Posted on Friday, December 04 2009 @ 11:10 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget
reports Nokia showed off some concept screenshots of the new interface they're preparing for the Symbian operating system. This new UI will be released next year, it promises big improvements:
As Nokia tells it, the Symbian OS is not the problem, the UI is -- and we agree. In 2010 new hardware and tweaked software will reduce Symbian's clutter, add multitouch input on "large capacitive displays," minimize steps to request functions (2-taps to get to favorite music or video instead of 8, create an email account in 2 steps, not 4), significantly improve the browser experience, and make the entire UI 3 times faster than current high-end Symbian products while taking scrolling to 60fps (up from 15fps used today). Notably, Nokia will remove more than 350 user prompts that make using Symbian so frustrating today.
