Symbian was great, and I loved my indestructible all-silver Nokia E61 non-US version (which included WiFi, unlike the carrier-crippled ones I found in the US).
I actually looked recently at trying to buy another E61 in good condition, and how much trouble it would be to kludge up access to my email through it. I figured it would be more productive for email than my current mainstream smartphone setup.
I have to resist the urge to look into this open-sourced Symbian... :)
My beloved E6 had its flaws. It was a pain to sync, the syncs were not serviceable, but at least it was syncing to my computer, not to the cloud. On this one, Symbian Anna felt better than Symbian Belle and it would have been a pain to revert.
That said, it was small, smaller than an iPhone SE. And it had a hardware keyboard. I'm not against fancy apps and stuff on my phone but, besides calling reliability, the first thing I want is to be able to type small things.
I must confess I was unhappy that it even had a touchscreen: a nightmare when it was raining. I guess I just loved the form factor and its promises.
I'm thinking of making this an ode. The E6 ballad. Sorry for that long little-informative comment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_E61
I actually looked recently at trying to buy another E61 in good condition, and how much trouble it would be to kludge up access to my email through it. I figured it would be more productive for email than my current mainstream smartphone setup.
I have to resist the urge to look into this open-sourced Symbian... :)