Symbian ends 2011 in style

Recently StatCounter, an online statistics tool published their analysis on the global smartphone users. The StatCounter tool is embedded on many websites which in turn tracks the browser and the operating System used. According to the statistics released, the Symbian Operating system tops the chart for the year 2011. The Symbian OS still dominates the market with over 31% of the smartphone market share. The iOS finishes second just above the android operating system.


The Symbian OS started 2011 just above the apple iOS at around 30%. The surge in the popularity of Symbian rose to around 34% during mid-June, where the iOS shows steady decline owing to constant competition and lawsuits. However, the Symbian OS saw a gradual decline halfway through 2011. The introduction of Symbian Anna brought back the stability to the Symbian Smartphones for which it is known. The hardware on the handsets and the stable operating systems saw Nokia win over many new fans. The last quarter saw the most growth in popularity of the Symbian. This was mainly due to the introduction of Symbian Belle(Currently Nokia Belle). The Nokia Belle boasted of an array of exciting new features. Naturally the new OS was made available to the existing devices which met the hardware requirement. Nokia Symbian ended the year 2011 with a strong 31% share still dominating the market.


2011 has been an excellent year for the Nokia fans with Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle both being launched. There was no doubt in the dominance of the Symbian OS, mainly due to its simple and lightweight design. Though the collaboration of Nokia and Microsoft has raised a few concerns regarding the fate of Symbian OS, we can confidently say after the statistics of 2011 Symbian is far from over. The year 2012 promises to be an exciting year for Symbian loyalists, with the Symbian Belle update being made available for Anna users.


Also 2012 marks the debut of two new operating systems the Symbian Carla and Symbian Donna. According to reports both the operating systems must be out by the second or third quarter of 2012. Let's hope they can claim many many accolades as their predecessors and help Symbian dominate the 2012 as well.       

Why not NOKIA symbian?

Nokia... Being the largest cellphone manufacturer in the world this finnish giant needs no introduction. It has been an inspiring trendsetter in every milestone of mobile technology. It has been a pioneer in developing the GSM technology, one of the first to introduce data and voice traffic in mobile phones. In 1992 Nokia launched the first ever commercial mobile based on GSM technology the Nokia 1011. The classic ringtone 'Nokia tune' was incorporated in the Nokia 2100 in the year 1994. In the year 1992 Nokia Corp decided to focus solely on telecommunication. From then on there has been no turning back. Arguably the best mobile manufacturer in the world today boasts of the best mobile hardware there in the field of mobile technology.

Operating System: Symbian 

 Symbian is a mobile operating system and platform for smartphones, and is currently maintained and devleoped by Accenture . Nokia Corp was one of founders the Symbian Foundation, it is the most widely used operating system in the world. Nokia was the major contributor for Symbian in terms of code and development.Till date Nokia has been responsible for the rise of the Symbian operating system as one of the best in the world. Symbian os offers to the core no non-sense performance. Regardless of many other numerous mobile operating systems the Symbian Os stands out for its uniqueness. Developed solely by Nokia for every users for instance the series 40 platform offers easy and user friendly operation for the basic users. And for the more advanced category there is a wide range of Symbian operating systems ranging from the series 60, Symbian^3, Symbian Anna to the more recent marvel Symbian Belle and the upcoming Carla, Donna.

The main attribute of Symbian smartphones is their performance. The operating system functions smoothly without over using the processor. Such is the nature of the Os, that it can function remarkably with just a 1Ghz processor. Every part of a Nokia mobile is carefully crafted and suited to the customers. Not only that security is a major feature of the operating system. Third party applications can only be installed if the application is Signed using a certificate. This offers a great deal of security. In case of app development,the symbian os nowadays uses Standard C++ along with Qt the new high level GUI scripting framework.


In my opinion Nokia Symbian Os is the best platform for mobile telecommunications. The products manufactured by the communication giant outperform every other competitors. Nokia is and will  continue to be the largest Mobile manufacturer in the world.