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Nokia's troubles won't be easily fixed

cptncrch 13th Mar 2009

Apple has the best integrated and slickest hardware/software combination in the market. Microsoft has huge resources to throw at its Windows Mobile effort. And Android OWNS the open source mindshare.

What does Nokia have? Arguably the best hardware. Definitely the oldest software platform out with many versions of Symbian Sxx's that are incompatible... not to mention the whole UIQ family which is yet another incompatible branch. Nokia belatedly trying to get Symbian to be "open" isn't likely to produce much. It's a quirky mess that is fundamentally proprietary. "Opening" it might help existing Symbian software shops but it isn't going to attract the Android open-source crowd. I've owned numerous Nokia phones over the years and I've loved them. But this last time I traded mine in for a HTC G1 and while I miss the Nokia hardware, I won't be going back soon.