The two major platform manufacturers, Google and Nokia, released their most current operating system for smartphones namely the Android 4.0 version (Ice Cream Sandwich) and the Nokia Belle which is formerly known as Symbian Belle. The Nokia Belle has been considered to be developed to match the performance and popularity of Android. So now, let’s carry out the features and performance showdown called the Android VS Symbian to determine which operating system is more preferable for you to obtain.
The first round of this Android VS Symbian competition will be started by comparing the new improvements which has been added to those platforms. Belle is actually the upgrade version of the Symbian 3 or also known as the Symbian Anna. This OS has now been packed with several improvements including the pull-down status or notification bar, deeper Near Field Communication (NFC) integration, 6 home-screens (previously 3 home-screens) along with the free-form resizable home-screen widgets.
Similar with the opponent, the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) comes also with more impressive advancements including rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and Android Beam for NFC-based sharing. But additionally, the Ice Cream Sandwich offers something more for users which include the easy multitasking, deep interactivity and also the powerful new ways of sharing and communicating as well. In this segment, the winner of the battle between the latest Android VS Symbian operating system goes definitely to Android 4.0 version. This is mainly because the platform provides a lot more options in terms of user’s productivity.
In terms of latest innovation, the Ice Cream Sandwich comes equipped with the Face Unlock technology. The Face Unlock is absolutely a great invention from the vendor since it will make every user’s handset to become more personal and of course safer than before. This system is basically an intelligent facial recognition technology which allows users to unlock their mobile handsets by using their face. The device should be already equipped with the front-facing camera. Then to perform the unlocking operation, simply hold the device right in front of user’s face. Otherwise, users can also make use of the pattern or a backup PIN. The Belle has not been added with some kind of this technology, so it can be considered that the ICS is somewhat more superior to the rival.
Furthermore, the Android 4.0 version (Ice Cream Sandwich) comes with a bunch of other highly useful features including the and also the WiFi Direct and Bluetooth HDP, powerful web browsing, improved e-mail functionality, unified calendar, visual voicemail, rich and versatile camera capabilities, redesigned gallery app with photo editor, Live Effects for transforming video, control over network data and also the powerful voice input engine.
The Belle seems to be only offers the quick internet connection along with the nicer more colorful visual appearance. By working with this platform, you will not have any other significant improvements in terms of overall performance since it has been considered as being the minor upgrades of the previous Anna version. So, for the final judgment the real champion of this Android VS Symbian showdown is definitely the latest Android 4.0 mainly because it comes with a great number of features, productivity tools and great general performance. [IS]
