I think most of us would agree that 90% of what the N95 supplies is spot on with a few niggles. Why doesnt nokia save their resources and continue evolving the N95 range instead of bring out more handsets with similar pro's and cons (i.e N82 and the rumoured N96).
It wouldnt take much for them to look at putting a 2.8" VGA screen in there, zenon flash, keep the memory card slot, move the 3.5mm connector to the top of the device and allow USB charging and fashon some kind of lens protector. In terms of development they could do this and then devote the majority of their resource to the S60 touch development.
This would be because it's more economical to spoon feed people technology in small chunks. It also makes for some good practical business sense as well. This months killer mobile would have to be outshone by much better models at least a few times every year. The cutting edge is a pretty difficult place to be, sometimes it's better to stand back and see what others are doing and emulate their success with incremental improvements.
It's also a tad difficult to predict success. One persons idea of perfect is just that.
My idea of the perfect phone would be pretty much anything developed as a result of the complete removal of symbian signed from the face of the earth.
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My idea of the perfect phone would be pretty much anything developed as a result of the complete removal of symbian signed from the face of the earth.
What? Buggy, harmful or malicious applications swamping the market making genuine trustworthy usable apps hard to find and harder to trust?
I agree the process is flawed but it needs fixing not binning
Viruses? A repeat of that whole non-event that happened with 2nd edition?
I'd much rather have the versatility of a hand held computer than be told what I can and cannot do with hardware that I own.
A VGA screen would be nice, but I believe a lot of software would have to be edited to support this format. Bring it on, I say, but personally I think I'd wait for second gen VGA phones 😊
Symbian signed is a pain in the... thumb. Why don't they copy the MS Mobile concept, allowing an advanced user to turn signing off on his own device, so no one would actually need to learn the signing process? Learning how to sign is about as complicated as learning how to turn off security on a MS device. Those who can, can. Those who can't, can't. No difference in security, the Symbian Signed process is just a whole lot more messy and time consuming.