http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/ Engadget Comments for Symbian provides early glimpse at 2011 Nokia smartphone experience 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/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Yeah me neither. webOS seems to have won the font war. Android's a bit ugly too, but not as ugly as Symbian's.]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Isn't that the Nokia corporate typeface? Can't see that changing anytime soon!]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, change the font!]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Any user can change the default font in Symbian, if you don't like it you don't have to use it.]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/it's not as bad as the BlackBerry one.
But i agree the webOS has the best font & graphics combo]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Yes! I hate that font!]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Eh, I love the font. It's like a sans-serif version of Didot. Stroke contrast makes me drool, especially combined with condensed proportions.]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
I would have thought that Nokia would have commisioned a slightly less narrow version of their trademark font to take advantage of bigger screens and higher pixel density.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
I'm not really feeling quite a few elements of the UI. I understand they're trying to stick with the "feel" of Symbian, but they really can - and should do more. UI is a factor that can really make or break an OS.

Just look at the iPhone, it lacks quite a few features that Nokia customers have taken for granted over the years, but it still managed to become one of the most popular smart phones because of it's OS.

The fact that its coming out in 2011 doesn't help either. In my humble opinion I think that the UI of the current iterations of the iPhone OS, WebOS, Android and Blackberry are all far superior to what Nokia hopes to offer in the future.

Come on Nokia, lets see some of that acclaimed Finnish design.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://bit.ly/nokia-900-full-specs-details-best-or-worst

Can't wait for engadget to have this review. ]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Last time I bought a Nokia I ended up with a E71... I can't complain about anything.

...and the pics above are looking good indeed!]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Nokia makes great cellphones, but their touch-enabled phones are not nowhere near top-notch.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
N900 is a Nokia touch based phone. And at least for me, it is not near the top, it is at the top. The browser is definitely best out there and the potential of the HW & SW stack combo on N900 is enormous. I love the openness and customizability.

(in short: N900 FTW :)

]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Bollocks. The N86 is awesome. The N900 is awesome and for there isn't a better cost concious option than the 5800 out there.

As for 'desertion in droves', how does that reconcile with the increase in smartphone sales they've had in 2009?]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
thats hilarious. but no really i have an app that can take me 5 mins into the future and it only costs .99]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
does the app involve waiting for 5 minutes?]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
I have the same app it enables me to see the outcome of my witty chat up lines when out with the boys. Much money on dry cleaning and reconstructive surgery has been saved I tell yah ]]>Jan 15th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/You beat me to it.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Actually, you're so 2000-n-late.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Seriously, are you being sarcastic?]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/i actually agree with him, the bottom icon is exactly like on android 2.1.
They could have found a different aproach to that.

And honestly why is this due in 2011? it doesnt seem that much of a makeover. HTC would have made this in a few months, and on both WinMo & Android platforms. Hopefully it's an OS from scratch and not just a skin.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Either you're stupid or havn't seen a S60v5 device

http://nokia5800.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nokia_5800_homescreen_e-mail.jpg

that is from 2008
]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Nokia should be embarrased to have released the N97
with Symbian.

Buggy, ancient and very overated. ]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Buggy, outdated, but still can work on tons of set of different hardware, small, and could multi-task even before you knew how to read (and obviously long before any other company ever thought about enabling such abilities).

In addition, Nokia's Symbian version is called S60. Its heavily based on the "original" Symbian, but still its not the same thing. The newer versions (Symbian^2 and upwards) is the original Symbian - so in a way, Nokia will now use a different operating system in its phones, REALLY open-sourced (and not all that Android's "kinda-open-sourced" crap) and probably way better than what you've come to know so far.
Time will tell...]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
Symbian is still the best smart phone OS for non touch screen devices.]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/i thought Blackberry was!?]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 16th 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
The iPhone is the lust device of the average cell user. The Droid & Nexus are the lust device of the uber geek (I'm one. I consider that a good thing btw) ... What's left for Nokia and Palm for that matter? Both are so far behind on the app market front (webOS and the upcoming S3/4 which aren't even out yet)... and neither actually have anything coming out tomorrow to challenge the iPhone or the array of Android units.

Nothing that Josh can put his hands on and complain about lol. Nothing to show off on late night with Jimmy Fallon. By then, the iPhone 4 will be out and the new Android 3ghz dual core super-tastic McNexusperia will be out.

Like I said. Good luck.]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/Jan 15th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
How long is it since the iPhone was released/unveiled? Almost three years? What did they think back than? 'Ohhoho, it's way too damn intuitive to control, there's no challenge any more with this! And who would want a phone without a stylus, I mean, a stylus you can use for sooo many things, it may even save your life one day!'

And what did they think in the fall of 2008 when the G1 came out? Stupid Google gies, in about a year we will have an almost totally unchanged version of our dated looking slow and sluggish symbian OS out. Then they will be sorrow for entering our market!

I mean, wtf.
]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/symbian-provides-early-glimpse-at-2011-nokia-smartphone-experien/
transparencies and transitions? Way to go guys. Sounds like Microsoft right before they launched Vista.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:33AM