Symbian OS 9.3

[slitchfield]

Symbian OS 9.3 has been announced, whose highlights include shorter start up times, better performance, native support for Wi-Fi, PushToTalk and USB 2.0 (previously these were added in by licensees) and FOTA (Firmware Over The Air) upgrades. The full press release follows.

Read on in the full article.

[chilko]

the term is HSDPA, not HSPDA

[stuclark]

Nokia were confirming back in October last year that Series 60 3 feature release 1 would include OTA firmware updates, so it makes sense to expect FR 1 to also have Symbian 9.3, especially as Nokia haven't even announced a S60 v3 fr1 phone yet!

[Orophin Anwarunya]

Just when i can afford to buy an E61 or an N91, i now have to postpone that for another 2 - 6 months for the updated devices.

tiera de losa!

[elp]

Originally Posted by Orophin Anwarunya

Just when i can afford to buy an E61 or an N91, i now have to postpone that for another 2 - 6 months for the updated devices.

Given that Nokia hasn't even announced any devices running the new symbian OS, it's almost surely going to be more than 6 months before they are readily available on the market. If you wait for them to be available before buying anything, you can be 100% sure that at this time there will be another new exiting OS or device announced for the following few months and so on..... So if you need a new mobile phone, buy it now. There no need to wait or you'll wait forever since there's always going to be a new and much better OS or device announced for the next few months anyway.

[FRiC]

Nokia has always done this, i.e. announce a new series of phones, then 1 months after they're all released and widely available, then announce a new series of phones, repeat.

[krisse]

All companies that sell vast quantities of electronic devices constantly upgrade their hardware and software.

Like ELP says, if you want to always wait for the latest thing you'd never ever buy anything because there's always an upgrade on the horizon.

The only practical thing to do is make a list of your requirements, find a device that satisfies them, and buy it. Don't worry if there's something better in six months time, there always will be something better in six months time no matter when you take the plunge.

[martinharnevie]

Hmm..Symbian has never been very keen on incrementing the first decimal, it usually stops at .1 or a little variant letter, like 's' in 7s or 'u' un 5u. Now it's been 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 in relatively short succession. Are we waiting for the major shock to the system in 10.0 ???

[Rafe]

I imagine 10 will see some bigger changes. Symbian said a while back that after 9 they were looking at incremental changes as the core system was iin place, but obviously there's a need to support new ideas and new standards.

[martinharnevie]

There are 802.11n (New WLAN standard), 802.16 (WiMax) and NFC around the corner. These will require connectivity upgrades. In v10 ?

[Rafe]

I imagine these could be either. Symbian may choose to increment 9 rather than go to 10. I imagine 10 will happen when some of the next gen chip technology necessitates it and will include full support for modularisation of the OS.