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Nokia To Continue Supporting Symbian Until 2016
In a recent interview by Stephen Elop, he mentioned that Nokia will continue to provide software updates, support and other services to the Symbian operating system “at least up to” the year 2016. That’s great news for Symbian users out there as we all know that Nokia has taken a new stance and formulated a new strategy that involved their partnership with Microsoft in producing Windows Phone 7 devices, which will be seeing a release in 2012.
So judging by his statement, does he mean that they are giving Symbian users up to 2016 to switch over to Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 devices or perhaps even MeeGo? Not to write the Symbian operating system off entirely, so despite all of Symbian’s flaws there probably are quite a few people out there who are still fans of the Symbian operating system so what does this mean for them? Will Nokia continue to push out Symbian devices alongside Windows Phone 7 and MeeGo devices or will Nokia just let Symbian die a slow and quiet death?
If you’re interested in watching the interview, just head on down to YouTube and check it out.
LG has been rather quiet about developing its very own mobile chipset design for some time already, where the first Nuclun SoC will soon be followed up by – surprise, surprise, the Nuclun 2. This is not the first time that the Nuclun 2 name was brought up, and up till now, there has been no devices that were released with Nuclun 2 at its heart, although that might change with the upcoming V10 successor if rumors prove to be correct.
In other words, the LG V10’s successor will most probably be released some time in the second half of the coming year, which means it will be some time before it ends up as a shipping product. It also remains to be seen whether the Nuclun 3 will hit the streets in the near future, but as with most other cases, patience is definitely called for.
So, there is a new Samsung smartphone that is about to be released – big surprise, that, and I say this with full a sarcasm. Still, those who want something that looks to hang out on the high end side of things in terms of design and form factor, and yet having a mid-range performer within, can always settle for the Samsung Galaxy A9.
The handset has already appeared on the FCC database, which means it has been approved, and listed as the Samsung Galaxy A9. With the green light given, it is but a matter of time before it hits the market. While very little detail has been released so far, it should not be too long now before an official announcement is made. All that one can do now is to sit tight and wait. [FCC Page]
What is the world’s best kept secret? I suppose that would be a subjective question, with a myriad of answers for your picking if you were to take into consideration the different industries and niches, but where smartphones are concerned, especially with the HTC banner involved, then it would be the HTC One X9 being the next handset from the company. A set of photos of the alleged device has surfaced, and in these photos, it has more or less confirmed the overall design of the device – including its SIM card slot, power and volume button locations.
Other rumored hardware specifications include a 5.5” Full HD display, a MediaTek MT6795 SoC, either 2GB or 3GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, a 3,000mAh battery, a 13MP shooter at the back with OIS, and an UltraPixel front camera. All that we have to do now is to sit tight and wait for an official announcement concerning the hardware, and it is good to go.