Nokia 5800 is now 3+ Millions

Congratulations to Nokia, for shipping 3+ million Nokia 5800 devices (as reported by SymbianFeak, and later corrected)! Congratulations to operators for reasonable pricing! Congratulations to users for adopting such a wonderful device!

My personal experience with Nokia 5800 has been a bit slow. I've used Nokia devices for last 10+ years, pretty natural for Finns. The user experience has been smooth and steady, reliable. When you learn the "Nokia UI" in one device, you can use any device. Changes between devices and platforms has always been moderate.

Nokia 5800 is different. It's not their first touch device, I did try Nokia 7710 a while, as well as its ancestors Psion 3/5 devices. Have also iPod Touch, as a reference device. The difference is that 5800 is designed to be used by one hand. Took a while to realize that, but since then it's been a pleasure.

Symbian Foundation, It's alive!

2 April 2009 is a date to remember. Symbian Foundation is finally independent from the friendly - but jovial - foster father, the one and only Nokia. Now it's all official!

Congratulations!

...feeling nostalgic and recalling 10 years back. Someone came to tell that our team wasn't working for Psion any more, but for "Symbian". Nobody was sure what that word meant, fortunately the work remained same. The rest is history...

Happy next ten years, Symbian Foundation! You have a solid base where to continue from.