What Nokia think of Apple and Google
It was a 50/50 choice, and the head of Nokia has come from Microsoft, hardly a miraculous prediction........
I still think Nokia have left it too late though, Apple and the others have really pushed ahead in this sector with a momentum that will be very hard to overcome.
Geezer

I still think Nokia have left it too late though, Apple and the others have really pushed ahead in this sector with a momentum that will be very hard to overcome.
Geezer
As an ex-Symbian engineer, it's sad to see what Nokia have done with their homegrown OS - Symbian is a mighty fine OS let down massively by the steaming pile dumped on top of it for a UI, leading to the perception that the whole os is also steaming. I can only hope they don't do the same with WinPho7.
its sad to see nokia in the state they are now as there old phones and even the low end phones now are still great, it's only the smart phones that are not doing as they should.
Fair play
I have a sneaking suspicion that the main issue with Google may be the whole closing down of open-source. There's a couple of companies that have been gagged and served cease orders.( One Company )
Wouldn't surprise me if Google decide to go all "Apple" on Android - now they've got the free development of the platform from Open Source developers, they'll shut the OS access down and lock it all down. Cheap way to get an OS - get the work done for free!
It will then be a paid-for alternative, as opposed to an Open-Source, "free" version.....
Then you've got the Android App store....
Just my take, if I'm honest
I have a sneaking suspicion that the main issue with Google may be the whole closing down of open-source. There's a couple of companies that have been gagged and served cease orders.( One Company )
Wouldn't surprise me if Google decide to go all "Apple" on Android - now they've got the free development of the platform from Open Source developers, they'll shut the OS access down and lock it all down. Cheap way to get an OS - get the work done for free!
It will then be a paid-for alternative, as opposed to an Open-Source, "free" version.....
Then you've got the Android App store....
Just my take, if I'm honest
Last edited by ScoobyDoo555; Feb 11, 2011 at 06:07 PM.
Given that the London offices of Nokia are Symbian Ltd. who developed the OS before Nokia bought the company, it wouldn't be a surprise to see these offices closed too - at a guess 1000 uk jobs in London and Southwood (HQ).
The only hope for them I can see now is if Symbian is updated and gains favour with developing markets to become a contender again. Otherwise, RIP Symbian OS.
Last edited by ReallyReallyGoodMeat; Feb 11, 2011 at 07:10 PM.
Fair play
I have a sneaking suspicion that the main issue with Google may be the whole closing down of open-source. There's a couple of companies that have been gagged and served cease orders.( One Company )
Wouldn't surprise me if Google decide to go all "Apple" on Android - now they've got the free development of the platform from Open Source developers, they'll shut the OS access down and lock it all down. Cheap way to get an OS - get the work done for free!
It will then be a paid-for alternative, as opposed to an Open-Source, "free" version.....
Then you've got the Android App store....
Just my take, if I'm honest
I have a sneaking suspicion that the main issue with Google may be the whole closing down of open-source. There's a couple of companies that have been gagged and served cease orders.( One Company )
Wouldn't surprise me if Google decide to go all "Apple" on Android - now they've got the free development of the platform from Open Source developers, they'll shut the OS access down and lock it all down. Cheap way to get an OS - get the work done for free!
It will then be a paid-for alternative, as opposed to an Open-Source, "free" version.....
Then you've got the Android App store....
Just my take, if I'm honest

My current HTC Hero is a Cyanogen based 2.3 Gingerbread rom

I did have to flash the Gapps package seperate
That's what I thought, but check the link out..... it does seem to me like Google are closing the shutters though.......
Every time I post you jump on the thread with a feeble attempt at berating me, you never add opinion on the thread subject, it's always Jack this or Jack that, that's stalking. I thought Snidy was bad, but you've taken that crown, perhaps you should ask what drugs he was prescribed.
Every time I post you jump on the thread with a feeble attempt at berating me, you never add opinion on the thread subject, it's always Jack this or Jack that, that's stalking. I thought Snidy was bad, but you've taken that crown, perhaps you should ask what drugs he was prescribed.
No he doesn't. I have only posted on a relatively small number of his threads over time, but as I dare to disagree with him (admittedly vociferously) he plays the stalking card. He isn't worth stalking FFS! I can't think of someone more myopic and tedious on the whole of this board frankly!!









