tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641429817507217988.post4065926869407663126..comments2010-07-02T05:39:18.724-04:00Hank Williamsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641429817507217988.post-60707435411768054742008-07-22T18:35:00.000-04:002008-07-22T18:35:00.000-04:00"open source just isn't a very good strategy for fixing ugly."<BR/><BR/>That's an incredibly insightful and funny comment. Thank you.Mark Ransomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641429817507217988.post-68498656491316774102008-06-24T14:33:00.000-04:002008-06-24T14:33:00.000-04:00Hank, are you sure that Symbian is hard to program for?<BR/><BR/>I’ve been lead to believe that getting access to the api’s required was the real issue with why development wasn’t as plentiful.<BR/><BR/>And of course the published SDK's weren't as good, and as we've discussed before the whole reason Palm was so successful (back when it was Treo etc) was it had 'great' free SDK's.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Based on the work that Nokia is doing with Ovi, Mosh etc http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/business/media/23nokia.html <BR/><BR/>it appears to me that they are way further down the path of advanced content than most of the handset vendors.<BR/><BR/>But as you have way more experience I defer to your opnion.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Dean Collins<BR/>www.Cognation.netDean Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.com