http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/ Engadget Comments for Analyst says Android and Symbian to merge, Nokia and Google to get matching tattoos http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
Symbian of course!

(In my defense, this is a new keyboard)]]>Jul 25th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
This merger you think is emergent, will rather, immerge into thin air to emerge into something more reflective of an anti-merger. Will it ever re-emerge? No. But there are all sorts of other mergers that will in fact, merge with the future when those mergers are approved by those emergents who decide to emerge from their submergence in order to merge; all of this, of course, not being an emergency.

So relax, quit merging your mouths with hot gas to emerge nonsense, go home, and merge with your wives.

Sincerely,

Mergy M. Merger]]>Jul 25th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
BTW, I love the iPhone and will be getting one soon, but I am completely rooting for Android. I hope it's a kickass product. Just like Ubuntu, Android can succeed and make a huge impact on the market if they STANDARDIZE THE USER INTERFACE GUIDELINES FOR CONSISTENCY! I honestly believe that's the single biggest problem (well... other than hardware driver support, but that's a whole other issue) with Ubuntu really penetrating the consumer desktop sector.
Though there is some excellent exceptions, most software for Ubuntu (Gnome, KDE, and Linux in general) has a user interface that is at best mediocre, and at worse downright horrible. UI elements scattered about with no direction, terribly busy interfaces, multiple levels of dropdown menus, inconsistent functionality, etc.
Now only are most applications poor in usability, but the worst part is the inconsistency between different apps, and the overall lack of direction and guiding principal. Software developers (and yes I am one, although I am fairly good as UI design having worked as a designer) need to quit screwing around and get a competent designer to help them that is experienced with UI design. Creating an effective UI is much harder than most people would even believe --- It is really a learned skill.

This is a major part of the attractiveness of Mac OSX to many people. The software is simple and elegant, with attractive interfaces and very intuitive design. We NEED to implement OSX type UI design guidelines in Ubuntu and Android. I'm so sick of looking at terrible software interfaces put together by completely artistically inept engineer types.



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I am very skilled at talking out of my ass, which clearly is an important job qualification at your esteemed company. Because this skill is in high demand, I am sure you could make good use of a man such as myself on your team.

I would like a corner office with a fully stocked bar, a curvy but brilliant secretary to do all of the actual work, meal signing privileges at the City Club and keys to the executive washroom.

I can begin immediately, after taking a three-week, paid vacation on your dime.

Your truly,

Josiah Carberry ]]>Jul 25th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
I'll take a car and driver on call 24x7. That was implied and should be obvious for a man of my great stature.


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Eu prefiro o português ao espanhol também. As mulheres brasileiras são as melhores no mundo.]]>Jul 25th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
Android needs to stay far away from Symbian. I have to support that stuff all day on the phone... it's far beyond Palm, but isn't even close to taking the spotlight from Windows Mobile 6.1.

(The N95's camera takes great pictures, though!)]]>Jul 25th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
Seriously, when was the last time Gizmodo was mentioned by an Engadget editor???]]>Jul 25th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/01/technology/blog_wars.fortune/index.htm

haha]]>Jul 25th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
And really, how would the two of them merging be good? Google + Symbian seems like a recipie for cell-phone monopoly by the "We store everything you ever do 'cause we can" company.]]>Jul 25th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/By mergin Linux and Symbian, you propably end up aving something like this as a love child: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2941186.html

Makes more sense that Nokia would just dump their Maemo efforts and replace it wit Android and start to move on that from Symbian.
We will see the same operating systems than in computers: Linux (Anroid), Unix (Mac), Windows (WinMo). Just can't turn crappy Symbian into same league.]]>Jul 25th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
J. Gold- "The downside is minimal. Everyone wins."

And yet the whole article is about the upside. That's about the queerest analysis I've seen this side of American Idol. ]]>Jul 25th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/
In other news [ from J. Gold Associates ] Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Steve Ballmer have agreed to merge the two companies and no longer compete.]]>Jul 25th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/Jul 25th 2008 11:56AM