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Symbian ^3
Released July, 2010
The Pros:Reworked & polished user interface. Open-source platform. Qt framework will ease app development.
The Cons:Late to the 'next gen' open source smartphone show - quite unpolished next to Android. Fragmented operating system support from Nokia - sends the wrong messages to developers and consumers alike. About to lose all support.
Scheduled to be released in the 2nd half of 2010, Symbian^3 is the evolution of Nokia's smartphone operating system Symbian, and a direct successor to Symbian S60 5th Edition. Over its predecessor, Symbian^3 is promised to feature a highly polished, simplified user-interface, support for high-definition media such as HDMI, an improved networking architecture, better hardware graphics acceleration, tighter social networking integration, and availability of the Qt 4.6 application framework.
Most importantly, though, Symbian^3 is an open-source mobile operating system, following the trend set by Android, Moblin, Maemo, MeeGo, LiMo, and Bada. Symbian^3's first handset will be the Nokia N8.
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reworked & polished user interface
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Qt framework will ease app development
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support for high-definition video & HDMI outputs
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Ovi app store integration
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Ovi Maps - free turn-by-turn GPS application
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multiple home screens, widgets
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relatively easy for developers to migrate apps from S60 5th Edition
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late to the 'next gen' open source smartphone show - quite unpolished next to Android
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fragmented operating system support from Nokia - sends the wrong messages to developers and consumers alike
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About to lose all support
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Ovi store no longer exists
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Apps are very poor quality
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