Mobile phones & tablets thread

I've got 12 Apps in my Nokia N96 and that's more than enough for me :p :

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Originally Posted by Mark

I can see both points. Competition between app stores is good for the consumer, but having a single point of access is also good!

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But at some point it becomes like Sainsburys/Asda/Tesco/Morrisons etc etc where if you want a loaf of bread or whatever you could go to all three :)

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Originally Posted by Mark

Word is that they are releasing an updated version of the iPhone 4 - mostly for the American market and Verizon (who for some reason don't use the world wide standard of GSM?! :confused: ) but chances are this model will include an antenna upgrade.

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It's widely believed that the delays in supplying the white iPhone are down to an internal design - and that almost certainly means the antenna. There are few other credible reasons - after all how hard is it to switch the colour of the case?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

But at some point it becomes like Sainsburys/Asda/Tesco/Morrisons etc etc where if you want a loaf of bread or whatever you could go to all three :)

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Yep, as long as they are all equally as accessible then it's fine!

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Originally Posted by Dave B

It's widely believed that the delays in supplying the white iPhone are down to an internal design - and that almost certainly means the antenna. There are few other credible reasons - after all how hard is it to switch the colour of the case?

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Maybe white and magic aren't as easy to combine as you'd think Dave.

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Originally Posted by pino

For what I am using my mobile the N8 it's the best choice at the moment (also considering the price) so I am looking forward to add it in my mobile-collection :crazy: :p :

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This review of the N8 can't speak highly enough about the hardware itself. The OS, and the user experience, though....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ia-n8-reviewed

The same applies to the majority of the other reviews quoted towards the end of the article.

How long before Nokia cave in and launch an Android handset?

Sums it all up really. Nokia can make great hardware but their operating systems totally suck! Whereas Apple use competitively average hardware but have an excellent OS.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the future when the Symbian CEO departs on short notice... and the smartphone team leader is hot on his heels running for the door.

Symbian CEO leaves own foundation on short notice

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The Symbian Foundation faced another setback today as Symbian CEO Lee Williams has resigned his Executive Director position effective immediately. He would only give "personal reasons" for the departure. Tim Holbrow, the Foundation's CFO, is replacing Williams.

Symbian has suffered multiple blows in recent months as some of its key proponents at Nokia have made both voluntary and involuntary exits. The Finnish phone builder suddenly replaced its CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in September over what's commonly thought to be dissatisfaction with an inability to reverse sliding market share. Its smartphone team leader Anssi Vanjoki is also exiting soon.

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I also read that Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, just resigned. Reports are that he was tired of butting heads with Steve Ballmer, for whom he apparently had very little intellectual respect.

The way it looks right now, Microsoft, RIMM and Nokia/Symbian are going to be little more than fringe/niche players in the smartphone segment in the years to come. They keep coming up a day late and a dollar short in the market, and iOS and Android are capturing the imagination of consumers and businesses globally. If Windows Phone 7 doesn't catch fire (and I don't believe it will) and the stock remains a dog, I look for Ballmer to be ousted from Microsoft within 18 months. Since he took over in 2000, the company has gone from being a technology front runner to a stumbling, bumbling also-ran.

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the future when the Symbian CEO departs on short notice... and the smartphone team leader is hot on his heels running for the door.

Symbian CEO leaves own foundation on short notice




I also read that Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, just resigned. Reports are that he was tired of butting heads with Steve Ballmer, for whom he apparently had very little intellectual respect.

The way it looks right now, Microsoft, RIMM and Nokia/Symbian are going to be little more than fringe/niche players in the smartphone segment in the years to come. They keep coming up a day late and a dollar short in the market, and iOS and Android are capturing the imagination of consumers and businesses globally. If Windows Phone 7 doesn't catch fire (and I don't believe it will) and the stock remains a dog, I look for Ballmer to be ousted from Microsoft within 18 months. Since he took over in 2000, the company has gone from being a technology front runner to a stumbling, bumbling also-ran.

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Huh? Since 2000 Microsoft have launched 2 very successful desktop OS's, become a big player in the mobile market, then become a minor player in the mobile market and have now launched what looks to be a very good phone OS. Microsoft have also broken into the gaming market which was pretty much dominated by Playstation.

What a failure that Ballmer guy is :rotflmao: Perhaps in terms of overhyped and overvalued share prices Microsoft isn't doing well, but Microsoft is an integral part of what makes the world operate. Remove all Apple stuff tomorrow and will the world stop turning? Nope, remove everything that Microsoft has made and there's a whole lot of hurt.

Microsoft may not generate the headlines that Apple does but they're everywhere.

I'd seriously LOVE to meet Steve Ballmer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKTnQYScpyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHN...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8IufkbuD0

He may have made some mistakes, but he's one awesome crazy sweaty man :up:

New software plans for Nokia :

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_reveal...-news-2016.php