N96 and the S60 OS9.2 Feature Pack 2

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I just saw the brand new OS9.2 Feature Pack 2 from Symbian S60, and the screenshot was quite an eye opener. I will talk about this just now.

What is important is definitely the new features of the Operating System, which aren't many. This Feature Pack is only focused on email features, as reported on the S60 website:

"The built-in email client in S60 supports, by default, all of the widely used standard email protocols – such as POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, and MIME. This allows S60-based devices to connect to virtually every internet email service. Email access can be initiated by the user when needed, or the client can be configured to poll the mailbox periodically. The user can then define the days and time period during which automatic mailbox polling is performed, as well as setting the polling interval."

Another feature implemented was OMA Data Synchronization protocol for email access. The OMA Data Synchronization support enables mail synchronization locally, using PC Suite, and remotely, with compatible synchronization servers. (The synchronization server may request that synchronization start by way of a short message.) This provides the user with a push e-mail experience without requiring them to stay permanently connected to the server. This sounds a bit like Blackberry service.

Now let me get me back to that screenshot. You must have noticed that I referred to the Nokia N96 being associated to this new release of S60, I said that because the theme used in the S60 screenshots is equal, or seems equal to the theme on the leaked N96 images, see for yourself:

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