The Newest Symbian OS `Anna` Has Been Officially Introduced
Symbian is an operating system intended specifically for smartphones and could be used by NTT DoCoMo, Sony Ericsson, and is now maintained by Nokia. The latest version of the Symbian, named Anna was officially presented in April 2011, this operating system has undergone an update on the browser side, the virtual keyboard when the phone is in vertical orientation, and a better scrolling in homescreen.
There are two devices that directly use the latest operating system ie the new Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 that will be available in mid-June. The smartphones which previously been using Symbian^3 like Nokia N8 , E7, C7 and C6-01, also will be able to upgrade to the operating system for Symbian Anna.
Nokia Still Relies On MeeGo and Symbian
Nokia is committed to restore the glory in the realm of smartphones. Not only that, the Finnish mobile phone vendor is also planning to not using the operating system (OS) other than Symbian or Linux MeeGo. “I have a goal to ensure that Nokia still leads in the market and become intellectuals in creating the digital world,” wrote Head of Mobile Solution Nokia Anssi Vanjoki in a blog on the official website of Nokia.
He added that the first battle that must be able to pass by Nokia now is to bring the products and services desired by consumers.
Quoted from the Times of India, Friday (7/9/2010), Nokia’s profits and sales of smartphones in the world’s is getting weaken in the second quarter, with Apple’s iPhone as the toughest challenger. Vanjoki said, it would be a tough task to make the Nokia back to lead the smartphone market. But he is optimistic, Nokia has all the assets realizing it by using Symbian OS and MeeGo. “Symbian and MeeGo is the best software for our smart devices. Therefore, we do not plan to use other software,” he said.
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