Nokia bought Symbian the other day in what is clearly a desperate move to catch up with Apple. Let’s see how that plays out. Apple, however, still has the great advantage of also offering desktops and laptops, plus the necessary sync between all devices.
People don’t want to do everything on their tiny smartphone’s screen, some things you want to take care of on your desktop/laptop and then sync over. Nokia has a lot of software to write to make this happen. In addition to the hardware and software lead, Apple leads by leaps on the GUI side. And, they have iTunes with it’s enormous amount of content. Nokia is trying to take on that too, with Ovi, but it won’t be easy.
How come Apple managed to sneak up on Nokia like this?
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