Hi people,
What's the big differences between symbia and java phones?

What's the merits and demerits?

How can i identify symbia from java phones?

How do they work?

Which one is more preferable to others?

So many questions yet no answer, Please nairalanders help me out , i'm dying to know more about it.

Symbian phones are more preferable to java phones because of so many reasons.
Most symbian phones has inbuilt gps (global positioning system) in them that help's u find ur way and java phones don't.
Java phones can only receive .jar and .jad while symbian phones can recieve .jar, .jad & .sis .
Symbian phones have lager screens than java phones. So symbian phones are the best.

Thanks for the enlightenment, but how can i differentiate between symbians from Java phones

guy symbians have a wider range of apps compared to java so get one for urself!!!

THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
symbian phones can be infected by virus -java cannot
" " can take wide range of softwares including macromedia flash -java cant
" " are mostly S60 phones(big screen)-jave are S40 mediym screen
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ossy boy:


" " are mostly S60 phones(big screen)-jave are S40 mediym screen

K810 is java and has a large screen and I can also download flash themes on it

Meaning all Nokia and sony ericson are all symbian.

K810i is a java phone. And most nokia phones with large screen's of resolution 240 * 320. Are symbian except from nokia 6500.

Symbian is an operating system, Java is not - all those applications you were mentioning can also be on Symbian phones - Java is just a software to build packages and not a operating system - so you cant compare Symbian with Java.

@labiyemmy you are right, but the reason why they call most series 40 phoes java j2me phones because the platform on which the firmware is being built is called j2me. That's why most of them are called java phones

tope_teadr:

K810i is a java phone. And most nokia phones with large screen's of resolution 240 * 320. Are symbian except from nokia 6500.

I never said k810 is symbiam. The only symbiam in Sony Ericsson are P-Series, W950, W960 and M-Series

Thanks guys, i'm happy because i can now differentiate symbian from java but another question, which of them last longer than others.

That depends on how you use them. The operating system has nothing to do with their durability

yes the os has everything to do with your phone.

@labiyemmy:

Symbian is an operating system, Java is not - all those applications you were mentioning can also be on Symbian phones - Java is just a software to build packages and not a operating system - so you can't compare Symbian with Java.

Everybody appears to have ignored this unequalled fact. It is just like comparing Windows Vista to Microsoft Powerpoint! They are not in the same category for comparism guys.

Cooee

Hi guys ill like to if sonyericsson w910i is a symbian or java phone

Too bad, it java. But apart from the OS, i admire the phone's overall fanciness

infobaba why is dat mtn trick dont work on sonyericsson w910i, any help?

Yea its true i noticed that. MTN's faggy on my w910i and my pal's w880i. kind of annoying.

that guy who said symbian phones have bigger screen amazes me because i aint seen no symbian phone's screen as big as w910i's. They all just have consistent large screens unlike J2me that varies, but the big ones are really big

please is there any form of identification on the phone that one can use to identify the difference between symbian and java phones

Pls is nokia asha 303 a java or symbian phone?

roltech: please is there any form of identification on the phone that one can use to identify the difference between symbian and java phones

there are 3 specific features found on symbian fones.

1. The 'pen & C' buttons found on only symbian s60 version 1 & 2 fones

2. The symbian menu button (holding this is used to trigger multi tasking)

3. It can process '.sis' extention files

SHIKENA

skydami1: Pls is nokia asha 303 a java or symbian phone?

Java

Java phone is in level 1, symbian phone is in level 2 while Android phone is in level 3, so u can't compare them to each other. Simbiantu rocks die

My enquiry indicates that Java is a programming language, not an operating system. However, operating systems such as Android, Symbian, etc. may be developed using Java.

Those Nokia phones you call Java actually run S40 operating system, not Java, because Java is not an operating system. While big Nokia phones and some other non-Nokia phones run S60 Symbian operating system. Both S60 and S40 can process Java applications, therefore, they are Java-compliant.

Consider this for better understanding:

Nokia C3-00 run Series 40 operating system.
Nokia E7-00 run Series 60 Symbian.
BlackBerry 9700 run BlackBerry OS.
Nokia Lumia series run Windows Phone.
iPhone runs iOS.
Samsung Galaxy series run Android.
Nokia N900 runs Maemo.

Most operating systems are Java-compliant. AS AN OPERATING SYSTEM, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE JAVA PHONE!

See http://mobiletechnologybits..com/2011/12/types-of-gsm-mobile-phones.html for more information.

charlsecy4: My enquiry indicates that Java is a programming language, not an operating system. However, operating systems such as Android, Symbian, etc. may be developed using Java.

Those Nokia phones you call Java actually run S40 operating system, not Java, because Java is not an operating system. While big Nokia phones and some other non-Nokia phones run S60 Symbian operating system. Both S60 and S40 can process Java applications, therefore, they are Java-compliant.

Consider this for better understanding:

Nokia C3-00 run Series 40 operating system.
Nokia E7-00 run Series 60 Symbian.
BlackBerry 9700 run BlackBerry OS.
Nokia Lumia series run Windows Phone.
iPhone runs iOS.
Samsung Galaxy series run Android.
Nokia N900 runs Maemo.

Most operating systems are Java-compliant. AS AN OPERATING SYSTEM, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE JAVA PHONE!

See http://mobiletechnologybits..com/2011/12/types-of-gsm-mobile-phones.html for more information.

Mr. Charl, thanks for ur inquiry but for anyone who cares to listen wat other way to describe a phone whose limit is java?
Whats j2me?
Go to d market and tell dem I came to buy a S40 phone and I bet U won't find.

Mr. Inquiry, tell us wat S60 and S40 stands for?

charlsecy4: My enquiry indicates that Java is a programming language, not an operating system. However, operating systems such as Android, Symbian, etc. may be developed using Java.

Those Nokia phones you call Java actually run S40 operating system, not Java, because Java is not an operating system. While big Nokia phones and some other non-Nokia phones run S60 Symbian operating system. Both S60 and S40 can process Java applications, therefore, they are Java-compliant.

Consider this for better understanding:

Nokia C3-00 run Series 40 operating system.
Nokia E7-00 run Series 60 Symbian.
BlackBerry 9700 run BlackBerry OS.
Nokia Lumia series run Windows Phone.
iPhone runs iOS.
Samsung Galaxy series run Android.
Nokia N900 runs Maemo.

Most operating systems are Java-compliant. AS AN OPERATING SYSTEM, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE JAVA PHONE!

See http://mobiletechnologybits..com/2011/12/types-of-gsm-mobile-phones.html for more information.

Those phones Aя̅ε̲̣̣̣̥ called "feature phnone" not java phone. All sybian phones Aя̅ε̲̣̣̣̥ smartphones and smartphones. Function like computers, they can handle many applications at once while feature phone(java) can only handle one app at a time.that's to say if u Aя̅ε̲̣̣̣̥ browsing and want to make a call, u have to close the browser first. But in smartphones u don't have to close it, u minimise instead.

'multi tasking'

Hello guys, pls is it true that symbian phones can be connected direct to the printer to print without a system? If yes, is it all of them?

LeJeun3:

Mr. Charl, thanks for ur inquiry but for anyone who cares to listen wat other way to describe a phone whose limit is java?
Whats j2me?
Go to d market and tell dem I came to buy a S40 phone and I bet U won't find.

Mr. Inquiry, tell us wat S60 and S40 stands for?

What is "S40"?
S40 is the platform that Nokia runs on its
feature phone handset models. Unlike S60, it
does not run on top of the Symbian OS, but
rather runs on a fully proprietary system.
Formerly known as Series 40, the system
generally only allows the user to install Java
based applications instead of the native
applications that can be installed by users of
S60 devices.
Also known as: "Series 40"

Balloa1: Hello guys, pls is it true that symbian phones can be connected direct to the printer to print without a system? If yes, is it all of them?

Yes...
Sooo many if not all symbians can connect directly to the printer with the aid of bluetooth or iRada(infrared)....

This is also one of the thing that make them uniqe.