Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

S60 went from 3rd to 5th in respect to asians because "4" means bad luck to many asians, but now what will come after Symbian^3? ^4 or ^5





ps: read this https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped...9#S60_editions

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

What? I've seen some unusual superstitions in my time, but software version numbers! Intriguing. I live in Asia - never heard that one before.

EDIT: Many websites claim what you say is true, though just as many say it isn't. You have a link to Nokia where they say this?

Symbian has a fairly long history now with many versions. I see no missing "4" anywhere in the list.

The N8 will be the first phone using Symbian ^3 - I haven't seen it in the wild yet.

Also S60 is not a symbian version number - it's a user interface version. Sony Ericsson use UIQ

OS 9.1 through to OS 9.5 - no point releases were left out.

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

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Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

Was this an exam sir, I would fail you for citing wiki : )

Alright, I'll give you the superstition - Nokia use S60 quite extensively in marketing through Asia so I can believe it after looking at your links.

S60 is the UI, OS9.X was Symbian at the time they skipped the V4

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

the Wikipedia pages linked in my post provide the sources for the contents in question

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

Interesting thought, shame on Nokia for breaking international standards on software numbering though. (or indeed general numbering) Their version control must be a mess.

Shame on you indeed for quoting wiki, first rule of the interent, never quote wiki. :)

But interesting none the less.

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

I guess Nokia owns Symbian these days so very probably they will skip ^4 - I think they are still busy getting ^3 ready for the N8 so it'll be a while before they start thinking about the next iteration.

Anyway, don't take my negativity personally, I don't live in one of the Asian countries that have the aversion to 4 - here it's 13.

I stand corrected : )

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

Also if you look at Nokia phone model numbers, there are only 5 models out of over 300 that contain 4 in model number. And that's not likely to change with the new numbering scheme, which also jumps from 3 to 5.

Symbian, however will have a ^4 version. I don't know whether Nokia plans to use that in advertising in the region though.

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

Next year it enters beta?

Re: Will there be a Symbian^4 or will Nokia respect asians once more?
 

Seems like they restarted from 1.0.0 for each new generation. But all the time getting a bit better (by having a larger code base to begin with), they then have needed fewer bug fixes before reaching a stable release.