Symbian Threatened?

For the past 8 years, we know that majority of the Smartphone market is controlled by the then independent company Symbian (before Nokia bought Symbian a couple of years ago).

Almost 70% of the total Smartphone industry uses Symbian operating System.

Fast forward to the present, most Smartphones now are going into touch-screen, where the Android/Blackberry/Apple OS (for iPhone) as well as Windows Mobile are doing well. With the recent accolades of the new (except Windows Mobile) other OSes, do you think the Symbian stronghold is threatened?

I myself is a Symbian S60 user, from the Nokia 3660 days up to this time on my N82. By far, I am satisfied with it. In fairness, I haven't tried the Android/Blackberry/OSApple/Windows Mobile.

As in my case, I am more on the "loyalty" thing. Should these threatening OSes overtake Symbian in the near future why not? It's a healthy competition that benefits the consumers.

We'll see in a couple of years.

From left to right:

Nokia N97: Symbian, Motorola Milestone:Android, HTC HD2: Windows Mobile

BlackBerry Bold 9700: BlackBerry OS, Apple iPhone: iPhone OS

All photos credits to www.gsmarena.com

(Note: The blogger is not, in an way, endorsing nor affiliated to www.gsmarena.com and to the products and their manufacturers listed above.

Nokia Maps / Ovi Maps now Totally Free

As I posted on my past blog, I compared Nokia Maps against the Route66 GPS application. And one of the disadvantages of the Nokia Maps (now called Ovi Maps on newer models) is that you have to pay for navigation and voice navigation services.

Months ago, Nokia announced that the they will no longer charge you for navigation / voice navigation. Thanks Nokia.

So if your handset is capable of GPS navigation, install now!

For Symbian S60 3rd Edition / Java phones
http://europe.nokia.com/support/product-support/maps-support

For Symbian S60 5th edition
http://maps.nokia.com/ovi-services-and-apps/ovi-maps/downloads?ca=navq1&intc=nokiacommaps-fw-ilc-na-acq-na-europenokia-g0-19-getthelatest_101&lid=nav_navq1_link_getthelatest_other_na&t=nav#/default/


Good luck.