Symbian looks to seduce iPhone devs with free Nokia 5800s, world destroying robo-duckie

Sure, we feign a lack of bias, but deep down in our hearts we only have one love: Symbian Foundation's robo-duckie mascot. Unfortunately for Symbian, it's going to take all the charm it can muster to win over the iPhone App Store's crop of cash-flush developers. Symbian was apparently at WWDC today, doing its best to woo, with all-day festivities involving coffee, food, a "hackathon," prizes, and free Nokia 5800 handsets for attendees. We're expecting Ovi Store to fill in with some solid €1.00 beer drinking simulators and Zippo lighter apps any second now.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 10:34PM]

I must admit. I admire the way the post ended.
"We're expecting Ovi Store to fill in with some solid €1.00 beer drinking simulators and Zippo lighter apps any second now"
I hope that OVI store does not get filled up with crappy apps like the app store on the iphone. Thats just not worth it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 9th 2009 5:57AM]

I think it's genius.

Why don't all OS makers simply call up the iPhone App makers and tell them to port all their work onto their respective OSs.

You can offer a better profit share % and more freedom than Apple is willing to give.