Nokia extends its partnership with Carl Zeiss and began marketing the Nokia 808 Pure View

With two new press releases, Nokia has officially announced the start of the sales of the Nokia 808 PureView, as we had anticipated more than once , Nokia will start its conquest of the European and Asian markets in the coming days, arriving first in Russia and India, and that the partnership with Carl Zeiss has been further extended.

Considering the innovation introduced by Nokia with PureView, it is impossible not to consider a partnership with Carl Zeiss essential to the Finnish manufacturer, hoping that in future all its smartphones will continue to differ in quality (photographic) than many other competitors.

These are the words of Jo Harlow, Nokia's executive vice president of Smart Devices:

"Carl Zeiss has been a key partner to give birth to their first PureView. The benefits of our collaboration will ensure the passing of months and years PureView important innovations for the range, with consequent improvements in mobile imaging. "

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Microsoft office is now available for Symbian Belle devices

Nokia has just announced that Microsoft apps, or Office Mobile applications for Symbian Belle, are available starting today via a software upgrade for devices: Nokia 701 , Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, C6-01 and Nokia.

This first release includes the arrival of the OneNote Mobile application, Document Connection, Lync 2010 and PowerPoint Mobile Broadcast, waiting for the future of Microsoft OneNote sync with SharePoint.

• Microsoft OneNote - application notes advanced synchronization with Microsoft SkyDrive
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile - advanced instant messaging
• Microsoft Document Connection - display documents in your phone, including email attachments
• Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast - view Powerpoint presentations directly from PC to phone

You can get them using the Nokia Software Update tool on your smartphone, or connecting your phone to the Nokia Suite on your PC.Microsoft Office apps will also be available from the Nokia Store in just a few weeks.

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PaylPal NFC payments in Brazil between Nokia 701 and Nokia N9 (Video)

In Brazil, the mobile payments using Near Field Communication(NFC) should soon be reality. In collaboration with Pagseguro, Nokia and PayPal, are currently working to enable NFC payments on Symbian and Meego smartphones.

Waiting for Nokia to reveal more information and hoping to soon see these features on Symbian and MeeGo in other parts of the world.

 Demonstration video with the Nokia N9 and Nokia 701 in action after the break

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Gismeteo - New interesting Weather app for Symbian phones

A new interesting weather forecast application came recently in the Nokia Store for Symbian devices.

Equipped with a nice looking interface, developed in Qt on Symbian. 

Features:

• Weather forecast for 7 days
• Detailed forecast for 48 hours
• Local Weather
• Favorite Places
• Widgets

Gismeteo can be downloaded for free from the Nokia Store.

All HD Games from Gameloft now on sale for 1 Euro at Nokia Store

Fans of Gameloft games  will surely be pleased to know that all securities available on the Nokia Store promotional offer can be purchased in 1 Euro , instead of 3 Euros.

As you can see from the list that follows it comes to games in HD , the device compatible with Symbian ^ 3, and Anna/Belle and therefore an opportunity not to miss this excellent offer!

Below you can find a list of the promo games:

• ONE HD
• Dungeon Hunter 2 HD
• Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD
• Eternal Legacy HD
• Asphalt 5 HD
• GT Racing: Motor Academy HD
• Shrek Kart HD
• Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD
• Let's Golf! 2 HD
• The Settlers HD
• Spider-Man: Total Mayhem HD
• Hero of Sparta HD
• James Cameron's Avatar HD
• Real Football 2010 HD
• Assassin's Creed ™ HD
• Tom Clancy's HAWX HD

Titles can be purchased from Gameloft corner of Nokia Store.

The Nokia Beta Store for Symbian updated to version 3.24.050

This morning the Nokia Beta Labs have announced a new update to the Beta Store QML for Symbian, releasing version 3.24.050.

The release includes no new level of functionality but, as happens now with different versions, goes to fix some bugs and it improves the overall usability of the application.

Changelog:

• Improved user experience for the update of the app, especially when multiple items need to be updated
• Improved the process of installing the app
• Fixed some critical bugs present in previous release
• Improved performance of the UI when downloading files large

The download is available at betalabs.nokia.

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PhotoFunia for Symbian is now available in Nokia Store

Yesterday, via a post on the official blog, it was announced the arrival in the Nokia Store the famous PhotoFunia application for Symbian.

PhotoFunia, for those not familiar, you can edit your photos by adding special effects to them, divided between about 150 filters.

PhotoFunia is a free app and can be found here at Nokia Store

PhotoPatcher, simple and useful photo editing application for Symbian and Meego (video)

Developed by Oleg Derevenetz, PhotoPatcher is a very interesting application, compatible with Symbian and Meego.

The software allows you to quickly and easily change the photos inside the phone, using the clone stamp and blur tools. Both will be useful to remove unwanted objects from our shots.

PhotoPatcher be purchased at the price of €2 from the Nokia Store.

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Symbian OS posts 2.8 % growth from Feb to March 2012 according to StatCounter

Despite the choice of Nokia Symbian to award to play second fiddle to the Windows Phone platform, operating system continues to show that they are in good shape. To reveal the growth data is the latest StatCounter , an analysis tool considered sufficiently reliable.

Based on the latest information in February and March, the Symbian platform,worldwide , would not only be able to maintain its existing market share, but would have recorded a growth of almost 2.8%, from 30.19% to 31.01% .Looking at the graph shown at the opening of StatCounter you can also note two other interesting data: the first relates to the reversal of the trend negeativo that had characterized the last months: Symbian to gain back market share, after having gradually lost in recent months. The second finding is related to the fact that in the same period were the other platforms as IOS and Android to lose ground.

A little different data regarding the European market , but in any case the growth is also present in the old continent:

The period between February and March was marked by events which have rekindled interest in the Symbian platform. First, the Mobile World Congress saw the triumph of the Nokia 808 Pure View , who won the award for best smartphone event. The choice to use as a platform used by Nokia Fine device, dictated by the current limitations of the Windows Phone platform, has produced positive effects for the mobile operating system.

Other important events are the release of Nokia Belle for the wide range of devices that were still waiting to receive him and annucio the feature pack 1 Nokia Belle . The positive trend will continue also nellle coming weeks thanks to the arrival on the market, the Nokia 808 PureView.

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Nokia Maps Suite 2.0 beta gets new update to improve performance

The Nokia Beta Labs have just released a new update of Nokia Maps Suite 2.0 beta application suite that includes Nokia Maps, Nokia and Nokia Drive Public Transport. The upgrade does not make a significant improvement of the features available, but should improve overall performance and experience of the app.

Nokia Maps Suite  2.0 changelog:

"There are no new features in this release but simply around usability and performance enhancements"

"There were no new features introduced with this release, but a simple improvement of usability and performance"

The latest update follows the one released in late February that it has introduced improvements to Nokia Maps is that to Weather.

Nokia Maps Suite 2.0 beta can be used with Nokia smartphones Belle comprising: Nokia600, 603, 700, 701, N8-00, E7-00, C7-00, C6-01, Astound, Gold, X7-00, E6-00.

More info at betalabs.nokia

Weather Widget for Symbian Belle get updated

A short time after the first release, the Weather Widget from Nokia Beta labes received its first update.

The Beta Labs have not made official what's new in this update, but most likely are some bug fixes to improve the widget

More information at NokiaBetaLabs.

Nokia 808 Pure View already on sale on Ebay

The Nokia 808 Pure View, the 41 mpx monster from Nokia that we saw at MWC 2012 has appeared on Ebay.
The seller has already been behind several positive feedback and offers the Nokia 808 PureView at a price of GBP 519.99 (plus shipping), or to about  $829.85 , and currently 10 are  available in stock.


So if you want to be one of the first to hold and shoot those gorgeous pictures, go on Ebay and check this offer.

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Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 official details

As announced this morning, Nokia has just made official the details of Symbian Belle FP1 (Symbian and Carla). Glimpsed here at the fair in Barcelona, ​​Symbian FP1 Belle will not come on the first series of S ^ 3.

These are the highlights:

• It will be released on Nokia 603, Nokia 700 and Nokia 701
• Browser HML5 improved
• Enabling Dolby Sound
• Approximately 20 new Widget
• Microsoft Apps including
• Increase in processor speed, from 1GHz to 1.3GHz.
• Improved notification bar
• Improved multitasking

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Nokia releases Weather Widget beta for Symbian

After a long wait, due to unknown reasons,Nokia has finally decided to release an official weather widget for Symbian, to integrate with the Weather application already in Nokia Maps Suite.

Features:

• Search City of weather
• Select the city weather through the default location
• Automatic updating of data every 3 hours
• With a tap on the widget will run the Nokia Maps 2.0 Suite

More info and download link at betalabs.nokia

Nokia starts rolling out Microsoft Apps for Belle smartphones

Nokia has announced that Microsoft Apps, list of productivity apps from Microsoft are now rolling out for Belle smartphones. Now the owners of Nokia E7, Nokia C7, C6-01 Nokia, Nokia X7, Nokia Gold Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 603 are able to download the first package of Microsoft Apps. Unfortunately Nokia N8, Nokia E6 and Nokia 500 will have to wait another few weeks.

List of Microsoft Apps with Symbian Belle

• Microsoft OneNote – Enables you to create rich text notebooks using words and images. Syncs with Microsoft SkyDrive
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile – Cost efficient IM, presence, audio and web meetings on the go.
• Microsoft Document Connection – Single view to documents stored on mobile, including email attachments as well as documents on SharePoint 2010 sites.
• Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast – View broadcasts of presentations directly from PC to mobile. You can also combine these with Lync audio messages, too.

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New widgets coming to Nokia Belle?

An interesting common signaling network in the past few hours to reflect on the possible extension of the set of widgets available in Nokia Belle, the latest release of the operating system for smartphones that Nokia, a few days, has also reached the previous device Symbian ^ 3 / Anna.The representation of additional widget would be contained in a small banner that leads to the site of Nokia.pl.In the picture posted above you can see new widgets located in the home screen.

The original image attracts attention thanks to the various widgets in the home:

The widget would include an identifiable dedicated to maps , to a forecast , to a galleryand several widgets to manage social networks . In the last home on the right you can also see the widget dedicated to Skype .

It could be a simple creation of graphs that have made the banner or the actual expansion of the range of widgets available for the operating system Nokia Belle.

Recall that users have a device with hacks can already install the widgets that were present in previous builds fine with the packet that was distributed in recent days.

We hope that Nokia will offer the opportunity to expand the set of widgets also to those who can not or will not do the hack of the device.

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Rumor: Nokia 808 pure view to have dual core processors

Apparently the Nokia 808 PureView might have Dual Core according to a tipster on nokiapoweruser. It would be very interesting to see how Symbian performs with even more power under the hood, given how optimized it is on Belle and 1GHz.

What the source has revealed is very good news and may be many were expecting the same. They say that

• N8 successor aka 808 pure view will have two processor cores(Dual core)
• It will have Lumia 900′s design language, which effectively means that it will have Polycarbonate unibody but the screen will not be curved.
• N9 like display where icons seems to float on the surface.

Now if we analyse the dual core info, it seems somewhat relevant because of two reasons,

•  1080P video recording, which probably needs dual core processing power in case of Symbian’s ARM processors.Though as per I know 1080P can be achieved by high performance single core and GPU combo as well.
• Symbian Donna next to Carla and supposedly final iteration of Symbian is supposed to be compatible with only dual core devices. And it seems impossible that 808 will not get Donna as an update.

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Nokia Drop updated Belle and many improvements

Nokia Drop is an great application for Symbian that lets you transfer bookmarks, change background, transfer map view etc from your computer wirelessly to your phone. This new version for starters includes support to Belle, but has host of features and bug fixes included as well.

New on  Nokia Drop 1.4

• automatic update
• silent installation
• new first-time-use tutorial
• Store&Forward

As a whole Nokia Drop has now the following

• Change your phone’s wallpaper*
• Send image to your phone*
• Send public URL to your phone browser* (ie. Nokia Browser or Opera Mobile)
• Send map view  from maps.nokia.com to Maps mobile client
• Send feeds to Nokia Reader or to native browser web feed*
• Install apps, wallpapers, themes, ringtones from Ovi Store without SMS**
• New: Belle client; more automatic, no history list, integration to status panel, first-time-use help flow, Store&Forward, automatic update
• New: Anna +S1: silent installation, first-time-use help flow, store&forward, automatic update

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Belle update for Nokia 500 is now operational!!!

Finally some good news for the  Nokia 500 owners.The Nokia Belle software update Nokia promised last week is now available! 

The Belle update for Nokia 500 It will be released in phases, country by country as soon as each relevant variant of the latest Symbian software is available. So the schedule will vary according to where you live and which network operator you are with.

The majority of Belle enhancements will be available for the Nokia 500 including new features such as HD video recording at 30 frames per second and a visually improved browser enabling high-quality Web video viewing.

Menus have been simplified and a notifications bar has been added to make accessing key settings or features, very fast. And a new larger live widgets display puts what’s really important to you on the homescreen.

This version of Belle has been specifically tailored to match Nokia 500’s hardware performance. You can personalize your Nokia 500 with up to four home screens leaving all your favourite applications and services only a few taps away.

You will also get Nokia Maps version 3.06. As Nokia 500 doesn’t support an FM transmitter or widget, you can use Nokia Music instead.

Get Nokia Belle on your Nokia 500 via Nokia Suite. For a step-by-step download tutorial, there’s a video available that tells you everything you need to know.

Check the availability for your Nokia 500 in your country at Nokia support pages.

You can also see if Nokia Belle is available for your Nokia 500 by connecting your phone to Nokia Suite via USB. Software updates will be prompted to you.

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Symbian on Nokia 500 Belle will comes with some limitations

As we already reported, Nokia Belle will be released a few weeks of delay on the Nokia 500.This update, due to any difference with the other Hardware Symbian, will bring about this smartphone some variations in software.

• The Nokia 500 Nokia Fine with support only 4 homescreens
• The Nokia 500 will not support NFC even after upgrading to Belle\
• The FM transmitter and its widget will not be supported on Nokia 500
• The Nokia 500 include Nokia Maps 3.06 (and not the version 3.08)
• Nokia 500 with the update will be installed in Belle Angry Birds

More information about this update can be found on nokia.com and europe.nokia.com .

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