Anna Announced To Be Shipped With All Future Symbian Phones


June 22nd, 2011 • Related • Filed Under

The event of Nokia Connection in Singapore is still on the romp with a lot of phone makers coming forth with new and exciting handsets. On the very event, the CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop has announced that the existing device that runs of the version 3 of Symbian will be receiving the new Symbian update from the month of July.

Nokia phones that are declared to come under this up-gradation process are Nokia C7, Nokia N8, Nokia E7 and Nokia C6 01. The new devices to be launched since the month of July this year will be shipped with Symbian Anna, pre-installed. However, the existing devices will be sent the update via a software update, most likely to be dispatched by the closing of August, 2011.

The event that has offered a platform to mobile makers that are announcing new handsets, has also served the similar purpose for Nokia. In the ongoing event, the company has come forth to announce the launch of 10 new smartphones that will run on the Symbian OS. The handsets due to be released will be unveiled over the subsequent 12 months that will stretch till the mid of 2012. The devices are also claimed to have support the framework of Qt, that forms the core of smartphones by Nokia. Nokia considers this as its upcoming ‘billion’ strategy for its pending releases.

Users and non-users, should know that Anna is the first ever official update on the Symbian OS of its Version 3. The update brings in an improved home screen and portrait keypad (QWERTY). Additionally, the update’s interface icons have been redesigned and are incorporated with a new Internet browser. In fact, the OVI maps of Anna will be more improved that its earlier version.

Symbian smartphone users around the world are highly elated to learn this piece of news. While gadget freaks are always looking up to a new update, Anna has more to offer than other usual updates. Moreover, both the existing and new Symbian OS phones will get the update which has made the news all the more exciting. Nokia is also deliberating to launch profitable mobile phone deals for both the recently launched, as well as upcoming mobile gizmos.