What is Saipan system?
Symbian system is an operating system designed by Symbian company for mobile phones. Symbian is a real-time, multi-tasking pure 32-bit operating system with the characteristics of low power consumption and less memory occupation. With limited memory and storage, Symbian is very suitable for mobile devices such as mobile phones. After continuous improvement, it can support GPRS, Bluetooth, SyncML, NFC and 3G technologies. It includes a joint database, user interface architecture and reference implementation of common tools, and its predecessor is EPOC of Psion. Most importantly, it is a standardized and open platform, and anyone can develop software for Symbian-enabled devices. Different from Microsoft products, symbian separates the general technology of mobile devices, that is, the kernel of operating system, from the graphical user interface technology, which can adapt to different input platforms well, and also allow manufacturers to make more friendly operation interfaces for their products, in line with the trend of personalization, which is also the main reason why users can see different Symbian systems. Java programs developed for this platform are very popular on the Internet. Users can expand the functions of mobile phones by installing software.
Why is Saipan system eliminated?
Compared with the current Android and IOS, Saipan is not a little bit worse, but if the time is adjusted to the N95 era, compared with some systems such as PalmOS, WindowMobile and WebOS, Saipan is a well-deserved king. The reason why Saipan, who is striding forward, will be eliminated is a comprehensive problem.
Many people wonder why Symbian is actually quite easy to use, simple and stable, and has common applications, but the interface is ugly and the hardware configuration is low, so why it has been occupied by Android and iOS. Bian Xiao believes that the decline of Saipan is largely due to Nokia's insufficient analysis of the situation, which makes it too slow to respond to the market and let its competitors lead. This is Nokia's own strategic issue.
The model using Saipan system is too fragmented, which leads developers to face extremely high development costs. For example, if you want to develop a software, you should consider that it should be suitable for touch screen, full keyboard, numeric keyboard, knob keyboard and other usage scenarios. This is a big problem! All these directly or indirectly lead to the slow development progress and can not meet the needs of users. By the way, Android has also experienced a period of hardware fragmentation, but Android has solved it perfectly.
The sudden emergence of iOS and Android. If the iOS device is ringing the death knell for Saipan, then the Android device is the last grave of Saipan. The ease of use of the two and Saipan's lack of enterprising directly led to the reversal of market share, and Saipan was busy with the fourth work at this time.
The internal friction is too large, and the opportunity to join hands with other Saipan devices against iOS and Android is lost. Saipan was not only used by Nokia, but also by Samsung and Sony Ericsson as authorized parties at that time. However, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nokia, many contents of Saipan are not provided by Samsung and Sony Ericsson. Not only did it not provide, Nokia also paid developers to develop software only for Nokia. This decision directly turned allies into rivals, forcing Samsung and Sony Ericsson to move to other camps.
Is it possible to revive Saipan system?
With the fall of Nokia, Saipan system also died. However, Saipan was once praised as the best mobile phone system, and the market share of 20 1 1 was still 33.95%, far exceeding that of Android and IOS at that time, but history did not believe in tears, and the current Saipan system has been forgotten!
What are the advantages of Saipan system compared with current Android and IOS? Bian Xiao personally thinks that fortunately, its dependence on hardware is not very high, and its fluency and power saving effect are also good, and it will not produce too much garbage in the system. Once an N95 in Xiao Zhi was not turned on for half a year, and there was no card. But nearly 18M of running memory is suitable for you, that is, 18M. Compared with mobile phones with 4G, 6G or even 8G memory, is it simply a product of the Stone Age?
However, this year's Nokia is preparing to resurrect Asha mobile phone after re-engraving 33 10 and E7 1! In addition to Asha system, Asha mobile phone is also equipped with Saipan system! Generally speaking, Asha mobile phone is equipped with Saipan's S40 system, which supports full keyboard but does not support touch screen. The touch screen is version S60 V5, and the ordinary button smartphone is version V3 of Saipan S600. Counting, Nokia's last Symbian mobile phone is 808 released on 20 13. This 4 100 megapixel Zeiss lens phone has also become a classic, and the photo effect is very good. Asha mobile phone used to belong to Microsoft with Nokia mobile phone. Considering that the latter should not be retained, it seems that the management right has been transferred to HMD.
I just don't know how Nokia will bring the classic Saipan system now, but Bian Xiao hopes to revive Saipan on the basis of modern hardware. I think it is more practical than Android and IOS systems, especially on low-end mobile phones. This is more efficient. Only third-party apps are a big problem. At present, both QQ and WeChat have stopped supporting Saipan system.