“And I’m afraid the romp becomes a veritable walk in the park once we start looking at software. You see, Symbian OS 9.5 with S60 5th Edition on top for the UI is a known quantity now. A rock solid base OS with a slightly quirky set of touch optimisations grafted onto the existing S60 3rd Edition FP2. The interface is most definitely not perfect, it’s not even properly optimised in some areas, though the N97 variant is noticeably smoother than the 5800 version, showing the difference another 6 months development can make. But yes, I’ll freely admit that Symbian/S60 (or as it will simply become, Symbian Foundation) is by no means the most intuitive system available – I enjoy using it and am familiar with it, but I can understand how setting it all up might present a new user some head scratching moments.” Read more here:

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