N95 Symbian OS Virtual Memory

5 replies · 3,353 views · Started 01 July 2007

Quakester2000 01 Jul 2007, 22:27

Why cant the symbian os implement virtual memory or Nokia implement it in its phones that don't have a lot of memory.

Ronaldo-9 02 Jul 2007, 00:49

because it would be very slow and hard to manage, these symbians have enough problems as it is and adding virtual memory might give them a new problem. if they wanted more ram on the phone then they would add it. personally think n95's 18mb free ram is enough for any app

fostex 02 Jul 2007, 03:55

for any ONE app, probably. but there are people who like to have more than one app active at a time, you know. i've only had the phone for a week, and i've already run into the out of memory-message several times.

cinghialino 02 Jul 2007, 06:58

Fostex is right.
This is the worst thing (oh, and the crappy GPS) on our Nokia N95.

3Shirts 02 Jul 2007, 10:25

cinghialino wrote:Fostex is right.
This is the worst thing (oh, and the crappy GPS) on our Nokia N95.

Don't forget battery life! :tongue:

Dan205 02 Jul 2007, 11:17

If this was possible then we'd have no reason to buy the next phone they release that's just a little bit better (which no doubt will have more RAM). There's no reason why it shouldn't be possible to implement into Symbian OS, then again I guess battery consumption would go up hugely using the storage device as virtual RAM so it's near pointless anyway.