceptions), for the last 5 years (since the release of the 3650).

But it needs to be addressed more (as you have done), and it’s going to take some high profile developers quitting for Symbian to really get it. Plain and simple, all things being equal, there are only a few differences between Operating Systems (be they on the desktop, the server, or the smartphone). WinMo, Symbian, Linux, Palm, etc… all can have apps installed, all have native API’s, all are multitaskers (except Palm), etc. So why would I buy a Nokia S60 phone over an HTC WinMo phone?

In the end, it’s all about choice. I choose the hardware I want, and I choose the software I want to install.

By taking away the ability of dev’s to write freeware, cheapware, or beggarware apps for S60, you move it away from the realm of smartphone, and towards the realm of the iPhone (meaning that it is a smartphone in the sense that it’s POSSIBLE to install 3rd party apps, but I’d rather call it a VendorPhone (TM), since you have to have Apple’s blessing to install apps).

Imagine a world where you couldn’t freely develop for Symbian anymore, and the only way 3rd party apps were going to be installed without the blessing of Symbian was to hack the phone entirely (as is being done with the iPhone right now).

Windows Mobile has a lot of problems, and Microsoft as a company sucks — but they at least aren’t trying to lock out the small developers that really make the smartphone world go ’round.

Keep an eye out folks, or you’re beloved S60 may become the next VendorPhone, rather than the Smartphone it should be.

-olly

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