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Comparing market share of Symbian devices to iPhone or Android is like comparing market share of bicycles to market share of cars. Symbian OS has several versi

Comparing market share of Symbian devices to iPhone or Android is like comparing market share of bicycles to market share of cars. Symbian OS has several version. The version that ships in volume powers devices like Nokia C1-01 http://store.nokia.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdetail_10500_10101_-1_10000740 http://store.nokia.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdeta... or worse. It's not the same product as iPhone or Android or even the old Palm OS shipped on Treo. The share of Symbian OS devices shipping a version comparable to iPhone or Android is a blip on the radar. A drop in the ocean. And a peasant among Kings.

pavlov 16y ago
No, that's a misunderstanding. The C1 and its ilk are not Symbian devices. Most of Nokia's cheap phones are on the Series 40 platform, which is a closed "non-smart" OS (that has nevertheless grown some fairly smart features recently, like QWERTY keyboards and a HTML browser). Symbian by Nokia comes in three flavours: - Symbian^3, the latest and greatest -- e.g. the E7: http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/E7-00 http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/E7-... - Symbian^1, the previous touchscreen Symbian version (a.k.a. S60 5th Edition): http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/C5-03 http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/C5-... - Symbian S60 3rd Edition, still used on keyboard devices: http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/E72 http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/E72
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