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Nokia plans to bring out multiple Symbian upgrades by 2011
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 22:02 IST
Beijing: Nokia is planning to roll out four or five upgrades to its Symbian OS by 2011, adding a new look to the user interface and a more flexible home screen as it tries to make its struggling operating system relevant again. The company is planning on introducing an upgrade to the software with around 50 different enhancements, a laundry list that includes a browser with a new UI.
The software isn't the only thing they'll be upgrading either. Apparently we have some hardware upgrades on the way in 2011 as well, the company said in a presentation given at the at the 2010 International Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing.
There were 29.5 million Symbian-based smartphones sold in the third quarter, compared to 18.3 million a year earlier, according to market research company Gartner. But Symbian's market share still dropped from 44.6 percent to 36.6 percent. Nokia is also looking to get into the dual-core game as well; all these upgrades bring a hope for improvement by next year.
