Symbian Vs Android Comparison Chart with PROs and CONs

Symbian has Conversation View for messaging.

first thing is that this complete bullshit tilting towards android…..i mean if you wanna tell how android is better why the heck you compare it with other operating system huh…..???android is not yet stable and thats what they ”andromaniac” trying to do and thats why it get frequent updates over and over thats all……you are just wrote and compare completely different systems without proper knowledge of it…..its like comparing george michael with ricky martin tellin the world how specific one is good……!!!!!!

symbian supports threaded sms view

Android is fun for sure, but I still like to use my old Symbian-powered device for my daily activities, specifically for this security reason:

Despite all the joy that free apps can give to Android users, I am getting more and more worried each day to find out how many of these apps now ‘force’ us to give permissions to access our personal data from the start or when it requires an update (starting from owner information, GPS location, your accounts information, and sending sms or make phone calls – sending ad to your device is no longer sufficient – they all like to build ‘customer database’). Sure you can choose not to install them, but most of the ‘fun’ side will be gone, and not all apps can be purchased to get rid of their unnecessary access requests. And since I am not an advanced user, I do not really understand how deep they can take information out of my device. And although this does not seem dangerous for my simple and ordinary life, I still don’t want to give unknown people easy access to my personal data and files, for unknown reasons. It annoys me already to get promotions via sms everyday.

My solution at this moment: I use my Android tablet (Note 10.1) just for fun, without bothering to fill in owner information, contacts, and emails. I merged down owner information in the welcome screen picture (in case I lost it), and I can still access my emails through internet browser. If I want. This is perfect solution for me, since I have no intention to use it my communication device (it’s to big anyway).

With an old, more closed-system like symbian (although not 100% virus or malware proof, nobody is), I can call, sms, and access emails with my old Nokia phone with more comfort.

I hope the upcoming windows 8 phones will have similar treatment to such security threats like we normally have in a PC environment. I do wish to have a more closed system, where we can simply install apps that will work in the local machine only, or in a ‘sandboxed’ environment (except only for a few apps that are meant to have communication access like Whatsapp). At least, I know that we simply need to deal with viruses and malwares from time to time, but not regular apps that come with too much requests.

In short, with an Android system, I feel like I can have the device, but not total control of the device and information in it. You can kiss good bye to your personal secrecy.

PS: I wonder if the Android system provider itself ( (i.e., Google and device manufacturer) can collect your personal database?