Comments on: First Screenshots Of S60 3rd FP2

By: Nokia N78 and S60v3 Feature Pack 2 Reviews Up In English

Nokia N78 and S60v3 Feature Pack 2 Reviews Up In English — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:21 +0000

[...] of his Nokia N78 review, and here’s the translation of the S60v3 Feature Pack 2 review that we linked to a while back. Grab a pot of coffee and enjoy as much as I [...]

By: Nseries WOM World » Blog Archive » Thoughts on S60 3rd FP2 as implemented on the N78

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:14:49 +0000

[...] from this post by Eldar at Mobile Review and the many, many screenshots included in it, Dotsisx has highlighted the new features of S60 3rd FP2 she is most excited about. New layouts in stand-by mode and the extension of the [...]

By: Dotsisx

Dotsisx — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:31:46 +0000

@ Maciek : Nodd Nodd Nodd, we hear you

By: Dotsisx

Dotsisx — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:31:00 +0000

@ Maciek : Nodd Nodd Nodd, we hear you

By: Maciek

Maciek — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:08:23 +0000

Hi guys. I agree with every comment here. There’s just one thing though. Nokia became too comfortable with the fact that whether you like it or not, S60 is the most user friendly platform. Recently I convinced my friend to get an N95-3 instead of awful iPhone. The way I explained S60 to him was that it was like a desktop computer – a totally open platform (like desktop OS) with the possibility to install any application one desires. There’s no doubt that we all love this openness (paired with unlocked device) but Nokia seems to be riding on that fact and becoming too comfortable with it. This slowed down the development of the platform. My first S60 device was 3650 which I bought in Denmark back in 2003. The only thing has changed is the themes support and it’s just more colorful. Sure we can go deeper (higher screen resolution, and other bits and pieces but the plJust like you guys already said..calculator, calendar, contacts have remained the same since the beginning of Symbian.. These days it no longer cuts it to slam a nice theme on the interface. We need a calendar that can be synchronized with our online calendar, contacts backed up with our online database, contact fields that can be mapped freely to custom fields in outlook or online database and most of all – give us a damn scheduled auto updates with less obtrusive prompts; it’s beyond me why SyncML does not have the option for periodical auto updates (just like Sony Ericsson devices do). I can’t stand the fact that when I send an e-mail from my phone I have to wait for it to upload (which freezes the phone). This should be pushed to the background (the same way MMS is sent…). So even though I have not had a chance to play around with FP2 I’m with you guys…it’s not worth getting a new device just because of the small updates. Many may say that what I’m about to give as an example stinks but think of Microsoft and Apple… Two companies which promote computers ALONG with the NEW OS… Vista..all extra features will make your head spin. Apple…Leopard – super efficient, blah blah blah…they push the OS along the devices. Nokia should do the same… Nokia N99..with S60 FP3 – it uploads images automatically to online album, it backs up your contacts to Ovi as soon as you change something, it reminds you of your contact’s birthdays, it will update automatically when your secretary will update your online calendar… push the device + the Operating system.

By: Maciek

Maciek — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:08:00 +0000

By: Dotsisx

Dotsisx — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:03:48 +0000

@RatKat – we totally agree with you. I am giving Nokia the benefit of the doubt. At the beginning of this year, they reorganized the whole company. Before it was Enterprise (Eseries) alone, Multimedia (Nseries) alone and the other 4number phones alone. Each part had to work by itself, from design to software,…
Now they reorganized to have 3 totally new divisions: Devices, Software & Services, and Markets. That means that Nseries software developers will be able to talk to Eseries software developers, and they both can talk to other phones software developers. I give it 6-7 months so we can have an idea of this collaboration, 1year to see some of the results come into our hands, probably more to reach full integration.

By: Dotsisx

Dotsisx — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:03:00 +0000

By: The Guru

The Guru — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:05:42 +0000

@Ratkat – you’re preaching to the choir here, my friend. I’ve already said earlier, I would be ecstatic if Nokia didn’t put out any new hardware all year, but worked full-force to fix the little software niggles that are around.

I couldn’t believe they’re STILL using that god-awful calculator. Seriously? They could probably buy Calcium for a couple thousand and implement it in every S60/S40 phone out there.

Even the Palm Centro, running PALM has mapping integrated in the contacts. If Palm can do it, anyone can.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:05:00 +0000

I couldn’t believe they’re STILL using that god-awful calculator. Seriously? They could probably buy Calcium for a couple thousand and implement it in every S60/S40 phone out there.

Even the Palm Centro, running PALM has mapping integrated in the contacts. If Palm can do it, anyone can.