Symbian in its full glory : Finally the much awaited Nokia Belle is officially launched..!

The long awaited belle update for the N8, E7, C7, C6-01, X7, E6, Oro Nokia devices was released yesterday.
Nokia has provided everyone with details on How to update your device in the link below.

http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/nokia-belle-update/nokia-belle-update-faq

Just follow the procedure and your device will have a smooth transition to the Nokia Belle firmware.

Nokia Belle 6 Homescreens

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Features :

-Have up to six home screens with live widgets in different sizes
-Personalise your home screens with home screen widgets and shortcuts
-Get where you want to go quickly with the help of simpler menus
-See notifications and your connectivity options on any screen
-Customise your lock screen with wallpapers and important info
-Get improved apps for navigating, imaging, and browsing the web

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Nokia Belle’s new Notifications Bar

To check for updates, on your phone, select Menu -> Applications -> SW update

Nokia released an interactive video about the same :

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3REHGbxqn0

Current Supported Models :

Nokia N8
Nokia E7-00
Nokia C7
Nokia C6-01
Nokia X7
Nokia E6

More to join this league soon…..

Some tips to follow

• The Nokia Suite will download the update which a massive 303MB , so its a must that you have fast Internet connection otherwise, your update might take ages to download.
• Once the update is downloaded, the Nokia Suite transfers the update to your device, the update for me very fast, under 4 minutes.

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New Widgets in Nokia Belle

The belle OS is a such fresh outlook to your old device firmware, hope you enjoy the update. :D

Update :

My Experience..

• S^3: Stable, but battery draining issues.

• Anna: I can say, it was a big update from S^3 to Anna. UI is different, but buggy.

• Belle: After 12hr of intense use, i feel its more cool, responsive, efficient compare to his predecessors. Waiting for the final Microsoft Communicator Upgrade & Search Widget upgrade.

Android UI is very much different than Symbian Lineup. Andriod UI is more cooler than Symbian [Ok, depends on usage & platform]. I know still it doesn’t support Live wallpaper blah blah blah…….But again, it depends on the usage & Generation of people who is using it.

Belle is much more responsive, faster and easier. A lot of streamlining has been done on the interface, and it is now truly usable even if you are coming from the Android camp.

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Quite Androidish UI

All Symbian 3 and Anna applications will work on Belle even if Ovi store doesn’t say so. Nokia Belle is what Symbian should have been two years ago. If they continue at this pace, the chances of Symbian’s death will go down at least slightly

The Belle update improves video playback and camera on all devices. Try it and see for yourself :P

But One thing i can conclude is “Symbian in its full glory” & upgrade is worthy for nokia handsets…. :D