Comments on: Symbian's answer to App Store on the 'Horizon'

The phone OS responds to Apple's hugely successful App Store with Horizon, a program that lets developers interface with the smaller mobile app stores, for free.

[monkeyfun14]

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Windows Mobile 7 , OSX Mobile , Android , WebOS , and Blackberry OS

What appeal does symbian have anymore?

[slickuser]

symbian who?

[lozeeb]

Symbian may not be that well known in N. America but worldwide they have as much market share as Windows Mobile 7 , OSX Mobile , Android , WebOS , and Blackberry OS combined. I personally do not like the OS but the Scandanavians know a thing or two about mobiles. With both Nokia and Erricson they have done very well. I am sure Symbian will evolve and innovate until Nokia can bring a new OS to market. Also remember that Symbian came about to stop Microsoft doing in the mobile market what they did on the desktop, distroy compertition then raise prices. I think Symbian has now done this so the Symbian members can use their own Symbian or Android (FOC) and when Microsoft comes begging asking them to develop a Windows Mobile devise they can negotiate the unit price for the OS down as they have alternatives.

[koitenshi]

There are over 1.5 million s60 applications out there... they have been downloaded over 100 billion times... Apple and the iPhone are still FAR behind Symbian...