Symbian Pokes at the iPhone During SXSW

March 12th, 2010 • • 2 comments

I’m hanging out at SXSW this weekend with the winners from the WOM World Nokia video contest. The thousands of people who entered the convention center received a bag of goodies. Among the swag was a card-sized ad for Symbian with a nice little remark against the iPhone. Take a look.

Bag
The SXSW bag of swag

Symbian Sxsw ad
Symbian ad front

Symbian Sxsw ad 1
Symbian ad back

Symbian’s ad says they’ve been outselling the iPhone 2:1 since 2007 and asks if anyone is interested in developing applications for the OS. I’m not sure whether or not the message will get results, but it’s definitely a fact that the iPhone is the most popular phone here at SXSW.

I heard we’ll be talking to some folks from Nokia this weekend. I’m not sure what it’s about, but you bet I’ll keep you updated.

  • http://twitter.com/stryqx stryqx

    Layar will only appear on a Symbian platform once the underlying hardware provides graphics acceleration. Like Nokia did 3-4 years ago with devices like the N95, N82 and friends. The only current device with a GPU is the N900 and it's not running Symbian.
    This is the main reason why most AR development involving a Nokia handset uses an N95 – graphics HW acceleration + TV out.
    Maybe they should have replaced Symbian with Meego?

  • http://twitter.com/stryqx stryqx

    Layar will only appear on a Symbian platform once the underlying hardware provides graphics acceleration. Like Nokia did 3-4 years ago with devices like the N95, N82 and friends. The only current device with a GPU is the N900 and it's not running Symbian.
    This is the main reason why most AR development involving a Nokia handset uses an N95 – graphics HW acceleration + TV out.
    Maybe they should have replaced Symbian with Meego?

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