From recession to depression
The challenge now, said Wigforss, "is maintaining market share with new competitors entering the space, but we're still the biggest."
As for allegations that Symbian wasn't straightforward enough for developers, who preferred to programme for iPhone, Wigforss maintained that "complication of coding on Symbian depends on what you want to do." He also added that Symbian was "ahead of the game on Flash."
Other Symbian evangelists have also stressed the OS's "heritage of mobile" and low power footprint, which makes for some pretty impressive battery life. But whether that's enough to keep Nokia at the top spot of market leader for much longer seems a bit doubtful.
Could the prominent and enthusiastic massage service have been provided in anticipation of Symbian-related stress?
Judging by the event itself, even Nokia seems to have resigned itself to its fate as just another OS in what is rapidly becoming an overcrowded market. The Symbian event lacked not only buzz and enthusiasm, but also any sort of real optimism about the future.
You could even say it was an event which would have suited Marvin the Paranoid Android. "I'm not getting you down at all, am I?"
