subject: Will Symbian system be out of the smart phone market? [print this page] Will Symbian system be out of the smart phone market?
Recently, Nokia announced that, MeeGo N Series smart phones will become the default operating system, but on the Symbian system, it is also misfortunes never come singly, Symbian Charles Davis, former chief technology officer, will leave the Nokia recently announced the company, joining joining navigation equipment manufacturers TomTom. These events together, this shows Symbian system is reduced to a marginal product. But the next time, Will Symbian system is out of the smart phone market?
The fate of defeated
If we take the time to turn back a year ago, Symbian was of course the king at the time. IDC figures show first half of 2009, in the global smartphone market, Nokia-led Symbian holds 46.4% share. Next, is the RIM Blackberry 19.9%, 11.7% of Apple, and Microsoft Windows Mobile for 11%. From this figure we can easily see, in the first half of 2009, Blackberry, Apple and Windows Mobile combined market share, it will be Kangde Zhu Symbian.
But the next time, Symbian intensity encountered unprecedented challenges, including the two most powerful rivals, Apple iPhone and Google's Android.
Although nothing to fall back through a series of infringement lawsuits, iPhone becomes more and more market share. To iPhone 4 is released, there is no more a cell phone product can be the same with the Apple iPhone 4 by so many people's attention. Whether booking for a large number of users the first day of subscription system caused paralysis, or sold out around the first day of sale, all shows its unprecedented popularity.
From the technical point of view, iPhone 4 3.5-inch screen, although a positive view has been more common in nowadays, but since using IPS screen material and up to 960 640 pixel resolution, it's display is already in the current mobile phone industry the top level. In addition, compared to previous generations, iPhone 4 very subversive designs and thickness of only 9.3 mm of the body, but also make it look more attractive. Moreover, the new iOS4 operating system is handling it with no sexual experience and develops a small increase.
Before in iPhone 4, android beyond the now almost all other intelligent systems, become the focus of most attention. We can even say it was the rise of intelligent system makes Android Nokia losing market share.
It can be said, with iPhone OS and Android, Symbian's nightmare has only just begun. But if this be out at this time, indeed premature.
Troubles start inside the house.
The face of the siege of iPhone OS and Android, Symbian does have chosen at the start counter, one important measure, is to open source Symbian. If at this time the owner of Nokia Symbian selection stubborn resistance, then we can foresee what the results: Symbian's market share even further down, but the thin dead camel than Martha, Symbian still be alone, according to party and have turnaround opportunities. But this time happens with MeeGo.
With Nokia and Intel's support, MeeGo rapid development can be described with. MeeGo although born in February of this year, it inherited the inside Linux. In March, Intel released the developer version of the MeeGo first version of operating system development, including a version of the Intel Atom processor, for configuring access to the Internet in this, another version for the Nokia N900 smartphone. 4 months IDF2010 to when, MeeGo crowds assemble dynamic lecture hall, seminar in each question and answer session, on-site Linux developer questions are quite standard, and many technical staff are involved in the project for many years cattle and Linux programming expert. May, MeeGo 1.0 official release is available for download.
So far, Symbian constantly losing the battle outside the system, in the "civil war" in the competition were eliminated, it is inevitable that the Matter fact, when the Symbian 3 release, Symbian's crisis has reached a climax. Although Symbian 3 was evaluated for a good system, but in addition to an X10, equipped with Symbian 3 models still have not seen the new release.
There is also a factor should not be overlooked. This is the mobile phone has been more and more like a small portable computer, not just a single function cell phone. Customers not only with the cell phone to call or send text messages, but also send and receive e-mail, browse the Web, play games. They want from the store to select new software program, not just the manufacturers' supply a little program.
At this point, Android and iOS although used in mobile phones, but they still have a trace with the PC link, not Symbian is completely rooted in the mobile phone from. From this perspective, Symbian's defeat is normal. The MeeGo At this point, they were fully equipped with the Android and iOS against the capital.
On the other hand, Symbian smart phone also too early to fully withdraw. According to the recently announced "in the second quarter Mobile Developer Survey", when asked if Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Palm of WebOS, Microsoft Phone 7, Nokia's Symbian / Meego, and RIM's BlackBerry's comments. 90% of the respondents were eager to develop iPhone applications, and another 81% interest in developing strong Android mobile phone software. 34% of respondents were interested in BlackBerry, 27% prefer Windows Phone, Symbian, and WebOS by developers to attract minority now.
But a figure can not be ignored, or 15% of the developers have chosen Symbian, while only 11% of the developers chose MeeGo. Perhaps because of this concern, Nokia announced, Symbian system will remain for Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson's low-end phones.
But in the long run, Symbian smart phone market ultimately withdraw, perhaps just a matter of time.
