Nokia launched an updated variation of its Symbian^3 mobile operating organisation on Tuesday , along with two telephone set execute the software system , the X7 and the E6 .
Nokia X7
The launches are a sign that Nokia has n’t abandon Symbian OS in favor of Microsoft ’s Windows Phone yet . The new package , peculiarly , shows the grandness of Symbian in the passage to Windows Phone 7 , and represent a of the essence step in an effort to shut the gap with rival operating system , agree to a research banknote from psychoanalyst CCS Insight .
Nokia X7
Symbian Anna , as the Modern software is called , has a fast web browser app and a portrayal - mood virtual QWERTY keyboard , Nokia enunciate . It also has usableness improvement let in smoother scrolling , and a novel version of Ovi Maps , with better search and new public rapture road . Enterprises get expanded surety functionality and ironware - accelerated encoding , Nokia read . In all , there are over 50 enhancements in the novel version , it said .
Nokia also launched two new smartphones running Symbian Anna : the X7 and the E6 .
The X7 has a 4 - in AMOLED touch screen with a settlement of 640 x 360 pixels , an 8 - megapixel camera that can record 720p video , and Internet access over HSDPA ( High - Speed Download Packet Access ) internet at 10.2 Mbps ( bits per secondly ) .
Nokia E6
Nokia E6
The Nokia E6 has a physical QWERTY keyboard below its 2.5 - column inch , 640 x 480 pixel touchscreen . The E6 include Microsoft Communicator Mobile , a bearing management and insistent messaging app , and can access Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint servers .
Both phones will start shipping during the second poop and will be € 380 and € 340 respectively before taxis and subsidies , a spokeswoman said .
Symbian Anna will also ship on Nokia ’s N8 , E7 , C7 and C6 - 01 devices , as will be available to download on antecedently purchased models of those same smartphones .
What happens next with Symbian persist to be seen , but the Anna upgrade is the first in a series of enhancements be after before Nokia ’s adoption of Windows Phone . A Nokia demonstration at the 2010 International Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing in Decemberaccurately elaborated Symbian Anna , although it put its arrival date in the first quarter . That presentation also detail further Symbian upgrades , let in a new look and feel for the user interface and support for smartphones with three-fold - essence central processing unit .
Nokia ’s endeavor to amend Symbian have also been manifest on the society ’s Beta Labs website , where it set aside user to test ideas under development that may become existent products . Drop allows usersto send images and linksfrom a browser app to a Symbian smartphone , and the Bubbles applicationadds shortcuts in the shape of floating bubbleson a novel unlock silver screen .
Despite these efforts , psychoanalyst IDC require Symbian ’s worldwide smartphone mart share to dangle to 20.9 percentage during 2011 , compared to 37 percent in 2010 and 45 percent in 2009 . By 2015 , the operating system will be nearly extinct , with only a 0.2 percentage share , the market place research company said in a recent report .
