They've been reforming for a while. S60 FP5 is the first product of that process and sets the groundwork for moving forward.
As S60FP5 is already available on Nokias 5800 is going to be powering the N97 and Samsung Omnia HD in the near future I can see it being a seriously appealing alternative. Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andreas Kostyrka Sent: 09 April 2009 16:44 To: JP; Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Google competing with devs... Symbian is greener pasture? LOL. Actually they are trying to reform themselves, philosophically probably as a response to Android, but that will take some time. Andreas JP <[email protected]> hat geschrieben: > > > >On Apr 9, 7:52 am, mike quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> You say it is unlikely that an independent developer will invest >> time/money/resource to make their application "look" professional and >> provide unique selling points, hell mend them then. >No I am saying they will pack for greener grass. iPhone, Symbian, you >name it. > >> >> Just because someone got there first doesn't mean that any other >> developer (Google included) should not be able to produce the same >> application that a) Looks better and/or b)provides additional killer features. >Sure, in an ideal world, there is always a better app around the >corner. This is a paper tiger however and you prove the point that the >paper tiger screams the loudest. Reality check! It takes substantial >effort to put something compelling together and - speaking for myself >here - I do not feel inspired to put the effort forward as long as >there's the Google brand looming. This is how MS Explorer kill >Netscape. >All things considered, I rather find something else to do with my time. > > -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
