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Troubled mobile phone giant Nokia has announced the launch of a new update to its operating system, Symbian, as well as two new premium devices. The X7, a full touchscreen device focused on entertainment and gaming, and the E6, aimed at business users, will launch later in the second quarter of 2011.

 

Nokia X7

The X7 handset will feature a 4” touchscreen and a stainless steel and glass design, and come with the games Asphalt 5 and Galaxy on Fire pre-loaded. It will also feature an 8mp camera and 720p playback, recording and editing capacities.

 

Nokia E6

The E6 will include a 2.46” touchscreen along with a full Qwerty keyboard. Aimed at corporate users the device will feature Mail for Exchange, browser access to Microsoft Sharepoint, business grade security and the ability to read and edit Powerpoint, Word and Excel documents via Quick Office.

 

Noka X7 and Nokia E6

 

The company, which is aiming to move on to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform by the end of the year, said that it still anticipated shipping 150m devices based on the Symbian OS.

 

Improved Icons

Watch the video below to have a look at the GUI and new icons designed by nokia.

 

Easier Browsing

High value touch UI improvements, including URL entry bar; better user responsiveness, faster history navigation and page loading, split screen virtual Qwerty keyboard.

 

Refreshed Ovi Maps

Smarter search; ability to share places via email and SMS, and also with friends using non-Nokia phones; public transport network lines view; update and download full country maps via WLAN.

 

Enhanced Ovi Store

Improved search, including auto-complete, spell-checking and Internet search engine optimization and error fixes; increased file size limits for downloading over WLAN.

 

Social Media Enhanced

Status updates in contact card, ability to retweet and view follower list in Twitter, higher resolution image uploads, ability to add caption to images. Facebooking etc

 

Enhanced Ovi Suite

SWorks seamlessly with the latest version of Ovi Suite to update the device software, download free street maps, download new music and discover the latest mobile apps, back up the device to keep content safe, and sync content with Ovi.

 

Messaging Enhanced

Symbian Anna comes with instant messaging with Microsoft Communicator Mobile, which should prove a great option for business customers.

 

 

The Symbian Anna update will also be offered on some older devices, including the N8, E7 and C7.

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