Planet Ivy: Oh Nokia you old Viking, what happened? You used to make the must have phones of the noughties, with games like snake as a standard, and phones like the 3310, built to withstand a small nuclear explosion.
Now it’s all ice cream sandwich OS’s, the latest i-Don’t-need-it products and apps that serve only to butcher productivity, that rule the mobile market from on high. With companies like Samsung and Apple firmly at the forefront of this charge make no mistake, we are now in the age of the smartphone. So is there any space left in our pockets for the rugged little Finnish mobiles?
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"i have fond memories of my iphone 4S - could never have another iphone though. <insert popular brand> forever!"
They should have gone with Android. Allot of people just can't stand the look of W7&8 metro look. I, personally am allergic to it, seriously. Especially the W8 OS for PC. Its worse on PC by country mile.
Anyhow, Nokia days have been numbered. Nokia have not been relevant since iphone revolutionized smartphone. They have been outstripped by Samsung, Sony and soon HTC.
I've had a Lumia 800 since launch and it's so frustrating how many apps just don't "quite" work properly that work fine on Apple and Android i.e. I enjoy listening to podcast audiodramas which are often in book chapter form - thing is MS's player doesn't show the chapters / series No.'s etc as it doesn't allow for enough text info so it's useless.
This pretty well sums up my experiences with WP7.5 - oh I still can't update the phone to 7.8!!
When there's an Apple update it's ready for everyone.
WP8 is so much better than WP7x.
It all depends on what you want so far ive not had a problem with apps I use. and I have WattsApp, Xbox Music pass, EPSN/Skysports News, WP7News, Engadgit, CNet, Skype, Facebook twitter, MyServer, TVguide+ (SkyPlus remote App) and then the Nokia apps as well as a few others and never found any issues with them where I did when I had Android 3 years ago but like any new OS they get better over time but IOS, Android, WP, Rim ect all have there + and - points and also people will like one over another as we all like different things.
For me I want to see Android, IOS, Rim and Windows Phone do well as having more choice is better for us all and also keeps all of them trying to out do each other.
As for Nokia what they have done with WP is nothing but amazing. I had a HD7 and Titan before my Lumia 900 and although I miss the big screen of the Titan I like the feel of the Lumia 900 and the extra Nokia Apps makes the OS feel better than HTC did.
The problem is people dont really want windows phones.
If they get out of their deal with MS and start making Android phones i think they would see strong sales and be big again.
I love nokia phones and the only reason i dont have one now is that they dont do android.
I still have a N70 and it still works.
Android is where it's at.
Nokia should have went with android. we all know they built quality handsets, pair that with a OS people want <android> and it will sell volumes.
they just need to curb the whole "1 new feature = 1 new phone" mentality. coz in the 90s they were releasing a new phone almost every 3 weeks. < i know it wasn't that often, just felt like it was>
Apple and Android are top now and once you are at the top you cant stay there for ever in the IT world so at some point someone else will get top spot.
Personally I think Microsoft "today" has a real consumer friendly attitude problem that seemed to gather momentum with the launch of Vista OS:-
Didn't want to upgrade to Vista? OK then we'll block your OS from the latest Directx
Windows Phones require replacing for each OS version (what's next.. replace your PC for each OS!)
Xbox 720 - single player games require you're connected to the internet - no connection =no gaming.
What MS was in the past is gone, it's a business label with a new CEO, staff and ideals.