Whilst it is a worthy and robust OS, Symbian has been criticised for it's interface, often seen as falling short of slicker UI's such as Android, WebOS and iPhone.

With this in mind, Nokia have set their sights on vastly improving the user experience on it's forthcoming Symbian handsets.

"The Symbian OS is not the problem" says Kai Ostamo, Nokia's EVP for Devices, "What we need to work on is the UI, and that's exactly what we are doing"

Speaking at Nokia's Capital Market Day in Espoo, Finland; Ostamo continued: "We will re-engineer the user interface, delivering two major milestones. The first of which will arrive before mid-year. The second will be with us by this time next year (Q4 2010)".

It's anticipated that the first milestone will be the release of Symbian OS 3, whilst the second will be the development of Symbian OS 4.

Ostamo also promised to reduce clutter in the interface and, in what will come as a relief for many Symbian users, introduce multitouch using large capacitive touch screens. He also offered an impressive promise - the new UI will be up to three times faster than current high end models.

Also on the cards is a much improved browser and overall internet experience, with better site compatibility and an improved flash implementation.

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