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Symbian and WinCE were relatively strong competitors. And there was an attempt at Linux + Qt made by Sharp with the Zaurus and Qtopia.
by stephc_int13 4y ago
Symbian and WinCE were relatively strong competitors.
And there was an attempt at Linux + Qt made by Sharp with the Zaurus and Qtopia.
- ubermonkey 4y agoEr, no. Symbian had some presence via Nokia devices, but was kinda an also-ran in the US in terms of actual viable smartphone platforms. WinCE and WinMo were gawdawful and unusable unless you were just really, really drinking the Redmond Kool-Aid. (Amusingly, if you Google "symbian" now the first link is for a thing that is absolutely not related to smartphones, but which uses a name that is "symbian" without the "m". NSFW.)
- stephc_int13 4y agoSymbian was a contender in Europe, many mobile gaming companies in Europe started on this Platform, especially in Finland/UK. Remember the Ngage? It was nothing compared to what came later, but if you were in this business at that time, Symbian was a thing.
- ubermonkey 4y agoYeah, my bias is definitely US, since that’s where I live. Symbian devices were very very few and far between for us.