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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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.

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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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