I have a Samsung i8910. It is a great device and the hardware is fantastic. The symbian OS 5th edition is great and far better than my previous winMo phone.

I have recenlty been playing with an Iod Touch and have used the app store to download various things. To put it mildy, Apple’s Apps store is brilliant. Its fast and easy to use. The apps all take advantage of the hardware (easier as it is a single platform) and some of them are fantastic.

While there are some great apps out there on sites such as Ovi and the beta version of Samsungs app store (while its a start its full of over priced and outdated software) there are none that really take advantage of the powerful hardware currently available.

Apps for the iPhone are advertised on lots of major sites (Sky, BBC etc) and while Symbian versions are available – the wide variety of handsets etc inevitably will slow progress down.

I welcome the development of a one stop shop for devs etc as the one thing Symbian is missing is a good app store..

It would appear those involved in designing these mobile platforms want it to be as complicated as possible to design and release applications, as if it would be a terrible thing if anyone could simply create content and give it to the people to use without complication or worry.

Let’s face facts. The reality is that the value chain (including network operators) is already imposing a range of checks and tollgates before certain kinds of applications and content can be distributed. One response to this reality is to campaign for all such checks and tollgates to be removed. Personally I think that’s completely infeasible: bad applications and content can do damage to devices, networks, and users’ bills. Some kinds of checks are, therefore, inevitable.

However, the reason for Horizon is that Symbian (working in partnership with community members) will assist developers to handle the checks and tollgates as smoothly and as quickly as possible.

So, instead of just letting developers create an application and release it for anyone in the world to use, at their own price and on their own terms, Symbian is creating a whole new middle-man to make it more difficult to get their product to the end user.

No, the point of the “new middle-man” (as you call it) is to make is more easy for developers to get their product to the end user.

Your developer base would increase 100x if it didn’t cost hundreds of dollars to allow one application to be created…

Agreed, we must drive as much cost as possible out of the development process. The wider the range of applications that can be developed without any cost whatsoever, the better!

…or perhaps the incredible idea of operating systems which were compatible with previous versions of applications.

Agreed, the incompatibilities between the API sets on different handsets cause developers major problems. That’s why Symbian is aggressively seeking better compatibility between handsets. (But that’s not to say that handsets will always be compatible. It’s just to say that compatibility breaks need better monitoring and review.)

// David W.

Your developer base would increase 100x if it didn’t cost hundreds of dollars to allow one application to be created, or perhaps the incredible idea of operating systems which were compatible with previous versions of applications.

It would appear those involved in designing these mobile platforms *want* it to be as complicated as possible to design and release applications, as if it would be a terrible thing if anyone could simply create content and give it to the people to use without complication or worry. Has no one learned from Microsoft’s successes?

- No notifications or error messages when an error occurs.
- 40% success rate for connecting towards PC Phone Suites.
- Settings are all over the place, are not organized into 1 category.
- Phone internet and WLAN interruptions, no notification message about this.
- Phone internet does not display on Connection Manager and is not logged.
- File manager is useless if you do not have a mouse attached to your phone. File manager should be made less complicated.

I use: Sony Ericcson P1i (Operating System: Symbian)
Previous: Nokia N95 ( Operating System: Symbian)

I have so little hope for Symbian in today’s Software war, it’s so last century. not LG, Samsung is all doing way better, You guys need to change the way to games, and fire the those who is not will to change and standing in the way.

I think Nokia these days have lost the lead in Hardware and software design. even your Symbian.org website design is bad, the font you design team used for the website makes me think that Symbian system looks really cheap and more like a joke. it’s time to get serious! Also If you can, you need to redesign Nokia.com too.