Windows Phone 7 Nokia vs Symbian Nokia
Windows Phone 7诺基亚和Symbian诺基亚都是诺基亚设备，它们在两个不同的平台上运行，即WP 7和Symbian。当您打算自己购买新的智能手机时，您最重要的功能是什么？可能功能，外观甚至价格。但是它的操作系统呢？到现在为止，大多数智能手机用户已经意识到Android OS，并且确实已经变得非常受欢迎。但是，还有其他操作系统，例如诺基亚的Symbian，已经使用了相当长的一段时间，而Microsoft为Windows Mobiles开发的操作系统。两者之间有什么区别？让我们看看他们两个。
Windows Phone 7
Microsoft developed Windows Mobile as an OS for mobiles, especially for use in smartphones but it has been gradually phased out in favor of the latest Windows Phone 7. Originally Microsoft planned to upgrade its windows mobile OS codenaming it Photon, but finally scrapped it in favor of an entirely new OS called Windows Phone 7. It is fully integrated with Xbox Live and Zune which are the entertainment package for gaming, video and media players from Microsoft.
WP 7 Features:
User friendly interface
Silky operation with some trendy animations
Good support for social media
MS Office well integrated
Compatible with cloud services such as Windows Live, Xbox Live, SkyDrive
Expandable internal memory through micro SD card
Finally coming out of the shadow of Windows Mobile, this OS looks competitive in apps, Bing Maps are looking better than even Google maps; Windows Live messenger has become social with facebook integration and Internet Explorer is also working fine. All these services work well with Windows Phone 7.
Symbian OS
Symbian is an OS from Nokia which is used for smartphones from Nokia. Symbian platform is the successor of Symbian OS and has been widely used by Nokia in many of its mobiles. The latest version is Symbian 3 but recently Nokia announced that they are doing away with Symbian platform and would be using Windows Phone 7 as OS in their forthcoming smartphones. However, Nokia will continue with development on their new smartphone OS ‘MeeGo’.
Symbian was once a very stiff competitor of android and around 40% of smartphones worldwide used it as their OS. Symbian was fully compatible with MS Word, Excel, Power Point etc. For emailing, Symbian is as good as Blackberry and supports POP3, IMAP4 and Webmail accounts. It also supports Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange for maximum efficiency for the corporate users.
As far as multimedia is concerned, Symbian is excellent for audio and video capabilities. Symbian also supports thousands of third party apps, which weighs heavily in its favor when compared with other OS.
Summary
• Windows Phone 7 is the latest OS for smartphones by Microsoft, while Symbian is a popular OS used by Nokia and other manufacturers for quite some time.
• Both Symbian and Windows Phone 7 have excellent features for use as OS in smartphones.
• Nokia has recently announced that it will replace Symbian in favor of windows OS for its future mobile phones.
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