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Things have not been going well for Nokia lately, and it certainly doesn't help when you can't get a product out the door. We saw this problem crop up throughout 2010, most recently with both the Nokia N8 and the Nokia E7 - the latter of the two having just been delayed until early 2011 according to Reuters.

Nonetheless, Nokia plans to come out swinging next year with a revamp of the Symbian UI - a revamp that will include over 50 enhancements in a Q1 update and "a new look and feel for the user interface, a more flexible home screen, an updated HTML5 browser and an easier software update experience" in Q2, Computerworld reports.

Nokia also plans to deliver 1GHz and dual-core smartphones as well as "true zoom camera" technology in late 2011 or 2012. What that is exactly remains a mystery, but we have our fingers crossed that it's really optical zoom.