PRC's Symbian OS
The descriptions of HarmonyOS, including its architecture, seems more like the venerable Symbian OS than Android OS.
Posts by Martin Harnevie
8 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Aug 2008
Huawei prepares to split from Android on consumer devices with HarmonyOS Next
America ain't exactly outlawing gas cars but it's steering hard into EVs
Nokia flogged 4m Lumias, still bled €826m this quarter
Saturday 21st July 2012 05:52 GMT 
Despite zero promotion, Symbian still outselling Windows Phone
The important news is: Despite zero promotion, Symbian still outselling Windows Phone one and a half year after Symbian was pronounced *dead*.
Speed of execution doesn't matter when the strategy is suicidal.
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Dumb salesmen are hurting us – Nokia CEO
Saturday 4th February 2012 15:53 GMT
Symbian Belle grows 4 times faster than Windows Phone 7.5
Contrary to Elop's claims, Nokia's recent sales figures tell quite clearly that Symbian Belle grows at least 4 times faster than Windows Phone 7.5.
As so many people suggest, he seems to have vested interest in badmouthing Symbian no matter what.
Does the recent claims mean that Nokia's distribution network are 4 times smarter when it comes to Symbian Belle than with WP 7.5?
I clear sighted and *OS-neutral* CEO would invest in more Symbian Belle devices since that's where Nokia's growth is.
Old guard storms boardroom at ailing Lenovo
Saturday 7th February 2009 03:50 GMT 
The button swappers will all fold
Those notebook manufacturers which have swapped the 'Fn' and 'Ctrl' buttons, i.e. 'Fn' in the left corner, will, like Lenovo, rapidly lose market share the coming years. As the average typing skills of the world's population are increasing, the need to reduce typos grows, and hence the need for consistent keyboards grows.
Likewise, those notebook manufacturers that have employed the intuitive 'Fn'+'Arrow' for 'Pg Up', 'Pg Dn', 'Home' and 'End' will be the most successful over time.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touchphone
Sunday 25th January 2009 15:16 GMT 
Wise move to continue with S60 on Symbian for touch screen phones
Contrary to the above commentator, I think it's the wisest move by Nokia to base the new touch screen phones (5800, N97 etc) on the S60. This will make it familiar to the largest phone user community in the world. It's far better than, for the sake of 'innovation', come up with something different.
I would think it's far more a concern for Nokia to be compatible with its large user base, than being worried about binary compatibility, which is really a non-issue.
Some other factual errors of the above commentator should also be pointed out. Symbian was designed for touch-screen from the outset, it's not something bolted on. The first Symbian device ever, back in 1996, was a touch screen device and the very first Symbian phone, the Ericsson R380, was a touch screen device.
I would also argue that far more innovations have been first launched on a Symbian phone than any other OS in the market.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
