Nokia ending support for MeeGo and Symbian January 1
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- 08 Oct 2013
Anonymous, 08 Oct 2013The list continues:
- No Memory Card Slot
- No Removable ... more- No Memory Card Slot - Lie, check with GSM Arena search
- No Removable Battery - Lie, check with GSM Arena search
- No True Multi Tasking capability of Symbian (running more than 40 Apps on background) - Multitasking capabilities are not measured by the number of apps you can run simultaneously. That's pure RAM memory thing.
- No full USSD Codes like Symbian - WP8 has full USSD support, WP7 doesn't.
- No Java Support - Aside from Symbian, please answer what smartphone OS has a NATIVE J2ME support (not talking about 3rd party solutions)?
- No USB On-the-go
- No HDMI port, etc, ets..
Agree, these features are missed.
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- 08 Oct 2013
Anonymous, 07 Oct 201310 Things Lumia can't do:
1) No FM Transmitter
2) Any w... moreAs a private Android and business WP8 user:
1) So does a majority of Android phones (S4, for instance). But, it's a hardware limitation, not a software one, they just don't see the point of installing FM transmitter.
2) Lie. You have a number of 3rd party browsers available, like Nokia Xpress and UC Browser. Search.
3) Lie, again. There is a number of file managers. Search, again.
4) Yet another plain lie.
5) Hanging is a problem with any operating system ever.
6) First truly missed capability and I agree it should be there. Hopefully soon.
7) Don't use the button then. I cannot see how is this "a thing a lumia can't do"? On Android, you can't remove or change Google search strip on your homescreen unless you root or flash another ROM and that's not even available on all the phones. And when you do remove it, the empty space on the screen can't be used for anything else.
8) Same as Symbian.
9) Look under 8).
10) This is being remedied with the latest update. As for equalizer, at least one free 3rd party Equalizer is available.
VPN support is coming, but please do tell us how often do you use it on you phone or computer. That's router's or proxy server's job.
I've never seen an ad on my home screen. There are Ad blocking softwares, but again, you cound never block a single ad on a Symbian phone.
What privacy features? On Androd you can't use PlayStore, GoogleMusic,Maps, Navigation, Youtube, Hangouts, Chrome,... without Google knowing yhat you do, but jeez, on WP it's a problem.
S/MIME and a lot of other features are coming with Enterprise Feature Pack. But, I'll agree: right now they don't exist.
"cannot delete files with an unknown extension" - You can. "cannot upload/email videos, music, or pictures to anything but Skydrive" - You can.
"no notification center" - You didn't have that on Symbian either. It's coming with the next update, publicly confirmed.
"Do you get the point yet? Windows Phone is now the oldest Smartphone OS on the market dating back to the Windows Mobile days and it still lacks basic smartphone functionality!"
You're an ignorate who spews lies and hate and doesn't bother to check the facts.
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- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-84894, 08 Oct 2013Smartphone is about smartness...
not the number of feature... moreYour argument is dead. Poster after poster has explained why Windows Phone is a failure. You wanted a list of 10 things that Lumia couldn't do...we gave you about 25 things. You kept moving the goalpost further saying "Wait until the GDR3 update." Why do we have to wait until 2014 for feature parity with 2010 Symbian when Android will provide most of those features RIGHT NOW?
And please explain why the current flagship device, Lumia 1020, produces worse images than its two year old counterpart, the Nokia 808 running Symbian. I'll give you a hint: Windows Phone could not handle the separate Broadcomm image processor.
Windows Phone is a joke OS written by a company with no direction, which has trouble understanding its market. Only the fact that Blackberry screwed up even worse provides any glimmer of hope that WP will maintain relevance, and then it has a long way to go before it meets enterprise standards.
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- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-26572, 08 Oct 2013You are totally right about upgrades. MS have a long track ... moreThat's right! At least I'm not the only one who understands.
I had Windows Mobile 5 on an HTC Dopod (2007?) and MS never did release an update for that phone. IF the Microsoft acquisition of Nokia goes through and MS doesn't change they'll successfully kill off the legacy of Nokia.
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AnonD-75819, 08 Oct 2013What future updates...surely ms will launch new wp os after... moreI agree but are Apple any different in regard of robbing people?
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Anonymous, 08 Oct 2013
It's obvious he's talking about a user accessible file ma... moreYou are totally right about upgrades. MS have a long track record of this. Windows mobile 5, 6 and 7 were all the same. They even went as far as deliberately building in obsolescence to get out of probviding upgrades. The final straw for me was when WP7 dropped support for SD cards just after I had bought one for my WM6 phone. I then moved to Android and have never looked back and given their appalling track record I do not see it happening anytime soon, if ever.
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- 08 Oct 2013
Symbian was never perfect. But if there was an OS which had the potential to bring us quite close to PC level power.. it was only Symbian.
Had they developed it further, it would've become a cult OS by 2013.
Symbian had the basics covered so well, that it had the potential to be hit....
May Elop become even more fatter with money he's sucking from both organisations.
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- Anonymous
- GT6
- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-84894, 08 Oct 2013Lumia 520 is more popular than Asha...
Now Nokia is Micros... moreSilly comparison. Nearly all the Asha phones lack 3g (think one of the new ones announced will have it, but it's still a smaller format handset), have lower quality cameras, less memory, are much smaller than the Lumias and are missing many features the Lumias have.
I guarantee you, if they used the Asha 1.x OS on one of the Lumia handsets the sales of that phone would crush it's WP counterpart.
I've said this a number of times, Microsoft needs Nokia more than Nokia needs Microsoft. If the Nokia shareholders are smart, they'll reject the Microsoft offer for their handset business.
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- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-178450, 07 Oct 2013When will they end support for Stephen Elop?The Step-hen Elop-ed to MS while just before he stopped Symbian support to Nokia. Now that he is getting service and updates (financial and otherwise) from MS.
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- Anonymous
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- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-84894, 08 Oct 2013Smartphone is about smartness...
not the number of feature... more
It's obvious he's talking about a user accessible file manager. Which Blackberry, Android, Meego and Symbian all have.
Smartphones isn't about features? A rather foolish thing to say. If you don't have features then how are you going to make your smartphone smart? It wasn't smartphones first and then featurephones came along. Smartphones came with the capabilities to manage the features better. Samsung's smartview capabilities are an great example. Automatically scrolling a webpage down when you reach the bottom of a page? Nothing less than brilliant. (A feature that I see people standing up on the subway train take advantage of every day.)
Buying phones on what the OS' maker says it's going to include in future releases is terrible advice, compounded by using WP as an example. Microsoft Windows Mobile up to version 7 had a user accessible file manager then took it out. There has been talk about bringing it back, but so far it's been nothing but talk. Their update last month is a perfect example of talk being cheap, because it could have easily been re-introduced in that release.
Believe it or not, quite a few people are "smarter" than their smartphone. So moving and copying files between media inside and outside the device is not a problem and in some cases necessary.
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AnonD-181911, 08 Oct 2013But the statistics in the list you linked show that Samsung... more1st of all huawei and zte weren't major players in d tech world before android. If nokia had gone android with their amazin camera, glance screen, data compression app et al they wuda bin a srs contender to samsung AND apple. Combined with their aesthetic lumia design they wud av gone bk to profitability in no time. The mistake they did was choosing WP exclusively... Oh no wait I'm sorry the mistake they did was not kickin Elop's ass outta there after the 2nd year with WP. I mean come on their OS wasn't upgradeable to WP8? That kinda fiasco is wat makes consumers wary of a company.
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- 08 Oct 2013
nickname , 08 Oct 2013What support is this article talking about? My n9 has been ... moreNokia were never going to support the N9 like the N900 before it, both amazing phones the support comes from the community. The support there for apps and updates is vast maybe you should look? or if this isn't something your interested in then the N9 was not the phone for you.
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AnonD-84894, 08 Oct 2013Smartphone is about smartness...
not the number of feature... moreWhat future updates...surely ms will launch new wp os after so many 'test' on customers...remember wp 7.5?? All lumia of that gen were doomed bcoz ms won't give wp 8....
The so called wp blue will be same no doubt,pushing sales of new phones and forget the old in dustbin.
Ms is ultimate winner...robbing innocent people with no tech knowledge.
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- 08 Oct 2013
If each phone has a great camera, how will Nokia survive?
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- 08 Oct 2013
Anonymous, 07 Oct 201310 Things Lumia can't do:
1) No FM Transmitter
2) Any w... moreSmartphone is about smartness...
not the number of features it has...
All OS HAS File Manager
The way it is managed is different in Android,Windows,iOS
WP and iOS works by "standards" "uniform" "pattern" "well defined style"
if you want to work like in a garbage, there are other OS for that... feel free to use it.
For any New OS, you should not cry about what it does not have, you should always see whether its gonna have it or something related to it in the near future...
[try to understand what GDR2, GDR3 and Blue features]
BING is more than perfect for many people... if you dont want to use BING ask GOOGLE to release G-apps.
and btw, WP HAS option to customize default settings
i have not replied to many of you innocent, ignorant and ridiculous comments...
you rant like Google CEO wanting every other OS to work like the way he wants...
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- 08 Oct 2013
What support is this article talking about? My n9 has been thrown to the wolves right after p.r. 1.3...had Nokias for the last 6 years...no more
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- 08 Oct 2013
Bye bye Symbian, welcome Seilfish. Cant wait for my Jolla. http://youtu.be/eYR44DJidr0
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- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-84894, 08 Oct 2013You have to borrow a Lumia 1020 for a week and then post yo... moreYou should use N9 to know what the power of Linux could be.
No doubt 1020 is a beast machine, but not due to MS. Imagine MeeGo on 1020 and give ur review :)
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- 08 Oct 2013
AnonD-181911, 08 Oct 2013But the statistics in the list you linked show that Samsung... moreInstead of closing the nokia should develope further Symbian and MeeGo. The other companies do not have profits because of competion in the market (Android), the one who seems to be having effects posectivos is samsung. Nokia, Symbian and develop more MeeGo, create effects, change the appearance, make install several extensions of Apps. This can boost Nokia's market. Bet on what you guys have the best
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- Anonymous
- KFP
- 08 Oct 2013
RIP Symbian. I've my Nokia 2310 and i will keep it with me as long as it works and no, i wouldn't ever buy any MSFT smartphones or Android smartphones. Only Jolla Sailfish from now on.