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rospaya on May 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Symbian Source Code

> One of the things that crippled Symbian in the market was the range of UIs, all incompatible

I disagree. All of them were used on different devices, with S60 being the most popular and used on most phones, just regular market differentiation.

lproven on May 25, 2022 [–]

Well, of course, you are free to do so, but it was a widely-held opinion at the time.

For example: https://www.theregister.com/2011/01/12/symbian_history_part_...

(From my employers, but not by me and before I worked there.)

This whole series is well worth a read.

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