Symbian Anna finally wakes up from her slumber
 

...BUT! Classic Nokia shenanigans. What a surprise. The web is packed full of comments from people updating their S^3 devices to Anna, only to find certain features go missing, error messages on reboot, promised features such as portrait qwerty not there, the list goes on.
And to keep up their relentless giving-American-customers-the-finger, apparently they will be last on the list of countries for the update. Great new US strategy Nokia. Wonderful start.

I'd like to see Elop try to update his N8 and have those problems people are having and realize things aren't going the way he likes to think they are. But he doesn't use an N8 does he. Or an N9. He probably uses a prototype iPhone5 the numpty.

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I've been laughing at some of the comments over at AllAboutSymbian. I'll probably have a go at updating my N8 later, if only because at least one user has suggested that the Anna update cures the 'purple screen' issue (seems unlikely, but worth a go). The only third-party software I have installed is Opera Mobile, so I don't have much to lose on that score. Maybe this update will fix the issue with the Ovi Store application (endless loading after previous update). Nokia really are a bad joke when it comes to software updates. :/

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I have had Anna for two months now, now problems.

I don't understand you americans. You will be among the first to have WP. You constantly whine about Symbian, yet you want to be treated as first class customers.

You are a sorry bunch of cry babies.

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A bit harsh. People are only waiting for ages for an update to fix some things Nokia should've included straight out of the gate in 2010. I mean, come on, portrait qwerty? People (like my brother) who bought an N8 in late 2010 have had to wait nearly 10 months for that one simple feature, a feature that is actually part of Opera Mobile browser!

I don't think Americans are cry babies (I'm British by the way) I just think anyone is entitled to a bit of a grumble when they spend $500 on an unlocked device and get crappy customer service, while their friends are on $99 phones subsidized by AT&T and Verizon, and have portrait - bloody - qwerty.

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I think ericsson's attitude may well be shared by people within Nokia, which would go a long way towards explaining their current situation. Oh well, there's plenty more fish in the sea. :)

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It is normal procedure for Nokia to release updates in a staggered fashion. It is not Nokias fault that the US is 8 hours behind. So you have to wake up before you update your phone - so sad so sad - fck Nokia - and it's all Elops fault, i's a part of WP-Elop trojan maneuver. It must be, there is no other possible explanation.

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This was a forced release. I bet they wanted to turn attention away from this:

http://dailymobile.se/2011/08/16/sym...e-to-download/

And by the testing of it, seems more stable than Anna at it's current state...hmmm

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Your hatred is immense!!! Did Elop nail your mother?

Chill out - come 2012, we're all dead anyway, so enjoy your shiny new N9 when it comes out ;)

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no body gives a fk about symbian now a days ,it is way too old fashioned .feels like living in Stone-Age .

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Stone age my ***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCW813XWSZw

And btw, how do you know how it feels to live in the stone age? Have you had such an experience? Please become a public figure and share your experience.

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Update went well and it works fine. Third party software is partially missing. Quickoffice and pdf-reader are at least still missing. Nokia told that problem is under investigation and will be corrected.

Browser is much better and also the caldendar

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If only worked in an E7...

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LOL :D The internet, the internet.

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First lemme tell u ,dont get PERSONAL ,dont even think about it .

your frustration for an UPDATE between all these years explains everything to me,symbian sukcs big time and i know that,and if you didnt know then you would know by the time .
you talking about experience ? 2 times i bought a symbian nokia handset ,JUST FOR A GOOD BATTERY LIFE because nokia handsets are worst of a multimedia machine,cuz nothing else can be expected from sucha shyt .
symbian belle ? ( an other fart by nokia )
new virtual keyboard >>where is the fuking finger friendly capacitive touch ? ( lemme know when nokia gets an Apple touch screen )
new icons >>thats not a big deal,there are so many icon makers in the market .you can make even better
new browser >> so now you can wide two fingers to zoom in or out ,if thats what makes you happy.fuk it .others handsets had this feature long ago .
symbin is,was,ever will be an old fart .( though thats all my personal POV ;) )

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thed update problem is probazdly relatedd to that edery damn person is trying upgradce at same time.

I finally got everyhthing downloaded after some retrys for my workphone c7 and the vkb is way better than previously also nfc should be enabled not tried yet thought...

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wrong I am sweden and I also nhad BIG PROBLEMS tgo get the updaate done. I had to retry 10 times before I got all damn files downloaded took about four hours. and the OS sitll has probledmss :mad: wifi ldisconnects and ovistore app doessnt load. probabdly cause everyone access at same time but still it is stupid by Nokia. if the ****ing servers cant work because many access they should upgrade the damn servers!!!

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maybe this has something to do with it:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...illion_dow.php

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I am sure apt-get will work better than Nokias crap symbian packet manager....

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Don agree Belle looks more and more like N9...

My guess is we will see swipe on Symbian 2012....

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i rather have stable symbian belle than useless windows phone.

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Just realised NFC is now enabled on C7 however QtMobility 1.1 has NO NFC API why the **** doesnt they push QTM1.2 in Anna :mad:

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So.. I bought a n95 3 years ago wich was my last sym and not bad at the time. But out of curiosity, any symbian since then worth upgrading to? (not as main device ofc, this is a MAEMO forum ;))

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You might want to check the C6-01 out. :cool:

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What worked on an E7?

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Oh dear, how old are you?

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"fuking finger friendly"? I'll take resistive* all the way to Mexico. What is actually an issue with the capacitive touch area on my Cowon iAudio9 Media player, when i put it back in the protective case i often come near (just near, not touching it actually) it and trigger either next rack or fast forward, which sucks big titties. And if i actually want to trigger something directly on the surface, it is not as responsive as my N900. Not to mentioned my depressing tests with the oh-so-neat touch screen "resolution" on an Galaxy 10.1 tab some weeks ago...

* Resistive as in the N900. Not resistive as in a common airline entertainment system or older devices.

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Mee too, but the resistive on the old N900 has become more and more sensitive lately (mypaint takes stylus input as finger) which is nice but I fear upcoming problem like in that "WEIRD TOUCHSCREEN PROBLEM" thread.
Anyway I love resistive (5800 and some older htc's had good resistives too - C5 is awwwful)

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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is the mantra I'm thinking of when I think of my girlfriend's N8 and this Symbian Anna debacle. She is desperate for portrait qwerty and an improved Calendar, but I am not going anywhere near it with what I'm reading on the web. I'll wait until Nokia REALLY fixes it and then do it.

I'm alternating between using my N900 and my new E7. No way I'm updating my E7 with that crap. Works just fine right now. Shame it doesn't have the power or the multitasking of my N900. I keep going back to the N900. Man, why did Nokia have to change their plans with the N950? Such a damn shame.

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Dude, seek out 'jbak taskman' It makes ANY symbian multitask like a mother fVcker.

Once you get used to symbian/maemo multitasking (real task swapping) you realise how shite android/ios really are. Give me a symbian over a droid/ibawbag anyday.

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An update with *#0000# + Check for updates + 2 updates at startup went smoothly for me

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That because you're MohammadAG!! Of course it went smoothly for you, you're half-human, half-Nokia!! ;)

I think it's because they're rolling it out country by country. You're in Israel I think if memory serves, so you guys have it before us in Yankee Land.

Side note: I do like fMobi on the E7, but REALLY miss Sociality. Any chance that could be coming S^3 way? Cheers

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Nice. My friend showed me his 'Thunderbolt' the other day, like he was showing me a photo of his new girlfriend who was Megan Fox (naked).
Unfortunately for him the thing eats battery in 3 hours when on 4G so he's turned that feature off. Also can't multitask without having an epileptic fit. I showed him how the N900 does it. He nearly cried.

Why can't Nokia let the S^3 phones multitask in the same way, rather than the annoying horizontal scrolling list? Has it something to do with the Symbian homescreen being completely different to the hildon homescreen of Maemo5?

Is that jbak taskman thing safe? It looks like something my brother made on his Commodore 64! ;)

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I don't understand you Europeans. You will be among the first to have the Nokia N9 if you're in a smaller market like Kazakhstan or perhaps Luxembourg. You want to be treated like first class customers with your Euros, Greek bailouts and VAT tax.

I mean... stop your whining. Sheesh. It's like you think it's Eurotopia or something with your funny colored and hard to counterfeit money.

This spoof post was brought to you by the letter F and U. Seriously dude, if it were a Nokia update, most Americans wouldn't know nor care for it anyway. Use logic for once.

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I'm glad I'm neither one.
Not obnoxious like one, and not whining like the other.
And I still get the short end of the stick :(

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I got sick of waiting for the update and the small screen and slow processor of the N8 so I gave it to my friend and he gave it to his girlfriend. And I got a dual core LG G2X. I'm happy with it. It gets compared to the SGS 2 alot.

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Logic is over hyped by the looks of it. I guess there is something wrong with me, I never have any problems updating anything. I guess the average update process for the average dude of for instance a Windows service pack goes like this: God, this take a looong time, I'm gonna brows the web while updating, hmm a new flash, I'm gonna update that also, and play some web games, and install a new printer. Christ this PC is slow, I need to run a span cleaner as well, and there are probably lots of viruses, so I must run a check with both of my anti-virus programs - at the same time. Then, when BSoD inevitably enters it becomes oh so obvious that Microsoft sucks.

Updating Symbian is similar. I mean, why remove all the crap ware that has filled up the drive, hacked icons and themes that never worked correct in the first place, when you can have fun cursing Nokia for not even being able to make that fvcking Anna install properly?

Apple has solved all this. The solution is called no brain - no head ache.

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Its a nice update, running fine on my e7 now (browser is still not good enough though). But Belle is what I'm really waiting for - at least based on the videos it seems to squeeze much more performance out from this aging hw (how much more it squeezes out from the battery remains to be seen..).

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i don't know what you mean by "safe" but i've been using the jbak taskman on my E51 and it's great. not sure about how it is on touchscreen phones though. :)

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Let's not forget rioting and looting! I read one BBC report that said a mobile phone shop was broken into and EVERY single device was stolen. Time to look on ebay fo a cheap HTC Cha Cha? (I kid)

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Not quite true. They left all the N97s behind. :p