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To me the Nokia N95 was close to a perfect phone, only the E61 or 62 then the E72 could beat it, especially for the price at the time. I still like to think of
by ljf 4mo ago
To me the Nokia N95 was close to a perfect phone, only the E61 or 62 then the E72 could beat it, especially for the price at the time.
I still like to think of a parallel time line where Symbian actually had a good and usable app store, and developers had been supported.
- app134 4mo agoTeenage me would've killed for an N900 back in the day. Went with an iPhone 3GS. Still think about that from time to time. I don't regret it, per-se, as the jailbreak scene at the time was very exciting.
- tjoff 4mo agoN900 wasn't symbian, if that was what you implied. It ran Maemo 5, and I still miss it even though I never owned one myself. Unfortunately Nokia fumbled everything.
- tosti 4mo agoAnd it was based on Debian. Installing an "app" was quite literally installing a deb package. Back in the day, I was working at a mobile software company and they had to call the IT guy (i.e. me) to explain how packaging works in Debian, just for the new Nokia they sent us, about a month before official launch. I tought the gadget was adorable.
- fsflover 4mo agoSuch phones also exist today. Have a look at Librem 5 and Pinephone.
- jamesfinlayson 4mo ago> developers had been supported Before my time but I remember an old colleague saying how hard it was to find decent documentation for Symbian development.
- ezst 4mo agoWent from E61 to N900 to pre³, least I can say is that neither modern Android nor iOS amazes me.