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That was more or less expected... But I think it is really sad too. I really enjoyed the pre-Microsoft Nokia, I had account in their dev forums, and loved thei
by speeder 13y ago
That was more or less expected...
But I think it is really sad too. I really enjoyed the pre-Microsoft Nokia, I had account in their dev forums, and loved their SDKs, community, Sybian, whatnot.
To me, when they suddenly dropped Sybian while they were still ahead AND expanding in some markets (like Brazil, Russia...) and switched to MS, it was really sad, and I felt like they dropped the ball.
Their Lumia phones DO pull some interesting hardware sometimes, but it was never the same.
Now with MS outright buying them, not only the ball is dropped, but kicked way out of the stadium.
- obiterdictum 13y ago> I really enjoyed the pre-Microsoft Nokia, I had account in their dev forums, and loved their SDKs, community, Sybian, whatnot. Really? I thought their SDK circa 2007 (especially the emulator) and API docs were terrible, and Symbian C++ was a real pain to work with. Also, segregation between regular developers and Nokia partners (who paid to have access to extra private APIs) put unnecessary barriers to development. I won't miss it.
- pavlov 13y agoThe defunct smartphone OS was named Symbian. Sybian is a sex toy brand, I believe. You're the first person I've ever heard praising the Symbian SDK. It was a miserable mess without clear ownership or direction - Nokia made the UI while Symbian Ltd made the base OS, and neither gave a damn about third parties unless they had bags of money for special API access.