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On 2005-02-03 19:34:32, Arne Anka wrote:
Symbian 7, 8 and 9 are versions of same OS like Win 98, Win ME, WIn XP etc. Newer version offer bug fixes and improved functionality. But are usually backward compatible with older versions.
As someone mentioned Symbian is a joint venture between several mobile phone manufacurers.
http://www.symbian.com/about/about.html
With other words, all manufacturers running Symbian uses same OS.
Series 60, UIQ etc. are not part of Symbian OS. They are GUIs running on top of Symbian and are developed by separate companies.
Each mobile maker wants to distinguish him self from others and hence uses different GUIs. That's what competition is about. Without it, phones would probably have been more expencive than they are now (compare MS on the desktop market). Beside that, we all have different taste. Some like MS, others UIQ or Series 60.
Nothing wrong with variety (to some limits).
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2005-02-03 18:39 ]
I dont agree with u, win 98, XP etc if a software made for win 98, it will work on ME, XP, NT etc but with symbian UIQ software wouldnt work on Nokias Series 60 so software developers have to make for both versions, it costs more anyway we are talking about mobile OS. I think they are more applications for series 60 than UIQ. Would have seen more applications for Symbian if everyone used same user interface, software developers prefer that so they dont have to make applications for so many different interfaces UIQ 60 80 etc, its more productive.
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Posted: 2005-02-06 01:09:17
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I think that even before /// made the R380 they took a Psion 5mx, built some software to allow phone-PDA integration (Address book and Calendar sync, email and sms composition, HTTP and WAP browser) and sold it as an Ericsson machine.
It was, as far as I know, the first Symbian machine, it's named Mobile Companion MC218, and I'm the proud owner of one I still use today. It had an ARM 710T CPU at 36, 864MHz, 12MB of ROM and 16MB of RAM, and a CF slot for memory expansion. As for EPOC, it's the name of the PSION operating systems, from EPOC16 for Series3 machines to EPOC32 for the series5. Its heirs are, unfortunately, all Nokia: the 9210, 9300 and 9500 Communicators are the MC218 idea with newer technology and a phone integrated under the hood.
The last /// phones it worked perfectly with were the R520 and T39m, after that SE upgraded the software and now (for example) the My Phone application that was used to sync the address books is broken on my T68i. It was made to work with older phones, because it came bundled with a 5V IrDA modem you could attach to the expansion port on older /// phones.
The trouble with the MC218 is that it only supports IrDA, meaning that to connect with a phone, the phone has to be in front of the MC218. Were it to support Bluetooth, it would give any Communicator a run for it's money, because the big problem with the Communicators it that even if you just want to make a phone call, you still have to be holding a brick next to your ear. With a pocket computer separate from the phone, you only have to carry the brick when you need it.
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Posted: 2005-02-07 03:57:44
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