http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/In front of machines
No more vibrating sounds
But hypnotizing lights
They're staring into monitors]]>Dec 3rd 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
This looks more like Maemo than any previous Symbian device like s60...

Maybe they're taking a cue from Maemo]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
it's easy to make a small bezel in photoshop]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Er... the device is just a frame for the UI.

in other words: not going to happen.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Why would you want less choice? Android isn't in itself perfect...neither is the iPhone Os or Palms WebOS. I can't see a benefit to having the same OS on only slightly varying hardware. It seems now all there is is touch screens...so a rectangular screen with almost no buttons. thers' really not much scope there for several companies to keep innovating apart from the OS...the more the better.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Why don't you ask yourself the same question about Symbian?]]>Dec 3rd 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Do we really want to be satisfied by devices that just "get by" on software that is optimized for underpowered hardware?

@Tes
I can see your logic, but I think it is actually better the other way around. WIth such a diversification of OSes, the manufacturers are too tied up trying to ensure that their own OS has every gimmicky feature that the current Flavour of the Month has and aren't focussed on moving _forward_.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Are you really arguing that less competition would help make the industry drive forward?]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/What should he ask about Symbian, is it Linux with Javan on top?
I don't think it is.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/"Pinzandzooom"]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Wery strrrrong.. :P
I live in Finland for 7 years already and still didnt get used to the accent. But their english skills here are the best. You can find even bus drivers speaking english (unlike in some parts o USA I suppose :P)]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Try speaking Finnish first (and you'd better speak it good) before commenting about accents. This accent thing works vice versa, actually you wouldn't be making much sense at all. That's why we politely change to English when people speak Finnish badly.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dude, who crapped on your advent calendar?
the guy just made a comment!
Oh by the way, "speak it good"? Really?
You speak about "bad english"?

have a good day, sir. :P]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Chill out man, usually finns are very calm and nice people but you must be one of "the other ones" or then you didnt have your koskenkorva shot today.

Peace bro, weekend is coming...]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Care to Explain ?]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Symbian is better, IMO. Upgradeable, imperfect but I like it more :P
By the way, IMO, horizontal mode is used more frequently than vertical, and during those rare times its cold outside you wear gloves, making it very very hard to work with capacitive screen, I'm all resistant xD]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Or in other words, stick the head out of jobs buttocks..]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Symbian has around 50% of the smartphone OS homie, they're not losing anything right now but at most a few points that may had went to RIM or Apple.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
PFFT]]>Dec 3rd 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Empire always striking back

5800 vs iphone
E71 vs BB bold
N900 vs Droid]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
yeah two thumbs up to borat]]>Dec 3rd 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Only NOW they admit that S605th is/has a problem?
Now they promise us improvements in 7 months and some more in 12 months.
By then Android will have gotten a whole lot better and many N97 or S60 3rd users like myself will have long ago turned elsewhere. There are many choices and I don't know if I can wait for something that is announced now and delivered (maybe) in 6 months.
But maybe the most important question is: will app developpers wait that long? Can Nokia catch up once it has its new OS?]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
I couldn't agree with you more. Looking forward to seeing the first product fron this plan.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/Dec 3rd 2009 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
hope your reading SE & HTC!!!]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
sorry but you are weird.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
think about how you hold a phone with one hand dude. its waaaaaaaaay easier to get at buttons if they are on the side as opposed to at the bottom, especially with these larger 4 inch + mobiles.

weird is a bit harsh especially since u don't back it up.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/well, that maybe but you are commenting on a phone and that is not the point here. They are showcasing software...
That said you may be right. Or not.
:P]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Well, that's Godwin's law covered.

You can go an troll another website now, your services are no longer needed.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/nokia-offers-sneak-peak-at-improved-symbian-user-experience/
Symbian actually provides very very good battery life, e72 I just charge once per week in comparison of 2 days with iphone and still doing the same stuff... Even in the same series, E-series, there is a huge advance in terms of usability. Problem with Symbian Nokia phones, as said here, is that it lacks the bling necessary to catch the eye of the North Americans (hope that by adding the bling it wont marginalize the bigger market that is Asia-South America)

If all of these promises come true, and there is no reason to believe that they wont, we will see Symbian competing with iPhone OS directly.

I dont even mention Maemo because it is far superior than any kind of OS we have in the market right now. The only credible competitor to Maemo is a rooted Android. And still is not even close to it.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:28AM