Nokia leapfrogs straight to Symbian version 3

Nokia plans to have a game of leapfrog, skipping Symbian version 2 by going straight to version 3, where the latter boasts multi-touch capability. This will apparently happen sometime in the third quarter of this year, where version 4 will follow suit perhaps later this year or early 2011. Sounds like a desperate move to us, as the Finnish cellphone manufacturer have finally seen the light on how multi-touch is going to rule the masses where easy navigation is concerned. Will current Nokia handsets be able to retro-actively support multi-touch capability then? If the answer is in the negative, then Nokia could be in a whole lot of trouble especially when people are more cautious in their spending habits these days. Image courtesy of WilliamAndrewPhotography.