Hardly, google was just the first entity you noticed doing it. Developers have been doing this since they figured out you could bang rocks together to make fire.

Software engineers are not responsible for management's actions they simply do what they are told to do. Yeah and guess what that what Nokia did they fired people because Elop's strategy change to WP 7


As for the name its ok and as others said if they combine name and alphabetic order its not bad. Anna, Bella etc

Lets wait and see insted of complaining

For a new N900 firmware update, they have to call it "Sassie Cassie".

Grettings.

Ann is PR2.0 and NOT Symbian 3.0 that brings the new Symbian UI and other features NOR is it the old Symbian^4 update.

PR2.0/Anna brings new icons, a new web browser UI and other security and stability enhancements.

Symbian^4 always promised a new Symbian UI which is what we will be getting in the Symbian3.0/whatever name update after the summer.

Fact is, PR2.0 has been delayed and missed the targeted Q1 release and now they renamed it and announced 2 new devices to try to get some attention to Symbian^3.

Symbian^3 owners have been waiting for the so called "new browser", 50+ features and icons since they were announced last year. Turns out that the browser isn't a new one, it is an updated version of the current one and NOT the new one that is built on QTWebkit to be released later this year.

The icons...well, there are themes that have basically the same look as the PR2.0/Anna icons. I downloaded a free theme for my N8 and it does make a difference, one that I like.

Please don't confuse people by saying that Anna is a renamed Symbian^4. In reality it is a renamed Symbian PR2.0 and does NOT include the new UI (only the icons in 2.0/Anna) or the "New" browser. Nokia is saying New Browser but in actuality it is just the current browser updated to 7.3 from the current 7.2 something.