[mikwag]

I have never been a fan of Microsoft because of their strategies over the years.  I have always been a user of Nokia mainly for the same reason - open-source and no restrictions. Unfortunately it seems all that is about to end.  Both Apple and Android 'take control' of what you can do - Apple ties you in and tries to milk as much money out of you as they can, and also produce products with loads of flash but of questionable quality, and to use an Android phone, I believe you must login to a Google account just to use it!  I foresee Microsoft imposing the same sort of restrictive practices as the other two (seems to be the way these days), so with the death of Symbian, IF I want to use a mobile phone, my only choice will be which company I wish to sell my soul to.  Hobson's choice.

I believe, in the future, Apple, Google and Microsoft will sew the market up bewteen them, and the user will be the one who suffers.  It is the way the whole world is going - banks - energy companies - transport systems - the user is not a customer - the user is someone to milk for all they are worth, often with no truly competitive alternative choices.

[musiclvr]

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mikwag wrote:

I have never been a fan of Microsoft because of their strategies over the years.  I have always been a user of Nokia mainly for the same reason - open-source and no restrictions. Unfortunately it seems all that is about to end.  Both Apple and Android 'take control' of what you can do - Apple ties you in and tries to milk as much money out of you as they can, and also produce products with loads of flash but of questionable quality, and to use an Android phone, I believe you must login to a Google account just to use it!  I foresee Microsoft imposing the same sort of restrictive practices as the other two (seems to be the way these days), so with the death of Symbian, IF I want to use a mobile phone, my only choice will be which company I wish to sell my soul to.  Hobson's choice.

I believe, in the future, Apple, Google and Microsoft will sew the market up bewteen them, and the user will be the one who suffers.  It is the way the whole world is going - banks - energy companies - transport systems - the user is not a customer - the user is someone to milk for all they are worth, often with no truly competitive alternative choices.

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+1. Would you log onto WindowsLive in order to use a phone? IMHO it becomes a privacy issue, just as with the iPhone and its tracking issue.

[musiclvr]

Nokia CTO takes leave of absence, maybe permanent one. http://www.dailytech.com/Nokia+CTO+Abandons+Ship/article21861.htm . History shows this also happened in 2008. http://moconews.net/article/419-nokias-cto-resigns-immediately-for-personal-reasons/ .

Interesting that both releases say for Personal Reasons. Nokia's slide from 2008 was steep. Wonder what happens next.