What is with this resistive touch complaint I keep hearing? It's there so you can use a stylus isn't it?? Ok, so maybe it should be a capacitive screen for competition sake, but last time I checked, you can't wear gloves and use that kind of touch screen. I guess that's a small issue that nobody really cares about though. It looks like you're right about S60 being a love it or hate it OS. I for one love it. Looks wise, customization wise, design wise, although, it would be nice if it were a little snappier. I personally don't see what makes it so dated. It does everything you need it to do and more. Just because it's been around awhile and doesn't have the look of the iPhone's software, and every other software out there doesn't necessarily mean its dated. The last thing I want is to buy a new Nokia and find out the OS is completely revamped, looks like everybody elses, and now I have to relearn how to use it. But that's just my two cents.
In 5 months my obligation to stick with my Omnia (which I truly love) will end, and this thing might get me tempted to get back to Nokia (that I left some months ago after nearly a year with N95-8GB) , but the main reason I left nokia and symbian was not the OS or even the old fashioned hardware, but the horrible, buggy, bloated and nasty "Nseries suite" sync'ing software.
This is the weakest point of nokia/symbian , and they should really take a look at that mess if they wanna make it back into the elite of smartphone makers, specially now that with the Omnia Samsung has managed the seemingly impossible task of making windows mobile usable and actually fun to use on a touch screen without slowing it to a crowl like HTC did with their touch flo rubbish.
If Nokia will fix this bug maybe I could even consider the option of check out if they really managed to make a smartphone as good or maybe even (gasp) better than my pimped up Samsung Omnia , which now (after having played a bit with HTC touch HD) I'm sure , is by far the best and smartest smartphone the marked has to offer at the moment.
“Microsoft's not promising the world with Windows Mobile 6.5, nor are they delivering it -- it's very much a stopgap, complete with duct tape, bubble gum, and Bondo.”
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What is with this resistive touch complaint I keep hearing? It's there so you can use a stylus isn't it?? Ok, so maybe it should be a capacitive screen for competition sake, but last time I checked, you can't wear gloves and use that kind of touch screen. I guess that's a small issue that nobody really cares about though. It looks like you're right about S60 being a love it or hate it OS. I for one love it. Looks wise, customization wise, design wise, although, it would be nice if it were a little snappier. I personally don't see what makes it so dated. It does everything you need it to do and more. Just because it's been around awhile and doesn't have the look of the iPhone's software, and every other software out there doesn't necessarily mean its dated. The last thing I want is to buy a new Nokia and find out the OS is completely revamped, looks like everybody elses, and now I have to relearn how to use it. But that's just my two cents.
In 5 months my obligation to stick with my Omnia (which I truly love) will end, and this thing might get me tempted to get back to Nokia (that I left some months ago after nearly a year with N95-8GB) , but the main reason I left nokia and symbian was not the OS or even the old fashioned hardware, but the horrible, buggy, bloated and nasty "Nseries suite" sync'ing software.
This is the weakest point of nokia/symbian , and they should really take a look at that mess if they wanna make it back into the elite of smartphone makers, specially now that with the Omnia Samsung has managed the seemingly impossible task of making windows mobile usable and actually fun to use on a touch screen without slowing it to a crowl like HTC did with their touch flo rubbish.
If Nokia will fix this bug maybe I could even consider the option of check out if they really managed to make a smartphone as good or maybe even (gasp) better than my pimped up Samsung Omnia , which now (after having played a bit with HTC touch HD) I'm sure , is by far the best and smartest smartphone the marked has to offer at the moment.