Nokia tease with Symbian UI improvements coming in 2010

03 December, 2009
Yesterday Nokia announced their 2010 year plans for major renewal of the aging Symbian user interface and pushing the first Maemo 6 device. But the good news didn't end there, since the podcast published...

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  • Anonymous
  • tAN
  • 06 Dec 2009

will these updates be available to phones from other companies that are running symbian such as the se satio or the samsung i8910 omnia hd ? thanks in advance

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    • Mashy
    • syj
    • 06 Dec 2009

    Deep space bar, 06 Dec 2009Omina II crashes alot i've used it for 20mins and it crashe... moreThanks for that info. Omnia II looks stunning on paper but thats the problem with Samsung, they do not deliver a good user experience. Nowadays, they are launching phone after phone, but I do not see myself buying any of the phones they have except maybe Omnia i8910 Omnia HD because its the only phone I know with a capacitive technology and AMOLED display.
    Cheers

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      • Mashy
      • syj
      • 06 Dec 2009

      Anonymous, 06 Dec 2009Try the samsung jet, and samsung omnia II, the typing is go... moreThanks for your suggestion regarding Samsung phones (Jet and Omnia II). Actually your right, even the iPhone does not fill in the need of the physical keyboard. But still it gets quite close to an actual keyboard. iPhone has one of the best onscreen typing experience. I am really fond of physical QWERTY keyboards. I have N97, E75 and E90 at the moment and all have QWERTY keyboards. I am planning on getting the new E72 or Blackberry 9700 Bold, N900 and the Motorola Milestone as my first Android device.
      Cheers

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        • Mashy
        • syj
        • 06 Dec 2009

        Deep space bar, 05 Dec 2009Multitouch is not really important at all Web browsing i r... moreYeah mate, your right. Its more around the hype which Apple has created around it.

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          • Anonymous
          • tVq
          • 06 Dec 2009

          it's like a bastard of maemo and android....

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            • Deep space bar
            • kJq
            • 06 Dec 2009

            Anonymous, 06 Dec 2009Try the samsung jet, and samsung omnia II, the typing is go... moreOmina II crashes alot i've used it for 20mins and it crashed on my 3 times and it lags really badly plus winMo 6.5 takes up too much RAM 256 and 70 - 60 on start up like wtf

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              • Anonymous
              • mhB
              • 06 Dec 2009

              Mashy, 05 Dec 2009You do not need to be sorry mate. LG Prada was a good phone... moreTry the samsung jet, and samsung omnia II, the typing is good, responsiveness good. The need for a keyboard is not bigger than with a the capacitive screen of the iPhone.
              So if you prefer physical key, you will do that no matter what phone.

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                • Deep space bar
                • kJq
                • 05 Dec 2009

                Marino, 05 Dec 2009I'm wondering... Will those updates be available for all No... moreARM11 @ 600mhz
                256mb RAM
                More responsive screen
                And openGL 2.0 would be a nice upgrade for the 5800 i'm using it right now on opera mini 5 beta2 lol
                It still lags but maybe cause i dropped it so many times

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                  • vujo
                  • Tmd
                  • 05 Dec 2009

                  LGs 3D S-Class is the best

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                    • Marino
                    • prQ
                    • 05 Dec 2009

                    I'm wondering... Will those updates be available for all Nokia s60 devices (such as 5800XM which I'm using) or just for new devices?
                    It would be nice to see those new improvements on 5800XM... :/

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                      • Anonymous
                      • NH6
                      • 05 Dec 2009

                      it doesn't sound like it will be an update to current symbian phones because current 1's have resistive screens...but it's not logical that u can use 2 fingers on 1 touchscreen but not another. i think advantages and disadvantages between resistive and capacitive touchscreens are bogus

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                        • Deep space bar
                        • kJq
                        • 05 Dec 2009

                        Mashy, 05 Dec 2009You do not need to be sorry mate. LG Prada was a good phone... moreMultitouch is not really important at all
                        Web browsing i rather you 1 finger at a time plus constant screen touching when browsing seems annoying
                        Multitouich is more useful in games and SOME apps

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                          • Mashy
                          • syj
                          • 05 Dec 2009

                          Anonymous, 05 Dec 2009LG Prada had capacitive screen, was introduced and released... moreYou do not need to be sorry mate. LG Prada was a good phone but never made it mass market. Nor did LG create the buzz and hype around it the way Apple did. People over at Apple prove time and again that they are great at selling (Marketing). I have the LG crystal, it also uses the capacitive technology but it does not seem as good (sensitive) as the touch screen on Apple iPod Touch and iPhones. I can not really comment about the multi-touch, it sounds good but when I started using N97 which is without multi touch, I did not miss the multi touch at all. Picture zooming and web browsing are the places I mainly used multi touch, but I personaly believe its not that important factor.
                          One thing I would like to state is that a resistive screen is useless if the phone does not have a physical keyboard. Capacitive screens handle on screen messaging brilliantly by my experience with the iPhones, and not the LG Crystal, I did not like typing on the LG.
                          Cheers

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                            • Mashy
                            • syj
                            • 05 Dec 2009

                            Star dome, 04 Dec 2009Nokis 8800 arte just OLED guys,not AMOLED.. samsung the fi... moreIm really sorry to dissapoint you mate but what you are stating is not correct. You seem to be a big samsung fan(boy). No Offence. Samsung actually was going crazy with Nokia's success with symbian OS and got the S60 3rd edition licence from Symbian and Nokia. Still they could not hit the mass market jackpot with high end devices like Nokia used to do.
                            And AMOLED and OLED is basically one n the same thing. And try to accept the fact that not Nokia but Samsung copied Nokia in the OLED screens aswell and invested huge amounts of money in it as they saw its potential. Samsung did a good job.
                            Cheers.

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                              • Mashy
                              • syj
                              • 05 Dec 2009

                              Omnia, 04 Dec 2009Nokia will have to do something better than this to make th... moreYeah they sure have to do something way better and bigger than whats going on now. Let me correct you, TouchWhiz UI is not the most popular UI (as in quality) after the iPhone OS. It might be popular because alot of phones run on it. Its just a UI and not a proper OS. Thats what Samsung are trying to do with their new OS Bada (Which will surely use TouchWhiz UI).
                              And Maemo is by no means in comparison with any other OS in the market be it iPhone OS, Bada, WinMo, Symbian, Android or any other. Maemo is in its own league, alone at the moment. Its something more than a mobile phone. Its between smartphones and Netbooks.
                              Samsung are creating Bada OS to counter symbian and iPhone OS and to have a strong alternative, they are by no means pitching it against Maemo. Nokia aswell are working on making symbian more competitive by improving the UI vastly.
                              The bottom line is that the iPhone has set the industry standards for the UI and easy to use OS. All other manufacturers are trying to catch up, they can never recreate that magic .

                              btw, I am shocked that the Bada OS has not even showed up and your claiming its better than maemo 6. Which is a big improvement over maemo 5 which already awesome!
                              Peace mate. Cheers

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                                • rudy
                                • sEK
                                • 05 Dec 2009

                                [deleted post]Ehh, ad org indonesia jga nih yang main2 dsini:)

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                                  • Deep space bar
                                  • kJq
                                  • 05 Dec 2009

                                  dr_joy, 05 Dec 2009always buy only nokia .its a class phone.nokia should provi... moreNew nokia specs should have this or hardkey and touch...minimun

                                  434mhz - 600mhz
                                  256mb Ram
                                  512mb phone storage
                                  8/16 storage with expansion slot
                                  3rd gen LED or zenon flash
                                  Good specs
                                  600mhz - 1ghz
                                  512mb - 1gb Ram
                                  1gb phone storage
                                  8/16/32 storage With expansion slot
                                  3rd gen LED or zenon flash
                                  These specs should be what nokia should be pulling by next year hopefully they read this and atleast try and make similar specs for a smartphone mid range and high end

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                                    • Deep space bar
                                    • kJq
                                    • 05 Dec 2009

                                    Anonymous, 05 Dec 2009LG Prada had capacitive screen, was introduced and released... moreWell we all know apple is conceted company they think that they did everything first cause it didn't go mainstream and come out in the US cause US is slow with technology

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                                      • dr_joy
                                      • n}Q
                                      • 05 Dec 2009

                                      always buy only nokia .its a class phone.nokia should provide 1ghz procecor and 512 ram.i am dreaming this

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                                        • sonson
                                        • uEx
                                        • 05 Dec 2009

                                        Anonymous, 04 Dec 2009Well I wasn't specifcally talking about the N97, but rather... morei agree, i dont like iphone (at least the first 2 gens) because of the lack of basic features that have been "standard" on other phnes ie file-transfer bluetooth, etc. but i gotta admit, i phone re-defined the industry (in addition to the mp3 player industry)... nokia have just been so thick to listen or understand "regular" consumers that just want to do things in a simple way and things that just work. i ditched nokia many years ago for the reason of this alone - complex user interface, and thought it'd changed so i got my self an e72... excellent phone yet as frustrating... my god the menus, settings are all over the place...been at it for almost 2 wks still can't find my way around. i can give you examples but itll be a much longer comment. even sony ericsson's java phones are sooo much simpler, and i dare say its "almost" as easy as the iphone but definitely as easy as the android when it comes to "settings".