Well we’re set for an interesting few years aren’t we?� Apple have their toys, Google have theirs and now Nokia has got their own Symbian sandpit to play with as reported by CNBC:
Nokia said on Tuesday Samsung Electronics had accepted Nokia’s offer to buy out its stake in software firm Symbian, and Nokia now has acceptances from all Symbian shareholders to sell their shares
But who the hell would want that sandpit? As a (used to be) developer I'd have to think hard whether I'd want to make apps quickly for Android and Apple that have sane programming models vs the scream that is Symbian. Symbian systems lock up less and allow concurrent execution, but that doesn't matter for a developer trying to get people to buy.
I was trying to be positive about Symbian….
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I was trying to be positive about Symbian….
2008/9/2 Disqus <>
But who the hell would want that sandpit? As a (used to be) developer I'd have to think hard whether I'd want to make apps quickly for Android and Apple that have sane programming models vs the scream that is Symbian. Symbian systems lock up less and allow concurrent execution, but that doesn't matter for a developer trying to get people to buy.
I was trying to be positive about Symbian….
2008/9/2 Disqus <>