Once upon a time Symbian OS had ruled the mobile phone space and the time have now come for Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) to offer goodbye to the operating system. Constantly since the Windows agreement happened, Symbian was on its far-out. Now finally, Nokia has planned to stop shipping of Symbian smartphones.
As revealed, Symbian was once the largest mobile operating systems in the world, and remains famous in several emerging markets like Asia. It has been predicted that Symbian held a market share of around 1.8 per cent in the European market, whereas in market of China, it still accounts for around 2 per cent of the market.
According to research firm Gartner, Symbian generate only 0.6% of the worldwide smartphone market in the Q1 of 2013 , moreover in the previous year it was around 8.5%. It obviously point outs that the sales rate of Symbian devices have dropped in the previous year. According to the report, Nokia sold only 500,000 Symbian handsets during the Q1 of 2013.
Upcoming EOS Smartphone’s New Photo Leaked
Nokia looks to be having a hard time keeping its upcoming EOS smartphone gone from the spy cameras. The smartphone has by now been widely leaked during the previous couple of months.
Currently new photographs have been posted online. These images of Nokia EOS posted by a Chinese website Sina Weibo. Nokia EOS has been capture sporting a metal-clad body.
Nokia EOS is allege to be smartphone that will approach with a 41-megapixel camera sensor a lot like 808 PureView. As per the previous leaks, it was being hyped that Nokia EOS will approach with a polycarbonate body much similar to the other flagship smartphones from Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK).
Nokia is conducting an event in New York on July 11 and it is anticipated that the Finnish smartphone-maker will be releasing the EOS at this event. The invites for this event have previously been sent out. It is as well being declared that the second biggest telecom operator in US, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), is already testing the device.
If the Nokia 808 PureView had never been shipped
The Nokia 808 PureView build it into production in that increased to half a million were made, other than the device wasn’t pushed on carriers somewhere in the world and there was approximately zero marketing – you had to be a hard core Symbian nerd to seek the 808 out and purchase it.
However, head back during time to Autumn 2011 moreover crunch time must have come to the PureView imaging team inside Nokia, “when will the new camera be ready?” The answer should have come back beside the rows of “Well, we can bring it on the accessible Symbian prototype in less than six months. Otherwise you can wait one more 18 months (or more) if you desire it working correctly on a Windows Phone 8 device.
Nokia Expands Mail Exchange to Asha Phones in West Africa
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) Nigeria released that users of the Nokia Asha 311, 310, 309 and 308 can at the present send and obtain office e-mails from their mobile phones. This pursues the introduction of the Mail for Exchange app in the Nokia Store.
The new app permits users to synchronise their e-mail, calendar and contacts data with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010 Servers and Microsoft Office 365 Mobility Online Service.
Nokia reported that it had as well introduced further apps, Editori text and sheet, which permit users to view as well as edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents on the go.