Damn it. trying to post to this thread for the past 2hrs and all I get is DB error. When the hell will these DB errors stop!
eReader for Symbian S60 review | Electricpig
Can I read books that I purchase on kindle or B&N stores on this eReader? if you are talking about free books, there are loads of better apps on android than eReader. So, in book reading, it's 0/10 for Symbian.
*store.ovi.com/#/applications?categoryId=21
*store.ovi.com/#/applications?categoryId=22
*store.ovi.com/#/applications?categoryId=18
by official apps, I meant not just one or two apps, I meant apps for most franchises. All I can find from your links is two to three official news apps and one or two apps which I know for sports.
*blog.nimbuzz.com/2011/02/14/presenting-nimbuzz-ad-free-for-nokia-symbian-phones/
weren't these available too ?
don't tell me now, not to mention Gravity
*store.ovi.com/#/applications?categoryId=21
*dailymobile.se/2010/03/10/free-isms-threaded-sms-application-for-symbian-devices-updated-to-v1-08/
*en.softonic.com/s/threaded-mail:phones/symbian
*www.markspace.com/products/symbian/ms-overview-mac.php
40$ for a sync app? you sure you want to pay that much? and yeah, that threaded sms does look funny. every tom dick and harry writes such apps. if you start comparing such apps, there are thousands of them on iOS and android platforms. Handcent SMS on the other hand gives superb notifications and pop up with quick text options where I can reply directly without opening the app, use voice to send sms etc. psilac gsync used to cost 10 euro but is no longer being developed which shows another ugly angle. you stress yourself to find that one app that might do something for you, purchase it and few months/weeks later find that it has reached EOL.
on the other hand, for android, you have so many 'FREE' choices that even though one developer pulls the plug, you have many that are providing similar or better applications.
Handcent sms 'FREE' application: *www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xoxq_7F6w
This is what you call an sms 'app'.
By keypad, I didn't just mean swype. I personally liked swype app while my friend liked SwiftKey for it's superior prediction and autofill.
Similarly, I like Tweetdeck and I used to use it on linux, windows, android phone and ipod touch. Few like the simplicity of official twitter app while few like the multilist setup of tweetdeck, seesmic while few like to use sobees on all their devices. and none of these are paid apps and offer much better functionality than the paid app 'gravity' on symbian. Apart from the 'PAID' version of gravity, there is nothing on ovi that can please facebook and twitter addicts and if there are few apps that support these, they are like that iSMS app, toyish and very very basic.
In short, I do an extensive search on google and pay tens of dollars for functionality that is either available out-of-the-box on Android or I get it for free or can get in one place.
Now, thanks to Nokia pulling the plug for symbian for smartphones, the evolution of the market (which was always in it's infancy will be stalled).
I hope you understand how much the apps lack on symbian side and how bad the 'choice' is. You can compare the symbian apps to the old wm6 apps. there are tonnes of them that do nothing more than the most basic tasks, non-free and on-the-edge in terms of life.
well Symbian doesn't have a market
but if you want an app, you have to come to this market
in this case, every f'ing java phone can be as good as iOS or android device. Thing is, it doesn't work that way.
i am talking about sub 10k consumer phones
are these sub 10k?
but they are great phones nonetheless at their pricepoint that is
The h/w in these 20k+ droids is the same that we are now seeing on sub 15k droids. infact, LG O1 is powerful than HTC Legend while Defy is much better than Milestone. If you think that Legend/milestone etc are great phones yesterday, the newer sub-15k droids too are great phones. I am just waiting for similar devices to be out under 10k. Name one phone that offers more than what Galaxy Pop offers under 10k? The only concern I have with Pop is the low resolution display but it's okay for 8.5k price tag (though I was clearly angry with 15k phones coming with same h/w earlier). One release like LG O1 in sub 10k (same specs as Galaxy Ace but with better display) and there will be flood of decent droids at that price point. Hope you get my point.
