New video demo of Symbian^3 updated text input and browser

26 February, 2011
We found a new video showing the much awaited, yet-to-be released Symbian ^3 update that will bring split-screen text input and some major browser improvements to phones such as the Nokia N8...

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  • 26 Feb 2011

Symbian S^1 did have virtual portrait QWERTY keyboard. It's just that for a reason unexplained, they decided not to omit portrait QWERTY keyboard in S^3 initially.

Honestly, I think this badmouthing about this and that OS is very childish. But since somebody started it... Android didn't even support bluetooth at the beginning of last year and Android still doesn't support Ad-hoc nor global font size setting. iOS didn't get multi-tasking until last summer, and its multi-tasking is still half-baked.

You can find flaws in every OS. So what's the point of this childish name calling? Grow up. If you don't like Symbian, fine, but at least try to discuss the matter in a mature way.

I don't get it, if somebody defending Nokia, why do some people assume he/she is working for Nokia? Using those people's reasoning, if some people is defaming Nokia/Symbian, are those people working for Sammy/Google? Grow up!

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    • Anonymous
    • wrp
    • 26 Feb 2011

    AnonD-743, 26 Feb 2011Just like iPhone 4 traveled years back to steal things like... morestill support android :)

    and hope that symbian will do better
    but , i think they lack of fresh ideas

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      • AnonD-2543
      • n{E
      • 26 Feb 2011

      AnonD-743, 26 Feb 2011Just like iPhone 4 traveled years back to steal things like... moreSorry mate, but i am not a android fanboy ... i actually never owned a android-handset so try to aim at other flaws ... you could make fun of me, because i have used symbian, windows mobile or bada-handsets

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        • AnonD-743
        • L4D
        • 26 Feb 2011

        Anonymous, 26 Feb 2011Symbian is an old and lethagic technology. Nokia knows it a... moreBlablabla, more of the same.

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          • Anonymous
          • u{E
          • 26 Feb 2011

          Symbian is an old and lethagic technology. Nokia knows it and you should too nokia fanboys. Grow up and move on, i did.

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            • AnonD-743
            • L4D
            • 26 Feb 2011

            AnonD-2543, 26 Feb 2011welcome to year 2009 nokia-fanboys =) it's like the noki... moreJust like iPhone 4 traveled years back to steal things like "Multi-tasking" and "video-call" and Android traveled years back to steal things like "install Applications on memory card" and "video player". Oh, didn't you know that your beloved Android doesn't even had a video-player? Wake up fanboy.

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              • u1B
              • 26 Feb 2011

              looks like a last update for symbian^3

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                • Anonymous
                • wrp
                • 26 Feb 2011

                AnonD-743, 26 Feb 2011It's so pathetic to say that Symbian is a "copy cat&qu... moreyeah... you are right

                are you working for nokia ?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • wrp
                  • 26 Feb 2011

                  symbian is not copy cat.. but...
                  still out dated and boring

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                    • lolo
                    • Ia9
                    • 26 Feb 2011

                    cool

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                      • AnonD-2543
                      • n{E
                      • 26 Feb 2011

                      welcome to year 2009 nokia-fanboys =)

                      it's like the nokia symbian devs (those who are not yet fired) have a deLoreon Time-travel-machine/car to travel years back to steal things others had for years

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                        • Anonymous
                        • kbe
                        • 26 Feb 2011

                        looking 4 best phone, 26 Feb 2011I think symbian is a crab and not good i've been using sym... moreAll OS copy from Symbian!! but in the case of android it copied from all OS's so shut up and heil the king you moron!!!
                        Great job Nokia! now the best is getting better!!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • msV
                          • 26 Feb 2011

                          Still looks so outdated:(

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                            • Solun
                            • p6f
                            • 26 Feb 2011

                            It looks that the response of the display is really bad and slow... And the screen itself is not really bright and sharp. I think that after Samsung´s Super AMOLED displays it must be very difficult for other companies to sell high-end phones without premium screen.

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                              • AnonD-743
                              • L4D
                              • 26 Feb 2011

                              looking 4 best phone, 26 Feb 2011I think symbian is a crab and not good i've been using sym... moreIt's so pathetic to say that Symbian is a "copy cat", since it's was one of the pioneer of the smartphone market so every system that came after obviously copied something from Symbian, now if you tell me that if Symbian do something that Android does it's a "copy cat"? Ah come on. So Android copied the flat menu structure of the iPhone and it's a "copy cat" too? It's so damn pathetic.
                              About the keyboard, I can't understand why GSM arena said it's unconfortable, I can't see how it could be better than that.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • n%G
                                • 26 Feb 2011

                                that gots to be one of the worst keyboards i've seen on a smartphone, how the fuck can you type in those extra tiny keys?!

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                                  • ULS
                                  • 26 Feb 2011

                                  I like this new software for web and full keyboard vertical. I hope Nokia can release it soon. Anyway I am very happy with N8 already!

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                                    • wrp
                                    • 26 Feb 2011

                                    I think symbian is a crab and not good
                                    i've been using symbian phone since many years
                                    then i realized that,...symbian is something that " boring "

                                    now, i sae ..new improvements... it's good, but still a copy cat : * they use widgets??? how come... i hope they will be more creative and not copy cat

                                    widgets belongs to android phone

                                    why symbian use widget ??

                                    just want to make symbian equal to android, and get the fake " android " feels

                                    and , i think it still "boring"

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                                      • Parth
                                      • v}Q
                                      • 26 Feb 2011

                                      Should come fast!

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Uij
                                        • 26 Feb 2011

                                        Yea yea its nearly here!