Friday 30 December 2011

Advantages of Nokia Symbian over other Operating Systems

Since the age of smartphones has begun,there's been a constant hassle over the best smartphone operating system. Let us consider the main criteria which denote an ideal Smartphone Operating System :


  • Variety : There is a wide range of Nokia Smart Phones to chose from like Bar,Slide,Touch Screen models, QWERTY and Touch Screen with QWERTY models. All other Operating systems work on touch screen models or the QWERTY models(iOS,Android,Blackberry).

  •  Navigation: Nokia Smart phones offer better navigation through A-GPS and the Ovi Maps application(pre-loaded with maps).  Voice guidance is another feature that doesn't come free in most phones.
  • Battery life: No one can beat Nokia in terms of Battery life. Nokia offers the best battery life in case of smart phones. The main reason being the use of operating systems that sustain on lower usage of the processor.
  •  Camera Quality: Camera quality of the Symbian phones is relatively better than other OS. Nokia is known for its picture quality in camera phones. The N8 when released gave Digital Camera's a run for their money.
  • No Permanent Internet Connection: Nokia phones require the Internet only for short periods of time. Its not the case with other Operating systems. Their functionality is dependent on a permanent data connection and the traffic in terms of data of symbian phones is very minimal. 
  • Multi-tasking: Multi tasking in Symbian is the simplest there exists in any smart phone.Every Symbian phone consists of a home key,which can be used to multi-task with ease. Other smartphones provide assisted multi-tasking by means of an external application or just suspend the other application and call it multitasking ( No offence iOS).
  • PC and Ovi Synchronisation: Synchronization of data is much more simple in Symbian Smart phones. It can be done via an Ovi account. Also PC synchronization of various personal information is much less complex in Nokia Phones courtesy the Ovi Suite(Universal for all Nokia Phones).
  • Audio and Video: The loudspeaker and the audio quality of Nokia Smartphones is the best in its class. The Symbian is known to support many video formats with subs without external software's to include other extensions 
  • Apps: In the field of apps Nokia has a huge developer networks for Symbian phones. Its very simple to design apps for Nokia in any platform using the Qt framework. Also Nokia Apps are compatible within various platforms.
  • Price : Nokia offers smartphones in various price ranges suited for customers in every price band. The customer has a variety of choices to chose from.




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