Some comments were left to an earlier post regarding apprehensions about the operating system. We delved deeper into the design of the OS and have this to tell you:
Symbian S60 v5 was released on Oct 2, 2008 bringing new, advanced multimedia and Internet experiences to touch screen interfaces and sensor technologies equipped devices. The user interface has been extended by involving touch and tactile feedback. It also packs in support for wide screen and much better display resolutions. An entire framework has been added to handle sensors on new devices. v5 is an app developers best friend allowing them to push new capabilities and designs. Its the same OS that runs on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
The focus of the OS is on the UI experience. Web experiences are greatly enhanced with Adobe Flash Lite 3 inbuilt. The new OS gives the capability to create widgets. It has much more support for open source technologies. Security and privacy of user data have been improved further.
The guiding principles behind the design of the user interface have been user enjoyment, smart simlicity and expandable experiences. You can read more about the unique UI experience here.
I also found an amazing video about the UI experience
Also hear a Podcast with Eero Kukko heading the S60 platform team (11:40 min, 5.33 MB).
8 comments:
Very informative blog, I must say.
It would be great if you could share some wallpapers of Nokia N97 or link to some web resource from where I can obtain them.
@Rohit: One is already up. More to come. Keep visiting!
What I am not sure about is - how is N97 going to justify the high price point - IMHO the key differences from 5800 are:
1. Physical KB
2. Slightly bigger screen size
3. Out of the box widgets (pre-installed) which 5800 would be in any case be capable of
4. 32 GB onboard memory (with the MicroSD beefing up 32 GB isnt making it the killer deal).
Bottom line - Nokia don't price it too far from the 5800 ; if the street price for 5800 is close to 17 K INR - N97 would be a great bet at 25K - 5800 has had great pricing - the 1 million mark is a great testimony!
a new version of symbian especially for n97 wld have been great, i think
s60 has any problems?symbian has worked great for me till now...cant belive it!
symbian works just fine...what probs?
symbian is a comfortable...make ur own apps!!
bhai ab to saari ppts class mein hi banengi :)
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