Comments on: In With The Old, Out With The New http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.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: James @ Nokia Creative http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-17981 James @ Nokia Creative Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:35:09 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-17981 This is really exciting Ricky - I'm working on a blog post that dovetails with your thoughts so nicely...<br><br>Excellent post, I agree with a great deal of your ideas, but if they could just leave a few of the engineers working on cramming HD Video into a phone for 2009! (^_^) This is really exciting Ricky – I'm working on a blog post that dovetails with your thoughts so nicely…

Excellent post, I agree with a great deal of your ideas, but if they could just leave a few of the engineers working on cramming HD Video into a phone for 2009! (^_^)

]]> By: James @ Nokia Creative http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-34362 James @ Nokia Creative Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-34362 This is really exciting Ricky - I'm working on a blog post that dovetails with your thoughts so nicely...Excellent post, I agree with a great deal of your ideas, but if they could just leave a few of the engineers working on cramming HD Video into a phone for 2009! (^_^) This is really exciting Ricky – I'm working on a blog post that dovetails with your thoughts so nicely…Excellent post, I agree with a great deal of your ideas, but if they could just leave a few of the engineers working on cramming HD Video into a phone for 2009! (^_^)

]]> By: Parag http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-5318 Parag Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-5318 Well, good thoughts. But Nokia is a business not a non-profit company. Do you think they would earn enough by just selling old (currently available) models the whole year!! In that case, they will have to start charging for firmware updates (a la Microsoft in the making ;), how does that sound. It is not that Nokia is leaving out their users out in the blue. They started with flashlite 1.1 I guess on N-series. Upgraded firmware to support flashlite 2.x on N95 and the lates one has support for ver. 3 (think YouTube). N95 f/w upgrades have given us memory swapping, better (idle time) power management and lots more. For the past few years Nokia has been at the forefront of h/w (may I say) innovation in cell phones, be it cameras (VGA 30fps video, 5 megpix) or DVB or WLAN or 3D hardware or even form factors...which is basically pushing other manufacturers to do the same. With Motorola almost in dumps I do not want Nokia to take a back seat and be stuck with cell phones at the end on 2008 that did pretty much the same in 2007. It is nonetheless a thought proviking article, but I do not agree with most of it. Well, good thoughts. But Nokia is a business not a non-profit company. Do you think they would earn enough by just selling old (currently available) models the whole year!!

In that case, they will have to start charging for firmware updates (a la Microsoft in the making ;), how does that sound.

It is not that Nokia is leaving out their users out in the blue. They started with flashlite 1.1 I guess on N-series. Upgraded firmware to support flashlite 2.x on N95 and the lates one has support for ver. 3 (think YouTube). N95 f/w upgrades have given us memory swapping, better (idle time) power management and lots more.

For the past few years Nokia has been at the forefront of h/w (may I say) innovation in cell phones, be it cameras (VGA 30fps video, 5 megpix) or DVB or WLAN or 3D hardware or even form factors…which is basically pushing other manufacturers to do the same. With Motorola almost in dumps I do not want Nokia to take a back seat and be stuck with cell phones at the end on 2008 that did pretty much the same in 2007.

It is nonetheless a thought proviking article, but I do not agree with most of it.

]]> By: Parag http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-27613 Parag Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-27613 Well, good thoughts. But Nokia is a business not a non-profit company. Do you think they would earn enough by just selling old (currently available) models the whole year!! In that case, they will have to start charging for firmware updates (a la Microsoft in the making ;), how does that sound. It is not that Nokia is leaving out their users out in the blue. They started with flashlite 1.1 I guess on N-series. Upgraded firmware to support flashlite 2.x on N95 and the lates one has support for ver. 3 (think YouTube). N95 f/w upgrades have given us memory swapping, better (idle time) power management and lots more. For the past few years Nokia has been at the forefront of h/w (may I say) innovation in cell phones, be it cameras (VGA 30fps video, 5 megpix) or DVB or WLAN or 3D hardware or even form factors...which is basically pushing other manufacturers to do the same. With Motorola almost in dumps I do not want Nokia to take a back seat and be stuck with cell phones at the end on 2008 that did pretty much the same in 2007. It is nonetheless a thought proviking article, but I do not agree with most of it. Well, good thoughts. But Nokia is a business not a non-profit company. Do you think they would earn enough by just selling old (currently available) models the whole year!!

In that case, they will have to start charging for firmware updates (a la Microsoft in the making ;), how does that sound.

It is not that Nokia is leaving out their users out in the blue. They started with flashlite 1.1 I guess on N-series. Upgraded firmware to support flashlite 2.x on N95 and the lates one has support for ver. 3 (think YouTube). N95 f/w upgrades have given us memory swapping, better (idle time) power management and lots more.

For the past few years Nokia has been at the forefront of h/w (may I say) innovation in cell phones, be it cameras (VGA 30fps video, 5 megpix) or DVB or WLAN or 3D hardware or even form factors…which is basically pushing other manufacturers to do the same. With Motorola almost in dumps I do not want Nokia to take a back seat and be stuck with cell phones at the end on 2008 that did pretty much the same in 2007.

It is nonetheless a thought proviking article, but I do not agree with most of it.

]]> By: Less Hardware, More Software « Skyre’s Blog http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-5282 Less Hardware, More Software « Skyre’s Blog Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:20:59 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-5282 [...] intended. I actually just wanted to echo the sentiments of Ricky Cadden in a relatively old post of his at Symbian-Guru, and I ended up borrowing many of his points while adding a few of my [...] [...] intended. I actually just wanted to echo the sentiments of Ricky Cadden in a relatively old post of his at Symbian-Guru, and I ended up borrowing many of his points while adding a few of my [...]

]]> By: Interview with the man behind Screenshot, Antony Prananta! | Nokia N96 Blog http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-4641 Interview with the man behind Screenshot, Antony Prananta! | Nokia N96 Blog Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:07:21 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-4641 [...] Honestly, I am very satisfied with the specification of my current phone (Nokia N95 8GB). I have to agree with Ricky Cadden from Symbian Guru, that software improvement is more important than hardware. We need more stable software, better usability and better power management (so we don’t need to charge the battery everyday). More info about Ricky’s posting here. [...] [...] Honestly, I am very satisfied with the specification of my current phone (Nokia N95 8GB). I have to agree with Ricky Cadden from Symbian Guru, that software improvement is more important than hardware. We need more stable software, better usability and better power management (so we don’t need to charge the battery everyday). More info about Ricky’s posting here. [...]

]]> By: Symbian-Guru.com » Blog Archive » Mobile World Congress 2008 Reflections http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-4587 Symbian-Guru.com » Blog Archive » Mobile World Congress 2008 Reflections Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:35:08 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-4587 [...] In short, what Nokia announced today might not be aimed at the WOW-factor, but it makes sense. They almost did what Ricky asked them to do a while ago. [...] [...] In short, what Nokia announced today might not be aimed at the WOW-factor, but it makes sense. They almost did what Ricky asked them to do a while ago. [...]

]]> By: Heniek http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3667 Heniek Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:52:41 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-3667 You are all rights about the need of improving software more than hardware. You guys are all power users but please do have a look at that from mass market perspective: - I'm convinced that 95% of the people do not update firmwares at all. They are stuck with ones that came preinstalled... - Most people choose the phone by just looking at them. In order to sell millions, Nokia has to release lots of phones with different form factor. We all know that S60 phones are basically the same, but just look different and have some tiny hardware differences... You are all rights about the need of improving software more than hardware. You guys are all power users but please do have a look at that from mass market perspective:

- I’m convinced that 95% of the people do not update firmwares at all. They are stuck with ones that came preinstalled…

- Most people choose the phone by just looking at them. In order to sell millions, Nokia has to release lots of phones with different form factor. We all know that S60 phones are basically the same, but just look different and have some tiny hardware differences…

]]> By: Heniek http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-27612 Heniek Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-27612 You are all rights about the need of improving software more than hardware. You guys are all power users but please do have a look at that from mass market perspective: - I'm convinced that 95% of the people do not update firmwares at all. They are stuck with ones that came preinstalled... - Most people choose the phone by just looking at them. In order to sell millions, Nokia has to release lots of phones with different form factor. We all know that S60 phones are basically the same, but just look different and have some tiny hardware differences... You are all rights about the need of improving software more than hardware. You guys are all power users but please do have a look at that from mass market perspective:

- I’m convinced that 95% of the people do not update firmwares at all. They are stuck with ones that came preinstalled…

- Most people choose the phone by just looking at them. In order to sell millions, Nokia has to release lots of phones with different form factor. We all know that S60 phones are basically the same, but just look different and have some tiny hardware differences…

]]> By: Antoine of MMM http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3655 Antoine of MMM Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:20:16 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/01/in-with-the-old.html#comment-3655 Nice post Ricky; If Nokia (and others) followed a philosophy of releasing fewer devices and more substantial softawre updates, there might be time to grab the types of attention that draws in newer users to paradigm shifting devices. Nice post Ricky;
If Nokia (and others) followed a philosophy of releasing fewer devices and more substantial softawre updates, there might be time to grab the types of attention that draws in newer users to paradigm shifting devices.

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