Nokia 700 and 701 now shipping, give the world a first taste of Belle - GSMArena.com news

Nokia 700 and 701 now shipping, give the world a first taste of Belle - GSMArena.com news

14 September, 2011

Today Nokia announced through its Twitter account that it has started shipping its 700 and 701 smartphones. Those are the first handsets to run the Belle revision of Symbian and will, the Finns hope, put the start of the fightback.
Despite the very similar naming, Nokia 700 and Nokia 701 are quite different in terms of hardware. The 700 is a super slim and compact smartphone with a 3.2" AMOLED, whereas the 701 comes with a 3.5" IPS LCD (which we found to be the brightest display around) and a larger and heavier body.
What those two have in common is the 1GHz processors, which give them identical performance. We had the chance to spend some time with both the Nokia 700 and the Nokia 701 prior to their launch and we were pretty impressed by what they have to offer.
So, if you are still sitting on the fence on purchasing either of those two, we suggest you take some time and check out our previews. Go this was for the Nokia 700 or that way for the 701.

Not dead yet, Symbian getting Microsoft Office apps - www.gigaom.com

By Kevin C. Tofel Sep. 9, 2011, 7:53am PT 

Nokia phones running the new Symbian Belle software will gain more productivity applications in the form of Microsoft Office products. The first suite of tools, called Microsoft Apps, are expected by the end of the year with a widespread release in the beginning of 2012. A planned future update will bring Word, Power Point and Excel to Nokia’s recent smartphones by mid-2012.

Nokia N8-01 (801?) leaks on video, looks smoking hot - GSMArena.com news

Nokia N8-01 (801?) leaks on video, looks smoking hot - GSMArena.com news

03 September, 2011 

We just stumbled upon photos of a new Nokia smartphone. The device dubbed to be the Nokia N8's successor, is said to be called N8-01 (though, considering Nokia's new naming policy the Nokia 801 seems more likely) and features a qHD screen.
The images come from this Nokia 700 hands-on video, courtesy of the Greeks from Technoblog. While testing the Belle-running 700 video player, the review runs a video, which features the unannounced smartphone with an edge-to-edge curved screen.

Symbian Anna-running Nokia 500 lands in our office, pictures and video inside

Symbian Anna-running Nokia 500 lands in our office, pictures and video inside

August 30th, 2011 byKyle

Today we are meeting with Nokia 500 – a small Symbian Anna-based smartphone and the first one in Nokia’s portfolio with a 1GHz processor.

The 500 fella packs a 3.2-inch nHD capacitive screen, a 5 megapixel camera, decent connectivity package and comes with exchangeable battery covers.

We update to Symbian Anna: here's what's changed [REVIEW] - www.gsmarena.com

We update to Symbian Anna: here's what's changed [REVIEW] - www.gsmarena.com

August 23rd, 2011
byPeter

Symbian Anna debuted a while ago with the Nokia X7 and the E6 but the original quartet of new generation Nokia phones that initially launched with Symbian^3 now gets to join in on the fun as well.

We put a Nokia N8 through the update process and fiddled with it – then we decided you might be interested in a quick Symbian^3 vs. Symbian Anna comparison. X7 and E6 owners might not, but if you have a Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 or E7 you should check this out.

We’ll start off with how your phone to update to Anna. And while it’s going through the process, you can read through the rest of this article to see what changes you can expect.

Getting Symbian Anna

Before we start comparing Anna to its ^3 predecessor, we’ll go over how to update to Anna first. If you’ve bought an X7 or an E6, you’re all set, but those who have the Symbian^3 Nokias need to do this.

Symbian Anna update for Nokia N8 and E7 hits the Nokia servers - GSMArena.com news

Symbian Anna update for Nokia N8 and E7 hits the Nokia servers - GSMArena.com news

17 August, 2011 

Hey, Nokia fans, the wait is almost over. Nokia has uploaded the Symbian Anna firmware for E7 and N8 on its servers and the updates should start rolling out any moment now.





The Symbian community has been waiting for those updates since the announcement of the Symbian Anna back in April. It seems they are finally coming to the E7 and N8 smartphones all over the world.