In term of communication usage, Symbian is the best OS i ever used. It is simple and smooth, and never fail. That's y i insist to use Nokia for my working purpose. Good job, nokia. :)
You guys/gals can swoon all you want. But fact of the matter is Symbian is dead. Nokia is making Windows Phone 7 devices now. They did too little too late to keep up with smartphone trend and grab the general public. Now systems like Android and iOS have taken over. It's too bad really. Whether you like it or not there is no defense because it's pretty much done.
Why all the "hate" and fanboy"-ism"?Just sold my HTC Kaiser, tried an iPhone 3g and didn't like it (shiny, fast, but for that price the hardware isn't that special and ios isn't that good), used Android for a couple of weeks and didn't saw anything that I didn't have in WM. Now I own a S^3 device (Nokia C7) and I'm happy with it. It does everything I need in a way I like, no more no less. A phone is a tool and not your soccer club, it's good to discuss and compare features, but chill out guys :D
To me Symbian^3 looks better than WindowsPhone7. The minimalist theme/user interface WP7 has i find boring and not compelling. The homescreen/startmenu thing only covers 80% of the phone, while there is an empty black space to the right, and the monotone orange, or green,etc is boring. Symbian^3 looks like Motoblur, but a bit cleaner.
Nothing to brag about the iPhone or Nokia or Google, the war is about presenting the intended information in a way that is as simple as possible to access and interact with. Symbian based phones are way behind when it comes to this. Android (google) believes that information means *internet*...(doesn't have to be all the time!). iPhone recently introduced the copy-paste feature... yes it was a big leap (as far as iOS is concerned). Let's wait for the fourth player... Phone 7.
@07liberian I don´t think N900 is a real product, too bulky, not so top-notch hardware, it´s almost like the Omnia HD i8910 (Symbian) but a lot bigger and with a software that isn´t so popular to have many apps.
I think N900 is good, but not great and MeeGo needs more soft... let´s see next Nokia Phones with 512MB RAM... and at least 1500MAh of battery.. I hope nokie get´s back into the hype.
@francoml No Offense But I Dont Think You Know What You Are Talking About.
The N900 Is Not Alot Bigger Than The OHD, I Know 7mm May Seem Like Alot On Paper But In Your Hand It's Not A Huge Difference.
Maemo 5 (The N900's OS Not Meego) Is A Linux Based OS Just Like Android So That Means It Only Takes A Few Minor Tweaks To Turn A Android App Into A Maemo App. There Are ALOT Of Maemo Apps Now, But Not When The N900 Came Out.
N900 Is A Internet Tablet/Phone, No Symbian Phone Can Compete.
@07liberian It´s OK, :) But watchout the sales numbers, watchou the people who aren´t experts, they can´t do tweaks, they want a marketplace and a solution out of the box and eazy... that´s why iPhone got market... other complete cell phones needs effort from the user to get things out...
@francoml Yes The Battery Is Better On The Omnia Hd And The Camera, But The N900 Is Just Overall Better:
32 GB Plus MicroSD, More Virtual Memory, True Background Support Instead Of Just Freezing The App Until You Come Back To It, Mozilla Firefox Browser (One Of The Best Mobile Browsers), 4 Fully Customizable Homescreens, The Potential To Be Overclocked To 1Ghz, Etc Etc
@07liberian I am not saying N900 is bad, it´s just that is a phone without many software options as antique Symbian, Android or iPhone marketplaces...
If N900 is a Tablet Phone, why it has only 3.5" screen compared to an AMOLED 3.7 from Omnia (that is just a spartphone).. see, I am not pushing down N900, I just think it didn´t did success at the market as N95, e71, 5800 did... it´s sad.
0.2 Inches Is Literally A Difference Of Almost Nothing! It Only Depends If You Prefer More Of A Rectangular Shape For Your Screen Than A Square-Like Shape.
True The Omnia's Screen Is360x640 OLED But I Prefer A 800X480 TFT Screen Thats Easy To See In Sunlight Than A Low Resolution OLED That Almost Useless In Sunlight.
Obviously The N900 Was'nt As Successful As The N95, E71, And 5800 Because The N900 Was Much More Expensive Than Them When It Was First Released.
I love Symbian. I have got it since 2003 when the nokia 3650 was rising up, and since that time, Symbian has been a multitasking operating system. actually, nokia 5800, yes its slower than iphone, but it can do a lot of things that the crappy iphone.. just close your game, to see pictures!! its crapp!!
design is not everything on a mobile phone but some stupid guys think that it is... mostly apple fanbois ;)
symbian is a very good os AND it got "apps" BEFORE steve jobs thought about the iphone, maybe fanbois will cry now but iPhoneOS is just a copy&paste product of other OSs
I am NO iphone fanboy, but I must admit - Nokia is this all you got?
This looks SO ugly! Nokias UI designer seem to be stuck in the year 2005. this doesn't look smooth, slick and nice at all. I have the Samsung galaxy s in front of me, and Samsung(+Android) DESTROYS symbian 3 just on sight - it just looks much much better and cooler. Nokia: Go get yourself some nice graphic and UI designers - trust me.
nokia has been synonymous with crappy and ultracrappy hardware. i could cite multiple examples, n97 being the biggest one. i'm seriously disappointed with my n97 mini and will surely sell it after using it for a few more days. if ur quality conscious go for android or iphones. scarcity of symbian apps is another huge issue. there's no proper market. ovi store is a joke compared to android marketplace and apple app store.
That's right, since the revival of touchscreen-smartphones (iphone 2G and following) Nokia just missed the boat in terms of device design and UI usability. Nokia just kept producing UGLY and BULKY phones that look like toys and are crammed full of technology, but zero functionality - But Nokia, that is not what we want. And what are they designing today? JUST THE SAME, ugly and bulky phones. There was a time when nokia was No. 1 (3210, 3310...) but that's over.
Hopefully a global audience receives this well. Whether or not they've had multitasking or this or that for years, Symbian^3 still looks dated. Nokia don't bother selling this in the US. Europe and Asia will receive this as the next generation of low-end smart phones built for cost-concious customers. Many question our Apple/Android obsession, but it really doesn't take much to realize that, Android at least, is King. Expect 0 US appreciation yet again Nokia. -Former American symbian owner
I like touch screen phones but I really can't understand that why they don't have play/pause button etc.. Well at least nokia have camera button, volume and most important but iphone doesn't have almost any buttons :/ which kinda sucks
whatever you people say..my concern is not at the interface of the os..but more on the performance which means..ability to complete task with a strong battery life and uses few input to produce a larger output and it would be an extra point if it comes with a reasonable price..
@HolyNinja147 Well yeah but the point is that Symbian 3 is better than old symbians O_o but if it's not ready for some months Nokia should quickly make some mini n900 with Maemo because many peoples haven't buy n900 probably because it's pretty big
@HolyNinja147 Maemo is better than iphone OS and there's nothing wrong with Maemo.. I just said that n900 itself is pretty big so many peoples doesn't want it. Btw I guess symbian s3 takes less memory than other operating systems so maybe that's why nokia doesn't use it on every phone
i agree symbian is crap ui they should go with maemo, that said i have had many nokia phones and n92, n95, n86, n97 have been good phones nokia pack alot into their phones just the os/ui on them suck and we the consuer expect more from a os/ui than this n8 with android 2.1/2.2 nice
Nokia should just drop the whole symbian thing and go one with the developing of maemo/meego because that UI has a lot more potential than symbian and looks way better. Symbian is just slowly dying, UI like Maemo/meego & android are the future, not Apple`s iphone OS because it is way to restricted
Everyone is excited about Apples multi tasking as if it is a killer feature. Nokia and other phone manufacturers have been doing it for years now its common feature. People need to get off this little Apple craze and LOOK AROUND AND GIVE OTHER COMPANIES SOME CREDIT AS WELL. Also This version of multi tasking looks and performs way better than Apples oo soo revolutionary great multi tasking method.
This s@@t too square. Here's an idea for Nokia make symbian ^ 3 customizable, Let users be able to choose between this linear kinda square s@@t and something more kinda abstract, that way the phones can appeal to a wider range of users.
damn this is wht should have been my n97 whn i bought it. Symbian is way behind all other os: android, iphone os, maemo, even palm os. They are just starting to catch up but they havnt done anything that we havent seen before and if they dont innovate no one will buy symbian cuz we can all have the same stuff but working better in other os. Also whn this is released all the other os will hav improved a lot. Sry symbian ull keep dying this slow death til u do something thts rly worth of buying.
@superpieface12 Why do people get so uppity about the Amiga being "TRUE multitasking!", as if it was important, which it really wasn't, or like the Amiga invented it, which it totally didn't.
@superpieface12 Hey ... What do u think of Nokia ? How dare u compare it to that I phone... Iphone is all about show and cost Nothing useful...... For instance, Say Nokia 5800 is much far better than I Phone in any aspect... Even in price.... It cost just 1/4 th of an I phone.. Use nokia & feel the difference... U guys r just wasting money buying tht useless I phone....Blah...!!1 Sorry ... I am not joking.... Nokia started Producing multitasking (S60) phones in 2004...U know ?
@superpieface12 Symbian always had true multitasking dude. You need to see the oldest Symbian phones, like Sony Ericsson P series. It even had a task manager. iPhone doesnt even have applications preview, as this does.
It seems that n97 will be upgradable for Symbian^2, but I doubt will be an upgrade for Symbian^3 because it will use an OpenGL Acceleration hardware, like iPhone or Nokia N95, N900 and GPhone.
I hope Nokia Update all S60 with this for 5800!!! I can not lose hope in Nokia!!! I trust in them to buying my phone last month!!! we deserve this update!!!
hey phonedog, outstanding video! It is too bad that youtube would not make it possible to watch full length episodes as well as movies else youtube would most likely end up being the best! That's exactly why I depend on stream episodes [dot] net instead to be able to enjoy all of the full tv shows and movies.
I hope Nokia Update all S60 with this for 5800!!! I can not lose hope in Nokia!!! I trust in them to buying my phone last month!!! we deserve this update!!! NOKIA FTW!!!
This is not about obvious low-tech interface details. This is about a lightweight, multitasking version of Symbian, the leading mobile OS on this planet, and it's great news. It takes multitasking to lighter devices than ever before.
Apple is the technological midget here. My daughter has an 5800 XpM. It outperforms any iPhone in all aspects wether it be price, technology, environment, openness or privacy.
@hanxizaiyeyantu The technological midget still has the advantage that their products look sexy and work intuitively. Nokia's products look and function like they were designed by engineers.
Nokia will always be a step backwards in softwares and hardwares. Finally i passed to Apple and i found what i wanted, a phone that never crashes and build like no others.
It is flawed thinking Apple can beat Nokia worldwide. Apple makes one iPhone and Nokia makes a wide range of cell phones. Everyone in the world does not want just a smartphone (or can afford one).
He says that performance has been improved over the predecessors so it means, that thie OS can also run on those cheap €120 touch screen phones. Not bad at all!
Muito bom este novo Symbiam uma pena que para muitos celulares "antigos" este sistema não representará um avanço. Enfim que nós, brasileiros, desfrutemos deste maravilhoso SO da Nokia
as much as i like nokia.......this OS and the phone that will be running it are going to be totaly useless unless they make it possible for symbian^4 to be ported over....you know, since symbian^3 is due for Q3 and symbian^4 is due in early 2011..
yes, but ironically not the pinch-to-zoom gesture. I think their only current multi touch patent on phones is scroll locking depending on the scroll direction.
It's sickening how little innovation there is here. Nokia is suing Apple? I'm starting to see more validity to Apple's countersuit. The scroll bars are straight out of iPhone OS, the on screen letter cues look like they were pulled out of iPhone OS's resources...
@1234fllf You're wrong. If the phone is using multi touch in the way Apple implemented it on their device, yes, it's a ripoff. Apple patented the technology. We like to bitch and moan, but if any of us patented it we'd be protecting it too, it IS Apple's technology and they WERE the first to implement it on a mobile phone the way they did. And I'm not saying their a ripoff from using a scroll bar, I'm saying they ripped off Apple's design for the scroll bar.
Did you know that pretty much every key feature inside every mobilephone in the world uses a large amount of components which Nokia has patented? Do you know just how large Nokia's patet case is? Mobile-wise Apple has nothing compared with Nokia. The renevue Nokia gets from other companies paying to use Nokia's patented components is larger that Apple's entire mobilephone revenue.
I agree Nokia is very big company compare to mobile section of Apple, but look at it now I mean after the release of iPhone and Android OS the Nokia sales have gone down so bad that they are copying the multi-touch and other features from Apple. In future I don't see Nokia coming back to the top again.
you fucking fanboy,nokia is the best selling phone brand in the world and they have more patents than fucking apple,and atleast they arent greedy fuckers like apple trying to ripoff anyone who puts any of theyr precious little screen gestures on a phone
whatever man Apple iPhone's got record breaking sales in just 3 years and according to reviewers iPhone is the best mobile phone out there. I'm just a "Apple Fanboy" do anything else you have to say keep it to yourself. You know what in fucking 5 years lets see what Nokia has achieved and what Apple has. Nokia used to to be the best its not anymore.
lol so you think that because apple sell overpriced products and rip people off, others should follow? let me tell you something, i used to work for apple, a cost of a single iphone 3gs, including labour and parts and the package, is less than $50 US dollars. now, they sell it for no less than 400-500 pounds here in england, no matter how good your products is, you should not rip people off like that. that is the single reason i dismiss apple's products. over priced, over rated crap.
and dont forget, Nokia is still very dominant in the global market. they have a much bigger share than apple. because apple only sell products that rich people can afford. they put any old crap in a shiny box and sell it for a huge amount of money. have you forgotten what the original iphone was like? it had no apps, the battery life was shit, the camera and lack of 3G. it took 3 generations of devices to get here, same with Win mob 7 and other platforms.
You are right about apple ripping off its customers I agree we pay extra for the reliability. I have 3 Nokia phones and several before that all of them just died in a year. Nokia is cheap but what do you get with it - some customization but will it last long - hell no. Apple doesn't do that with its product. Never have I heard that Apple product just died or something. When my iPhone was broken I fixed it its okay now. I have a Nokia N91, N95 & Tube right now with me that don't even turn on.
@seauryakumar I've heard of Apple products catching fire and/or exploding... Not just dying... going out with a bang! LOL.
But I've used only 2 Nokia phones in the past 5 years. And they both still work well even under rough use. I do not know how many times I've dropped and thrown these phones. The slider mechanism on one came a bit loose. Got it tightened up and it still chugs along. Nokia makes excellent hardware. You cannot falter them on that.
See that's your opinion because you have used it and u had a great experience with it. That didn't happen for me. See, my point for this discussion is that Nokia is not going to be the #1 mobile company in near future someone else will replace it and there is a chance of Apple being the #1.
I don't know what you mean exactly by #1... but if it is sales, how many countries can you mention where you cannot buy a Nokia phone? I can tell you quite a few where you cannot buy the iPhone. And even in those countries, Android is making its presence felt in a big way.
If its OSs... I've only used Symbian so I can't say. Noah's iPhone-Nexus One-Palm Pre dog fight should be a good pointer though. Personally, I prefer open platforms so I'd choose MeeGo right now.
@seauryakumar about that nokia is the biggest smartphone company in the world ( at least i've read somewhere ) but it's waaay bigger than apple. Smartphones are not only touch screen phones like the iPhone Nexus One N900 but also phones like blackberry , nokias E series and many others so Apple ain't the biggest smartphone company...
In term of communication usage, Symbian is the best OS i ever used. It is simple and smooth, and never fail. That's y i insist to use Nokia for my working purpose. Good job, nokia. :)
VacancyJB 1 week ago
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sweetice879 3 weeks ago
iOS apple vs. andriod top stuff.
RichiiJm2011 1 month ago
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symbian pass out, but its the at its time.. android and appstore rules....
thegreeensky 2 months ago
Symbian is pure shit.
I'm glad Nokia will make WP7 phones.
Sheiff1 6 months ago
lol, @ 2:10, it looks like he takes out a blackberry.......
vjaros1 7 months ago
does symbian have their own app store...or do they use nokia's Ovi
PuffinDragun69 8 months ago
MobiThemeZcom Style Your Mobile Here
mobithemeZcom 10 months ago
A year later they announce there's going to be WP7 on Nokia phones
drrobertoboogie97 10 months ago
You guys/gals can swoon all you want. But fact of the matter is Symbian is dead. Nokia is making Windows Phone 7 devices now. They did too little too late to keep up with smartphone trend and grab the general public. Now systems like Android and iOS have taken over. It's too bad really. Whether you like it or not there is no defense because it's pretty much done.
numetheus 10 months ago
Apple may have been angry at Nokia before but think what they would say or do now that Nokia and Windows is teaming up :D
lollalot 11 months ago
The PR 1.1 Software Update Makes The Symbian Experience Closer To This Video :)
07liberian 11 months ago
symbian is death
franziski71 11 months ago
is the sms messaging same as usual? i have to open every single message separately or is there iphone like "conversation"?
TheThh 11 months ago
Why all the "hate" and fanboy"-ism"?Just sold my HTC Kaiser, tried an iPhone 3g and didn't like it (shiny, fast, but for that price the hardware isn't that special and ios isn't that good), used Android for a couple of weeks and didn't saw anything that I didn't have in WM. Now I own a S^3 device (Nokia C7) and I'm happy with it. It does everything I need in a way I like, no more no less. A phone is a tool and not your soccer club, it's good to discuss and compare features, but chill out guys :D
zenith1111 1 year ago
why symbian still exists??
InnerFire6213 1 year ago
I wish the phone is actually that fast..
jjrosaria2 1 year ago
@jjrosaria2 Mine is that fast (Nokia C7). The visual effects, like in the music player, are actually faster on the phone.
zenith1111 1 year ago
To me Symbian^3 looks better than WindowsPhone7. The minimalist theme/user interface WP7 has i find boring and not compelling. The homescreen/startmenu thing only covers 80% of the phone, while there is an empty black space to the right, and the monotone orange, or green,etc is boring. Symbian^3 looks like Motoblur, but a bit cleaner.
martes37 1 year ago
hate nokia
SiXyiRaQi 1 year ago
Nothing to brag about the iPhone or Nokia or Google, the war is about presenting the intended information in a way that is as simple as possible to access and interact with. Symbian based phones are way behind when it comes to this. Android (google) believes that information means *internet*...(doesn't have to be all the time!). iPhone recently introduced the copy-paste feature... yes it was a big leap (as far as iOS is concerned). Let's wait for the fourth player... Phone 7.
glasseffect 1 year ago
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glasseffect 1 year ago
UI is good but not that appealing. I'm going to stay with my Omnia HD till WP7 and Meego are launched. After that the better one will win
mrak14811 1 year ago
i see impossible that symbian down in his position.
rey982 1 year ago
I am a fan of Nokia, but the las amazing phones I saw from Nokia was de 5800 and e66 (2 extremes), but after that, all that came are adjustments...
I think for business purposes Nokia rules, for gamming purpose, nokia is great, but you need to be curious to find out good games.
I´ve got a Samsung Omnia HD i8910 (3.7"OLED, 256RAM,8GB, and SYMBIAN).
I liked the hack´s for Symbian V5 that came thru, the phone is very fast, but it´s Symbian S60v5 is powerfull, but no social skill like the new V3.
francoml 1 year ago
@francoml What About The Nokia N900 ?
07liberian 1 year ago
@07liberian I don´t think N900 is a real product, too bulky, not so top-notch hardware, it´s almost like the Omnia HD i8910 (Symbian) but a lot bigger and with a software that isn´t so popular to have many apps.
I think N900 is good, but not great and MeeGo needs more soft... let´s see next Nokia Phones with 512MB RAM... and at least 1500MAh of battery.. I hope nokie get´s back into the hype.
francoml 1 year ago
@francoml No Offense But I Dont Think You Know What You Are Talking About.
The N900 Is Not Alot Bigger Than The OHD, I Know 7mm May Seem Like Alot On Paper But In Your Hand It's Not A Huge Difference.
Maemo 5 (The N900's OS Not Meego) Is A Linux Based OS Just Like Android So That Means It Only Takes A Few Minor Tweaks To Turn A Android App Into A Maemo App. There Are ALOT Of Maemo Apps Now, But Not When The N900 Came Out.
N900 Is A Internet Tablet/Phone, No Symbian Phone Can Compete.
07liberian 1 year ago
@07liberian It´s OK, :) But watchout the sales numbers, watchou the people who aren´t experts, they can´t do tweaks, they want a marketplace and a solution out of the box and eazy... that´s why iPhone got market... other complete cell phones needs effort from the user to get things out...
francoml 1 year ago
@francoml Yes The Battery Is Better On The Omnia Hd And The Camera, But The N900 Is Just Overall Better:
32 GB Plus MicroSD, More Virtual Memory, True Background Support Instead Of Just Freezing The App Until You Come Back To It, Mozilla Firefox Browser (One Of The Best Mobile Browsers), 4 Fully Customizable Homescreens, The Potential To Be Overclocked To 1Ghz, Etc Etc
07liberian 1 year ago
@07liberian I am not saying N900 is bad, it´s just that is a phone without many software options as antique Symbian, Android or iPhone marketplaces...
If N900 is a Tablet Phone, why it has only 3.5" screen compared to an AMOLED 3.7 from Omnia (that is just a spartphone).. see, I am not pushing down N900, I just think it didn´t did success at the market as N95, e71, 5800 did... it´s sad.
francoml 1 year ago
@07liberian Also battery is lwer specs, don´t record movies in HD, etc..etc...
francoml 1 year ago
@francoml You Cant Be Serious...
0.2 Inches Is Literally A Difference Of Almost Nothing! It Only Depends If You Prefer More Of A Rectangular Shape For Your Screen Than A Square-Like Shape.
True The Omnia's Screen Is360x640 OLED But I Prefer A 800X480 TFT Screen Thats Easy To See In Sunlight Than A Low Resolution OLED That Almost Useless In Sunlight.
Obviously The N900 Was'nt As Successful As The N95, E71, And 5800 Because The N900 Was Much More Expensive Than Them When It Was First Released.
07liberian 1 year ago
I perfer creating apps on Symb than I do on any other device :) Although I've never looked at android..perhaps I never will :)
iTalented 1 year ago
Can my old S60 V5 be updated to the new S^3?
10hifnizlol 1 year ago
the previous symbian was so poor on the n97 i wouldn't dream of getting another phone even similar!!!
amoswembley 1 year ago
At least they changed the gross clock of s60
Seuneglacise 1 year ago
I love Symbian. I have got it since 2003 when the nokia 3650 was rising up, and since that time, Symbian has been a multitasking operating system. actually, nokia 5800, yes its slower than iphone, but it can do a lot of things that the crappy iphone.. just close your game, to see pictures!! its crapp!!
Maurody 1 year ago
design is not everything on a mobile phone but some stupid guys think that it is... mostly apple fanbois ;)
symbian is a very good os AND it got "apps" BEFORE steve jobs thought about the iphone, maybe fanbois will cry now but iPhoneOS is just a copy&paste product of other OSs
maschinenbauer29 1 year ago
I am NO iphone fanboy, but I must admit - Nokia is this all you got?
This looks SO ugly! Nokias UI designer seem to be stuck in the year 2005. this doesn't look smooth, slick and nice at all. I have the Samsung galaxy s in front of me, and Samsung(+Android) DESTROYS symbian 3 just on sight - it just looks much much better and cooler. Nokia: Go get yourself some nice graphic and UI designers - trust me.
VisAbsoluta87 1 year ago 8
nokia has been synonymous with crappy and ultracrappy hardware. i could cite multiple examples, n97 being the biggest one. i'm seriously disappointed with my n97 mini and will surely sell it after using it for a few more days. if ur quality conscious go for android or iphones. scarcity of symbian apps is another huge issue. there's no proper market. ovi store is a joke compared to android marketplace and apple app store.
TheArnabDas 1 year ago
That's right, since the revival of touchscreen-smartphones (iphone 2G and following) Nokia just missed the boat in terms of device design and UI usability. Nokia just kept producing UGLY and BULKY phones that look like toys and are crammed full of technology, but zero functionality - But Nokia, that is not what we want. And what are they designing today? JUST THE SAME, ugly and bulky phones. There was a time when nokia was No. 1 (3210, 3310...) but that's over.
VisAbsoluta87 1 year ago
I want Symbian and I want Nokia N8.. !!! Symbian^3>iOS 4.0
Mantua64 1 year ago
We want this in 5800
MrMasterFD 1 year ago
symbian 3 is FLOP!!!!
lnfowar 1 year ago
@lnfowar Why don't you try it before you knock it.
sexevalentino 1 year ago
damn cant wait!
jefflanters 1 year ago
Hopefully a global audience receives this well. Whether or not they've had multitasking or this or that for years, Symbian^3 still looks dated. Nokia don't bother selling this in the US. Europe and Asia will receive this as the next generation of low-end smart phones built for cost-concious customers. Many question our Apple/Android obsession, but it really doesn't take much to realize that, Android at least, is King. Expect 0 US appreciation yet again Nokia. -Former American symbian owner
MultiKdizzle 1 year ago
I like touch screen phones but I really can't understand that why they don't have play/pause button etc.. Well at least nokia have camera button, volume and most important but iphone doesn't have almost any buttons :/ which kinda sucks
isokessu 1 year ago
when does this realse???????????????
shalawsorchi 1 year ago
font sucks lol
can't u make it abit cooler?
sujantdn 1 year ago
whatever you people say..my concern is not at the interface of the os..but more on the performance which means..ability to complete task with a strong battery life and uses few input to produce a larger output and it would be an extra point if it comes with a reasonable price..
zzvines 1 year ago
Wonder if it is possible to download this simulation? We may be able to see exactly
what performance will be like if ran on an old low end netbook.
SuperTechyBoy 1 year ago
symbian is multi-platform... nokia should move to maemo for their high-end models while keeping symbian for their mid-range models...
HolyNinja147 1 year ago
@HolyNinja147 Well yeah but the point is that Symbian 3 is better than old symbians O_o but if it's not ready for some months Nokia should quickly make some mini n900 with Maemo because many peoples haven't buy n900 probably because it's pretty big
isokessu 1 year ago
@isokessu every1 has their opinions... ive been using maemo for quite some time and i find it doesnt get as old as quickly as the iPhone OS does...
HolyNinja147 1 year ago 2
@HolyNinja147 Maemo is better than iphone OS and there's nothing wrong with Maemo.. I just said that n900 itself is pretty big so many peoples doesn't want it. Btw I guess symbian s3 takes less memory than other operating systems so maybe that's why nokia doesn't use it on every phone
isokessu 1 year ago
i agree symbian is crap ui they should go with maemo, that said i have had many nokia phones and n92, n95, n86, n97 have been good phones nokia pack alot into their phones just the os/ui on them suck and we the consuer expect more from a os/ui than this n8 with android 2.1/2.2 nice
rdt1970 1 year ago 2
You know guys, it looks nice on simulation, and when you buy it it will be pure crap as mine 5800 at UI
nenadusa3 1 year ago
Is it going to lag like hell like on n97?
Usuotis 1 year ago
Nokia should just drop the whole symbian thing and go one with the developing of maemo/meego because that UI has a lot more potential than symbian and looks way better. Symbian is just slowly dying, UI like Maemo/meego & android are the future, not Apple`s iphone OS because it is way to restricted
MrPierr93 1 year ago
i prefer n900 multitasking..........
MrVladdraculea 1 year ago
Everyone is excited about Apples multi tasking as if it is a killer feature. Nokia and other phone manufacturers have been doing it for years now its common feature. People need to get off this little Apple craze and LOOK AROUND AND GIVE OTHER COMPANIES SOME CREDIT AS WELL. Also This version of multi tasking looks and performs way better than Apples oo soo revolutionary great multi tasking method.
1013VS 1 year ago 3
This s@@t too square. Here's an idea for Nokia make symbian ^ 3 customizable, Let users be able to choose between this linear kinda square s@@t and something more kinda abstract, that way the phones can appeal to a wider range of users.
blinsta 1 year ago
if symbian^3 comes out.. Can I have it on my n97 mini?
WesleyyRl 1 year ago
I don't know what is all the conplainment of S^3 about.
Until this very moment, Symbian^3 has the most "well thought" UI I've ever seen. Of course they didn't create multi desktop, but neither did Android.
The player and the photo viewer looks way nicer then the iPhone's.
Cerealkiller8642 1 year ago
Ha ha.... Look what he is zooming at 4:22 LOL
shan19key 1 year ago
@shan19key pervert assistant ...lol...
zzvines 1 year ago
Nokia has so much potential with all their experience and patents sadly they are stuck in symbian...
joshuajmv1 1 year ago
damn this is wht should have been my n97 whn i bought it. Symbian is way behind all other os: android, iphone os, maemo, even palm os. They are just starting to catch up but they havnt done anything that we havent seen before and if they dont innovate no one will buy symbian cuz we can all have the same stuff but working better in other os. Also whn this is released all the other os will hav improved a lot. Sry symbian ull keep dying this slow death til u do something thts rly worth of buying.
joshuajmv1 1 year ago 2
Lolz. Jobs' slaves believe everything has been stolen from Apple in one way or another.
I suppose they also stole true multitasking, right amigo?
superpieface12 1 year ago 33
@superpieface12 Why do people get so uppity about the Amiga being "TRUE multitasking!", as if it was important, which it really wasn't, or like the Amiga invented it, which it totally didn't.
vapourmile 1 year ago
@superpieface12 Btw, Apple's Multitouch was founded and created by microsoft ))
iScream90 1 year ago
RAHULMYST 1 year ago
@superpieface12 Symbian always had true multitasking dude. You need to see the oldest Symbian phones, like Sony Ericsson P series. It even had a task manager. iPhone doesnt even have applications preview, as this does.
atuljettley 11 months ago
You may upgrade, for example a mini n97, in this new version of Symbian?
cammello89 1 year ago
It seems that n97 will be upgradable for Symbian^2, but I doubt will be an upgrade for Symbian^3 because it will use an OpenGL Acceleration hardware, like iPhone or Nokia N95, N900 and GPhone.
Holy87 1 year ago
Symbian^2 was skipped, and no current phones will be upgraded. Yes, it sucks, but that's it.
superpieface12 1 year ago
no, you can't upgrade your device but still wait when nokia release a new device
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I hope Nokia Update all S60 with this for 5800!!! I can not lose hope in Nokia!!! I trust in them to buying my phone last month!!! we deserve this update!!!
ronalderik 1 year ago
no you can't
ph0me 1 year ago
ohhhh
m417k 1 year ago
Looks like an Andoid knock off.
cashdiamondz 1 year ago
I agree, why not make it an android OS with Nokia interfaces. Kinda like what motorola has done with the cliq and backflip.
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weakly somehow, is not impressive against the backdrop of Android and the IPhone.
Whatchuwaant 1 year ago
nothing new compared with the demo video by nokia conversation-.- ehh
ph0me 1 year ago
1.05-1.10 david rivas said some something like intergration on the n74 did anyone else here it?
GayanPethiyagoda 1 year ago
s60 looks fast i wonder how s40 will be....
MrPr007 1 year ago
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begunok76 1 year ago
if nokia gets this right...Then hello nokia...again. hahhaha..
jhayzt 1 year ago
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baschar10 1 year ago
if I'm not wrong, I saw the guy who presenting using blackberry bold. right?
ainghaniff 1 year ago
no
its an E72
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NiioVision 1 year ago
you're right, my mistake. I just realized when I saw e72 camera, and I matched it with my friend phones. =D
ainghaniff 1 year ago
n97 free upgrade please??
elkangri246 1 year ago
They need to upgrade for free to all the people that bought the Nokia 5800/N97/X3/X6!
I got the Nokia 5800 and i want to trow it from the window!
Qixtion 1 year ago 2
@Qixtion ahahaha.. dont give it to me :D
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wallacesparks116 1 year ago
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911Abschied 1 year ago
@911Abschied No the best phone is the Acer neoTouch :D but yeah the HD2 is good too.
leopold2951 1 year ago
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911Abschied 1 year ago
It's windows mobile 6.5 on both mobiles not 7.
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It's just the most powerfull on the market, I've got it and I've to say I'm very satisfied not so exempensive neither.
leopold2951 1 year ago
good luck!
DrSlideit 1 year ago
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iphone first firmware system is so fuckin better than the last from nokia.
aparasc 1 year ago
wow , its finally here then , multitouch for resistif screens.. and of course thanks to Nokia, not HTC, samsung or anyh other.
MrAnus101 1 year ago
Symbian and Android are the future.
Kenjin91 1 year ago 2
I hope Nokia Update all S60 with this for 5800!!! I can not lose hope in Nokia!!! I trust in them to buying my phone last month!!! we deserve this update!!! NOKIA FTW!!!
ronalderik 1 year ago
okay so this is a major update for every symbian phone? or nokia just release a new phone?
Devastationable 1 year ago
This is not about obvious low-tech interface details. This is about a lightweight, multitasking version of Symbian, the leading mobile OS on this planet, and it's great news. It takes multitasking to lighter devices than ever before.
Apple is the technological midget here. My daughter has an 5800 XpM. It outperforms any iPhone in all aspects wether it be price, technology, environment, openness or privacy.
hanxizaiyeyantu 1 year ago
@hanxizaiyeyantu The technological midget still has the advantage that their products look sexy and work intuitively. Nokia's products look and function like they were designed by engineers.
tuntitommosille 1 year ago 9
Anybody else misread it as the Nokia Sybian? lol
chungortam 1 year ago
trash...presentator is a cheater and fraudster!
welpen2006 1 year ago
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inigmos 1 year ago
weakly somehow, is not impressive against the backdrop of Android and the IPhone.
jeniaboy 1 year ago 2
It's so incredible to notice how smartphone softwares took inspiration (or just copied) ideas of the iPhone interface.
CoverFlow... the iPhone iPod is a total rip, with less class and uglier interface!
claudiokun2007 1 year ago
Nokia will always be a step backwards in softwares and hardwares. Finally i passed to Apple and i found what i wanted, a phone that never crashes and build like no others.
sprint206 1 year ago
@sprint206: Nokia is trash, Nokia was trash and Nokia allways will be trash! SE is gold!
welpen2006 1 year ago
after watching this i think n97 or any 5th edition resistive touchscreen device might be getting multitouch?it would be nice if it happen=D
gabriellovesmusic 1 year ago
the screen.... it's so longgggggg
thanhpluv 1 year ago
if s3 get riof option and back, i would be great
anyway, nokia phones will keep on selling very well
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XxEbartolonxX 1 year ago
Are there any nokia phone with capacitive touch screem
rannicA95 1 year ago
nokia X6
mujdin91 1 year ago
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DeitaFora 1 year ago
can i out this Symbian^3 on my N97 ??
DeitaFora 1 year ago
yay
robnaj 1 year ago
well is nokia goin' for maemo or symbian^3?
anabumo240894 1 year ago
Maemo has died, now is "Meego". Also, Nokia said they will work with both platforms.
Ultramendoza 1 year ago
well, if maemo didn't even last one single year, i wonder about the rest of the coming platforms
anabumo240894 1 year ago
It is flawed thinking Apple can beat Nokia worldwide. Apple makes one iPhone and Nokia makes a wide range of cell phones. Everyone in the world does not want just a smartphone (or can afford one).
danfrisco 1 year ago 2
Symbian!! LMFAO. People wouldn't probably get that joke. I ride Symbians all fucking day ;)
XxADAM93xX 1 year ago 3
He says that performance has been improved over the predecessors so it means, that thie OS can also run on those cheap €120 touch screen phones. Not bad at all!
mustis73 1 year ago
apple is suing nokia 4 the multitouch. APPLE SUCKS!
ErwinTheAfrican 1 year ago
Muito bom este novo Symbiam uma pena que para muitos celulares "antigos" este sistema não representará um avanço. Enfim que nós, brasileiros, desfrutemos deste maravilhoso SO da Nokia
n3g41 1 year ago
everything is perfect but i can bet that when nokia will ship symbian^3 they will remove all the 3-D effects from it and make the UI very basic....
utubephonereviews99 1 year ago
That would make for a nice htpc control interface minus all t he phone stuff.
flujotech 1 year ago
as much as i like nokia.......this OS and the phone that will be running it are going to be totaly useless unless they make it possible for symbian^4 to be ported over....you know, since symbian^3 is due for Q3 and symbian^4 is due in early 2011..
ResetOriginal 1 year ago
Wow the coverflow looks exactly like the iphone...
TheSteven132 1 year ago 3
i think i just saw the mouse if on hold....it creates a glittering effect! niceone! for those who want to see, go to 1:49 :P
xylem56 1 year ago
still prefer android. feels like symbian is trying to catch up with the industry rather moving forward with it.
alexchiu 1 year ago
hmmm.........not that great
MiAkount 1 year ago
i wish they'd get rid of that font.
josephbradleycooper 1 year ago
Nothing new or innovative but atleast they are going to be up to stardards and improve on them a bit with proper multitasking and other things.
When are they going to show us the keyboard though?
Vitruviux 1 year ago
if only my N97 were as that fast... :/
markyyy999 1 year ago
Yah,where's the multi-tasking on iphone OS? ;)
Multi touch was invented by Apple(as the claim),but someone had to do it one day.
It's evolution,get over it.
And I DOUBT you'll never buy a nokia phone again.
legend999C2A 1 year ago
apple didn't invent multitouch, but it did buy one of the companies that were the first to develop it.
samo642 1 year ago
and they do have a patent..
dum277 1 year ago
yes, but ironically not the pinch-to-zoom gesture. I think their only current multi touch patent on phones is scroll locking depending on the scroll direction.
samo642 1 year ago
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Apple! Innovation :D
Can't wait for the release of iPhone OS 4.0
cero10 1 year ago
is this called symbian cubed =symbian to the power of 3???
sox5404 1 year ago 2
....still wont be as good as android...sorry
nickerrides 1 year ago
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kcjliu 1 year ago
nothing exciting about this. nokia fails at innovation.
dhoy005 1 year ago
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N900 RUBBISH!!
rojayray 1 year ago
Good job nokia finally stepping up their shitty software, but still
Far far far from android and apple OS
Ashkan10Messi 1 year ago
N 900 forever!!!
mislavim11 1 year ago
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they av copied of apple
faddys123 1 year ago
lol Nokia is stupid like a mother f*k*r
xboomxheadxshotx777 1 year ago
Nokia was a giant back in the 90's but now HTC has grab the market by surprise so no wonder apple it's worried.
lbaquerizo 1 year ago
It's sickening how little innovation there is here. Nokia is suing Apple? I'm starting to see more validity to Apple's countersuit. The scroll bars are straight out of iPhone OS, the on screen letter cues look like they were pulled out of iPhone OS's resources...
lifeMac 1 year ago
So basically your saying any touch phone is a rip off from apple just because of a scroll bar and multi touch ? em i wrong
1234fllf 1 year ago
@1234fllf You're wrong. If the phone is using multi touch in the way Apple implemented it on their device, yes, it's a ripoff. Apple patented the technology. We like to bitch and moan, but if any of us patented it we'd be protecting it too, it IS Apple's technology and they WERE the first to implement it on a mobile phone the way they did. And I'm not saying their a ripoff from using a scroll bar, I'm saying they ripped off Apple's design for the scroll bar.
lifeMac 1 year ago
do u know that the multi-touch and some features of iphone which are available on other phones, well the other companies have to pay apple for that.
they have a term for it i just cant remember it.
seauryakumar 1 year ago
Did you know that pretty much every key feature inside every mobilephone in the world uses a large amount of components which Nokia has patented? Do you know just how large Nokia's patet case is? Mobile-wise Apple has nothing compared with Nokia. The renevue Nokia gets from other companies paying to use Nokia's patented components is larger that Apple's entire mobilephone revenue.
filatelisti 1 year ago 2
I agree Nokia is very big company compare to mobile section of Apple, but look at it now I mean after the release of iPhone and Android OS the Nokia sales have gone down so bad that they are copying the multi-touch and other features from Apple. In future I don't see Nokia coming back to the top again.
seauryakumar 1 year ago
you fucking fanboy,nokia is the best selling phone brand in the world and they have more patents than fucking apple,and atleast they arent greedy fuckers like apple trying to ripoff anyone who puts any of theyr precious little screen gestures on a phone
9PhantomLord9 1 year ago
whatever man Apple iPhone's got record breaking sales in just 3 years and according to reviewers iPhone is the best mobile phone out there. I'm just a "Apple Fanboy" do anything else you have to say keep it to yourself. You know what in fucking 5 years lets see what Nokia has achieved and what Apple has. Nokia used to to be the best its not anymore.
seauryakumar 1 year ago
lol so you think that because apple sell overpriced products and rip people off, others should follow? let me tell you something, i used to work for apple, a cost of a single iphone 3gs, including labour and parts and the package, is less than $50 US dollars. now, they sell it for no less than 400-500 pounds here in england, no matter how good your products is, you should not rip people off like that. that is the single reason i dismiss apple's products. over priced, over rated crap.
mjenabi2 1 year ago 3
and dont forget, Nokia is still very dominant in the global market. they have a much bigger share than apple. because apple only sell products that rich people can afford. they put any old crap in a shiny box and sell it for a huge amount of money. have you forgotten what the original iphone was like? it had no apps, the battery life was shit, the camera and lack of 3G. it took 3 generations of devices to get here, same with Win mob 7 and other platforms.
mjenabi2 1 year ago
well yeah, it dominates the world market except for the US where it has no name at all. and that is where apple gets its money from.
gaastra12 1 year ago
You are right about apple ripping off its customers I agree we pay extra for the reliability. I have 3 Nokia phones and several before that all of them just died in a year. Nokia is cheap but what do you get with it - some customization but will it last long - hell no. Apple doesn't do that with its product. Never have I heard that Apple product just died or something. When my iPhone was broken I fixed it its okay now. I have a Nokia N91, N95 & Tube right now with me that don't even turn on.
seauryakumar 1 year ago
@seauryakumar I've heard of Apple products catching fire and/or exploding... Not just dying... going out with a bang! LOL.
But I've used only 2 Nokia phones in the past 5 years. And they both still work well even under rough use. I do not know how many times I've dropped and thrown these phones. The slider mechanism on one came a bit loose. Got it tightened up and it still chugs along. Nokia makes excellent hardware. You cannot falter them on that.
librano 1 year ago
See that's your opinion because you have used it and u had a great experience with it. That didn't happen for me. See, my point for this discussion is that Nokia is not going to be the #1 mobile company in near future someone else will replace it and there is a chance of Apple being the #1.
seauryakumar 1 year ago
I don't know what you mean exactly by #1... but if it is sales, how many countries can you mention where you cannot buy a Nokia phone? I can tell you quite a few where you cannot buy the iPhone. And even in those countries, Android is making its presence felt in a big way.
If its OSs... I've only used Symbian so I can't say. Noah's iPhone-Nexus One-Palm Pre dog fight should be a good pointer though. Personally, I prefer open platforms so I'd choose MeeGo right now.
librano 1 year ago
@seauryakumar about that nokia is the biggest smartphone company in the world ( at least i've read somewhere ) but it's waaay bigger than apple. Smartphones are not only touch screen phones like the iPhone Nexus One N900 but also phones like blackberry , nokias E series and many others so Apple ain't the biggest smartphone company...
TheBonaparte666 1 year ago
i've had the 5800 since it was launched more than a year ago. it's working perfectly. and only costed a fraction of iphone.
mjenabi2 1 year ago