The Symbian^3 platform is due to start appearing on mobile phones well before the end of the year and although we have yet to see the first device, we now have a good, clear video demonstrating the next generation of Symbian OS. Shot in San Francisco where David Rivas, a Nokia Vice President, presented Symbian^3 to assembled media, it’s a revealing look at the Nokia’s smartphone of the near future.
We get to see multiple, user customisable, homescreens in action, switching from landscape to portrait, plus multi-touch control in the photo gallery – a function which is stated as coming to both capacitive and resistive touchscreen devices – phone features running in the background and the music player, which comes with a Cover Flow style interface.
Other benefits Symbian^3 is likely to include are an advanced graphics architecture, improved usability and most interestingly, HDMI support and a new networking system which will be be tweaked to stream HD audio and video
The demo was being simulated on a laptop rather than running on a phone linked to a big screen, no Microsoft theatrics here, so the displayed smoothness and speed of the OS can not be judged, despite looking very good indeed on screen. We can also assume that we are seeing a Nokia UI being used over the top of Symbian^3, as the screenshots carried on Symbian’s site bear more of a resemblance to S60 than the version in the video.
Come on then Nokia, we’ve seen the video so tell us soon, is the N8 going to be among the Symbian^3 launch devices?
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