Symbian Fifth Edition, Nokia's first attempt at a touch-screen platform operating system, never really cut it. While the more budget handsets could get away with a subpar touch user experience, the N97, Nokia's first high-end smartphone to use the new OS, ultimately failed. It wasn't so much that the OS was bad, there were just a lot of far better alternatives out there, like the Palm Pre, a number of HTC touch-screen devices, the Droid, and of course, everyone's favorite iPhone.
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