14 DAY TRIAL // With Nokia making the first steps down the road of loading Microsoft's Windows Phone platform on its devices and leaving Symbian aside, the entire world is wondering how would the first Nokia Windows Phones look like, and how would the company's current software and services integrate with the new OS.
Here's an idea. Coming from Tommy Incrosnatu (Phone background photo: De Vetpan studios - Siebe Warmoeskerken), the device attached to this article is merely a concept, but might very well become reality.
For Nokia users, the Windows Phone OS alone is a brand new software to get accustomed with, not to mention that Metro UI it comes with.
Many enthusiasts would certainly like to see Nokia keeping alive certain Symbian aspects on its new devices, and this concept device offers a glimpse of what might be done in this direction.
Of course, this is only the result of a creative mind, but, since Nokia was allowed to make certain changes to the Windows Phone platform, so as to integrate various services and applications, it could add its own touches to the UI as well.
Putting together Symbian and Windows Phone elements might easily prove a great thing for Nokia, since its users would benefit from the best from two worlds.
For a Nokia/Symbian enthusiast like Tommy Incrosnatu, this would do it. Add in a simple but great phone design, and the new smartphones would easily conquer the hearts of many.
“So Nokia's Symbian is bitter sweet history and Windows 7 phone is the next big thing? I like to think so. The Windows 7 phone is really great, but the Metro UI alone doesn't quite cut it for me,” the designer notes on his website.
“I certainly hope that we'll see some Scandinavian quality design in Nokia's phones. This feeling inspired me to add some Finnish look and feel by pimping the Metro tiles a bit and adding those lovely ANNA-icons.”
“I also dropped out those redundant hardware keys from the phone, I think we all know by now that multitouch gestures work well.”
