Latest Canalys report looking good for Symbian (and Nokia)

While the figures make it hard to be down on Nokia, it must be remembered that part of Nokia's success in this area is tied to the fact that all it's higher-end phones use the Symbian OS. This means that anyone who buys one of those phones will be contributing to Nokia's "smart phone" domination. While this is literally true, the fact remains that many of these customers have no intention of buying a smart phone, and therefore will never use the device as it may be used. Empirical evidence of this is not easy to acquire, but anecdotal evidence abounds.

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xand wrote:While the figures make it hard to be down on Nokia, it must be remembered that part of Nokia's success in this area is tied to the fact that all it's higher-end phones use the Symbian OS. This means that anyone who buys one of those phones will be contributing to Nokia's "smart phone" domination. While this is literally true, the fact remains that many of these customers have no intention of buying a smart phone, and therefore will never use the device as it may be used. Empirical evidence of this is not easy to acquire, but anecdotal evidence abounds.

(for more: see http://www.symplification.com/node/181 )

I agree with your point, although more and more people are starting to get the point these days, using email, MP3 playing, games, etc. Every S60 phone buyer is a potential smartphone power user - let's look on the bright side! 8-)

Steve

I also posted a "Blog by email" tutorial for WordPress users here. Hope it adds some juice 😊

Two famous Davids had their talks at a famous EGM a little bit more than a year ago. One of the two Davids spoke a lot about cashing out too early...

A certain group of shareholders gotta be crying blood by now. 😊