Ogidi-Olu:


Good points! My belle can do virtually everything except 1,2(i dont know if there are apps for those) and maybe 19.
3. Yes, it can.
4. Ever heard of joikuspot?
5. Enough softwares at ovi store(although not as much as android).
6 & 7. Enough pc remote softwares at ovi store like kinoni desktop remote, etc.
8. Yes! My phone contacts are synced with my fb and twitter accounts(cos those are d only two i av).
9. Yes! E.g. swype.
10. Yes!
11. OS upgrade? As easy as pressing *#0000#.
12. Yes! Even netqin does that.
13. Oh! Yours is five? Ours is six!
14. File Transfer Protocols? Enough of them!
15. Dont knw much about SQLite.
16. Yes! U can tweak it anyhow. Go to 'nokia belle is here' and see 4 urself.
17. Yes! Enough photo editing apps.
18. Lots of music mixin apps.
19. Documents, presentations, spreadsheets? Yes! Bt not pdf and html.
20. Wtf is joomla?

Now, can u navigate on ur android without connecting to d internet? I mean free-4-a-lifetime navigation? I wont argue software with u because android obviously has more than belle(and it's because android is an open source os and only nokia uses belle) but hardware, oga no try am. Can u compare d best android fone's camera wit n8's camera nt to talk of 808 pureview? Can u play music from ur android via ur local radio? Can u connect ur flash to ur android device? And let's nt 4get, enough nokia care outlets in 9ja.

Benstino: Ive operated my friends HTC DESIRE operating on android and a Nokia c7 operating on belle.Im dissapointed cos Im yet to see what android can do that Belle can't

ikechukz: one more thing i've used up 3gb data only this week and guess what its free on my n8.stop hating symbian it all depends on what on what u need in a phone

ikechukz: one more thing i've used up 3gb data only this week and guess what its free on my n8.stop hating symbian it all depends on what on what u need in a phone

dmainboss: ^^^The 2 undisputed best phones in the world right now are the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3. It has already trounced the IPhone 4. Symbian is a no no in that arena. It is not even mentioned in the same breath.

The point is not for you to change over to android. The point is you shouldn't try to compare. Just enjoy your Nokia but don't try to compare because you will fall flat on your face. The S3 and One X can currently hold up to 128GB storage and all come with built in FM radio and HD cameras that the best Nokia can't match for at least another year. Not to talk of stuff like eye tracking technology that controls your phone brightness depending on if you are looking at it or not.USB stick has been available since the S2. That is over a year ago.

Isn't it funny that it is only in Nigeria you see people comparing BB and Symbian to Android or IPhone? The Oyibos that make it don't compare them and the stastistics are there to see. Nokia and RIM are both making losses and have a doubtful future and here we are on NL comparing them to their seniors. Very funny.

dmainboss: Just one question then. If Symbian is so wonderful, why is Nokia changing over to Windows Phone 7 and winding Symbian down?

Expecting an answer...ASAP!

abohrandy: why should u be comparing the two? this is pure ignorance!!!! ANDRIOD BEATS ALL THE WAY!!!!!

duen23: What I could never understand is why people are always screaming about the amount of apps android or apple has. How many are actually useful? Scratch that. How many are useful in Nigeria? Of what good is it to know your body temperature if you ain't already ill? You walk around telling your friends 'Hey man, I am at 54 degrees Celsius, know what I mean? Just yesterday I was at 106 degrees Celsius so everything is really working out'. What however is important in a phone is the battery life. I can't use all that cool stuff if my phone is off and NOKIA and symbian belle more than delivers. I stand to be corrected but all the really important things you can do on an android, can be done on symbian belle. I like how folks come here and act like the use their phones to do things other than chat, browse, email, calls, text, photos, video (symbian belle devices have 720p video recording- (i am into video), music, games. How many people check the weather? I dey wait.

dmainboss: Things you can do with and Android phone:

1. Check your BP
2. Check your heart beat rate
3. Check your environment temperature
4. Run a wifi hotspot at home or the office or just connect with usb and use it as your Internet modem. It is a far better modem than the one provided by your phone company
5. Run all kind of softwares from car diagnostics to how to bake a cake to how to make furniture for your home, etc
6. Install apps to your phone from your desktop or laptop, whereever your phone is.
7. Synchronise your browser on your laptop or desktop to your phone remotely. This is especially cool when using Google Chrome for Android
8. Synchronise your GMail, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Myspace contacts, calenders, schedules, content seamlessly. With full OS support.
9. Install various kinds of keyboards depending on your choice.
10. Use dropbox and other cloud services to store your content seamlessly
11. Upgrade your OS easily anytime a new OS version comes out. From ICS 4.0, OTA OS update is now a standard feature for all phones
12. Backup all your software settings and restore easily after a system wipe, upgrade, flashing or whatever. You can backup to Internal or external SD card
13. Customize your desktop(five desktops), buttons, menus and virtually all your user interface in countless ways. I actually have a features in Dark Night ROM that allows me to place app icons in a grouped desktop foldes. Simply awesome!
14. Run ftp apps that you can use to manage you website just like from your laptop.
15. Android comes with SQLlite database inbuilt. That's power right there.
16. Customize your startup screen like on a normal PC. You can even change the startup picture to your own personal picture.
17. Edit your pictures easily and wonderfully
18. Run a DJ scratch machine. Simply cool.
19. Create documents, presentation, spreadsheet, PDF, HTML/PHP pages, etc
20. Manage your joomla site straight from and app on your phone without opening a browser.

Android Rocks!

dmainboss:

Did you read my posts?

duen23:
Microsoft has stopped support for windows xp and they are still companies and individuals who still insist on using it.

dmainboss: If Symbian is very wonderful as you guys claim, why is Nokia changing/moving to Windows Phone 7 and winding down Symbian?


Still waiting for an answer...

ceaser: OMG. Just the way I intend to reply him. But in addition to what you've said -
1 and 2. Heck you can. Just google picobrothers softwares. They even have the one which can turn your phone to a radar to track speeds of moving objects including cars.
I should also ask him if his phone has FM transmitter (not FM radio o) and if his phone can be utilized as a MOBILE MICROPHONE by simply tuning a public address system to the phone's broadcasting FM frequency or by simply plugging in a amplifier to the 3.5mm earphone jack.

3. I'm sure there'll be a third party software to check the temperature thingy.

4. Joikuspot does that just fine. You even have the privilege of setting passwords which you'll give only to those you wanna tether to. You can tether to as many a 10 devices at once. The radius of broadcast, mind you is up to 50meters with obstacles. I've not really tried it in areas without obstacles sha.

5. There's an OBDII auto diagnostic software available for symbian. I've not really bothered myself with it sha.

13. Aside from the 6 multiple homescreens available natively on the belle OS, spb mobile shell as a third party on nokia store has added 3D homepage and icon animation. Cool, isn't it?

14. Have you heard of Live 2 Phone server? FYI, Live2Phone server also enables you to monitor your home on your symbian device in real time video feeds anywhere you are in the world.

17. Dang! Have you tried out the native nokia N8 video editing software with its transition capabilities, subtitling, music embedding? You can even select your editing in different resolutions ranging from 3gp to HD view-able on you HDTV using your AV or HDMI out cable. Wao, it is da bomb.

18. DJ scratch machine? Pffrrrr. Heck, I even create a whole music and instrumental demo on my symbian. You ever heard of TM GUITAR, TOUCH PIANO - all for symbian? How 'bout X-CUBE which lets you convert mp3 to AAC or compress the mp3 between different bitrates, you can even use it as an mp3 cutter to create ringtones.

19. You can do all that on the old nokia 3250 xpressmusic, let alone on the N8. Xplore for symbian enables you to create html files and even create .zip and .jar files. Can your android do that?

20. Sorry I don't know what joomla is, but whatever it is I'm sure the symbian device can replicate it.

And lots more for nokia symbian.....

21. I can control my computer via bluetooth or wifi on my phone by simply watching the computer screen on the phone's screen via mobile witch remote control.

21. An infra-red enabled symbian controls your gadgets (TVs and decks) via infra-red remote control.

22. Use your symbian device to control powerpoint presentations in a seminar via your computer and projector using the app - phonepoint

23. Play any music you're hearing for the first time and allow my phone to listen to it and it gives you every data and info (artist name, etc) that you need to know about the song. You even get to sync the lyrics of the song and enjoy yourself a karaoke.

24. How many android phones are enabled for DSTV mobile? Actually I've not heard of any but as an android fan, maybe you'd educate me on that. Besides that, symbian has SPB TV(with up to 100 free tv channels to watch), AL JAZEERA TV, FRANCE 24 all as apps on the symbian device.

25. E-books and readers, myriads. Java e-books, slovo-ed and ms-dictionary packs all with voice and sound module, mobi-reader for symbian and iSilo for symbian both of which opens the same exact files opened by the computer counterpart of the application without any need for conversion.

26. Don't wanna get sensorineural deafness? Measure your ambient sound level using DECIBEL app on symbian.

27. Are you an electronics engineer or an electrical student, use RESISTORS, an app to help you calculate values of electronics components.

28. A language student or you wanna learn other languages, use SLOVO ED MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARIES, or the less heavy SPEAK FRENCH app for symbian.

29. Nokia maps with voice guided navigation rocks!!! You can also create your own pre-recorded voice as a familiar voice to sync to the map by using NOKIA OWN VOICE app. I have an old nokia N85 used as car phone permanently connected with the TV IN of the 7 inch monitor installed in my pimped 99 nissan primera. I use the maps for navigation, listen to the music simultaneously, recieve calls handsfree (routed to the car speakers), play games, surf the net, read e-books and even print documents to printers via HP ePRINT app on the phone. That sounds 007, doesn't it? Yeah, I know you'd think that.

These are just the tip of the iceberg of the world of symbian. Get yourself a symbian powered device today and HAVE A SYMBIOSIS WITH THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIP.

flameforx:
U JUST MADE MY DAY
TOLD THEM !!!!!!!!

O.michael.O:
AS LONG AS I ENJOY WHAT AM USING...WGAF!!!! Nokia high end phones are relatively cheap and durable!!!!

duen23: What I could never understand is why people are always screaming about the amount of apps android or apple has. How many are actually useful? Scratch that. How many are useful in Nigeria? Of what good is it to know your body temperature if you ain't already ill? You walk around telling your friends 'Hey man, I am at 54 degrees Celsius, know what I mean? Just yesterday I was at 106 degrees Celsius so everything is really working out'. What however is important in a phone is the battery life. I can't use all that cool stuff if my phone is off and NOKIA and symbian belle more than delivers. I stand to be corrected but all the really important things you can do on an android, can be done on symbian belle. I like how folks come here and act like the use their phones to do things other than chat, browse, email, calls, text, photos, video (symbian belle devices have 720p video recording- (i am into video), music, games. How many people check the weather? I dey wait.