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I am eagerly waiting for the N8. It will ship for 470€. But I am a bit reluctant to buy it, when I think that the Galaxy S (420€) has tethering, better screen,

I am eagerly waiting for the N8. It will ship for 470€. But I am a bit reluctant to buy it, when I think that the Galaxy S (420€) has tethering, better screen, better processor, better CPU, DivX support out of the box and the Nokia does not. I really hope they get it nailed down with the N8. I don't like Big Brother Google, and the closeness of Apple. A nice, working Symbian Phone would be great. Let's see.

DrJokepu 16y ago
When contrasting Nokia to "evil corporations" such as Apple or Google, don't forget that Nokia is the number one advocate of introducing software patents in the European Union. Just sayin'.
- cromulent 16y ago
  Also, remember Lex Nokia. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/06/finland_nokia_snooping/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/06/finland_nokia_snoopi... Large public companies tend to put significant effort into looking after their own best interests. There's not many exceptions.
- pornel 16y ago
  Nokia was the first company to object inclusion of Theora and Vorbis in HTML5: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/24 http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/24
davidw 16y ago
At least if you're going to code in Java ME, rather than C++, Android is way more open than the Ovi store: http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/06/23/ovi-lays-an-egg http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/06/23/ovi-lays-an-egg
- martythemaniak 16y ago
  Downvoted for FUD. Android is not Java ME.
  - davidw 16y ago
    Woah there dude. Maybe my sentence structure was off, but I know a thing or two about the difference between the two. What I'm trying to say: at least if you're doing Java ME, the OVI store is a very closed shop, as evidenced by my unfortunate experience with it, and Android (which is not Java ME) is way more open and pleasant to deal with. I don't know as much about C++; although I think it may be less miserable in some ways than the OVI Java ME experience, although it has other, serious drawbacks. All in all, Android is where it's at for me in the future.

DrJokepu 16y ago

When contrasting Nokia to "evil corporations" such as Apple or Google, don't forget that Nokia is the number one advocate of introducing software patents in the European Union. Just sayin'.

cromulent 16y ago
Also, remember Lex Nokia. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/06/finland_nokia_snooping/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/06/finland_nokia_snoopi... Large public companies tend to put significant effort into looking after their own best interests. There's not many exceptions.
pornel 16y ago
Nokia was the first company to object inclusion of Theora and Vorbis in HTML5: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/24 http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/24

davidw 16y ago

At least if you're going to code in Java ME, rather than C++, Android is way more open than the Ovi store: http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/06/23/ovi-lays-an-egg http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/06/23/ovi-lays-an-egg

martythemaniak 16y ago
Downvoted for FUD. Android is not Java ME.
- davidw 16y ago
  Woah there dude. Maybe my sentence structure was off, but I know a thing or two about the difference between the two. What I'm trying to say: at least if you're doing Java ME, the OVI store is a very closed shop, as evidenced by my unfortunate experience with it, and Android (which is not Java ME) is way more open and pleasant to deal with. I don't know as much about C++; although I think it may be less miserable in some ways than the OVI Java ME experience, although it has other, serious drawbacks. All in all, Android is where it's at for me in the future.