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Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:04:10 +0000

[...] Apple’s iPhone Vs. Other Mobile Hardware Makers: 5 Revenue Engines But what about pure software makers? Will Microsoft or Google or the open source community deliver a good enough equivalent version of the iPhones’ software features to enable generic hardware makers to catch up in the same way that Microsoft ported Apple’s unpatented Mac technology to the PC in the late 80s? Here’s a look at the threats posed by rival smartphone software makers, and how well the iPhone will be able to compete against them. Windows Mobile vs the iPhone. Microsoft has been desperately working to duplicate its Windows PC monopoly among PDA and phone makers, but after ten years of investing in WinCE development, it’s found nothing but extreme failure, with regular annual losses counting into the billions. Its Windows Mobile business has been passed up by RIM and Apple, both of which only entered the phone business recently. Why couldn’t Microsoft make its PC model work in the handheld devices market? [...]

By: WholesaleMagic

WholesaleMagic — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:24:11 +0000

@Rich: Even so, I still can’t understand why one supports iSync and the other doesn’t.

By: John Muir

John Muir — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:45:02 +0000

@ elppa

When discussing operating systems now – at least desktop / server ones – we’re long past the day when it was seriously about how complete or functional they were. Apart from problems peculiar to Microsoft, most everything is mature now and can be used to fulfill whatever technical needs come to mind with the appropriate software.

However, so very true, it’s the last part which nails it. If everyone were a Linux or Solaris guru and had infinite time on their hands: usability would be irrelevant. Unfortunately, this is obviously not the case. Now would someone mind passing it on up!?

By: elppa

elppa — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:26:43 +0000

@REB Sun’s Solaris is very advanced as an Operating System and as good as if not better than OS X in some areas, but in terms of user friendliness it doesn’t come close.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:24:43 +0000

Ah, the 6288 (and 6280) aren’t Symbian phones. They run S40, which is based on Nokia old proprietary OS. I assume that’s why they don’t play nice with OS X.

By: WholesaleMagic

WholesaleMagic — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:27:28 +0000

I have a Nokia 6288. It’s a pretty cheap phone, using the Symbian S60 UI. The Nokia 6280 is compatible with iSync, but the 6288 isn’t. Why? The phones are almost identical, apart from a few bug fixes in the 6288. It stumps me as to why Nokia can’t release a simple plugin for the 6288.

@REB: Yeah, Apple’s biggest advantage is OS X. Putting it onto the iPhone and iPod Touch was a masterstroke. People tend to lose sight of the fact that OS X is the most advanced and most user friendly OS in the world. To put it on a phone and compare it to even Symbian’s most advanced UI is like comparing a Gulfstream with a Cessna. OS X completely trumps anything anyone else has done.