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Re:Symbian Won by smichel17 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @10:47AM (#23641372)
Although the NDK is really annoying, it's not required to build an app, which it seems like Symbian C++ was. I think that's critical for getting the app ecosystem off the ground.
Re:Symbian Won by pjmlp on Thursday June 25, 2020 @12:21PM (#23642397)
You could use Java, Flash, Python and Web Runtime as alternatives back then. Much richer than Android still.
Re:Symbian Won by smichel17 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @04:24PM (#23671757)
Thanks for the clarification :) It was before my time.