If you were thinking that the Maemo 5, i.e. the new Nokia OS found on the Nokia N900, was going to dethrone Symbian, you were wrong.

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Today at its Capital Market Day event, Nokia unveiled their plan to improve the good ol’ Symbian OS next year.

During the announcement Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, showed also some of the elements that will make the new interface and that you can find here as well. We suggest you to visit Engadget for more screenshots and a video of the presentation.

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Nokia CEO really blames the UI, rather than the OS itself, and promised a whole new interaction with the devices that will sport next Symbian release, thanks to:

• capacitive multitouch screens;
• new hardwares;
• reduced number of taps to activate functions (e.g. 2 taps to go to the favorite media instead of 8);
• improved browser experience;
• up to 3 times faster UI.

These are really good news, even if the release date is later next year.

I owned myself a Nokia and while I was depressed by the overall slowness of the system, I was impressed by the quality and sturdiness of the device. I hope Nokia will succeed in offering us Symbian and Maemo based smartphones so that we will take advantage of both great devices and fast OSs.

Via: Engadget