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  Just as expected, Nokia has released the much awaited Belle OS update for Symbian devices. The update arrives on devices running Symbian Anna OS which includes the Nokia N8, E7, E6, X7, C6-01, C7 and the Nokia Oro. I just updated the Nokia E6 to the new OS and I must say, the first [...]

  Nokia has clung to the Symbian name for almost a decade but it seems all will change with the upcoming Symbian Belle update. Finnish giant will release the Nokia Belle update for its existing phones running Symbian Anna OS. New “enhanced” versions of Nokia N8, C7 and C6-01 are already pre-installed with Nokia Belle [...]

  UPDATE: Direct Download Links below. Apple has released the much awaited iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Users can plug their devices to allow iTunes to search automatically or users can manually click on Check for Update for the latest version. The iOS 5 is a huge upgrade which now comes [...]

  LiMo Foundation and Linux Foundation have come together to develop a new open-source OS called Tizen. Both Foundations have decided to combine their existing operating systems viz. LiMo OS and MeeGo to create Tizen which will be a standards-based, cross-architecture software platform OS. Tizen will be an open-source OS that will use code from [...]

  Lucky day for Windows developers today. In addition to the detailed preview of Windows 8 OS, Microsoft also announced to give away Samsung tablets running the developer preview version of the OS. The unnamed Samsung tablet is packed with some powerful hardware like Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD, 11.6-inch Super PLS [...]

  Microsoft today extensively previewed the upcoming operating system codenamed Windows 8. The new OS shown at the BUILD conference will be like a one OS for all, including PCs, mobile phones and tablets. Some of the interesting features that you’ll find in the new OS is the Metro Style UI, fully touch optimized interface, [...]

  Microsoft, for the first time has unveiled the new user interface that will be present in Windows 8. As you can see, the new interface of Windows 8 is heavily influenced by Windows Phone 7 and the reason behind is to make the OS work well on various screen sizes and type (touchscreen or [...]

  Apple also announced the newer version of iOS that will be pre-installed in the new iPad 2. The iOS 4.3 will come with many features that will improve the overall experience of users with iOS devices. Few features and improvements include Safari browser is claimed to be more faster due to the integration of [...]

  After weeks of speculation about Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft, both companies have confirmed their affiliation. The specific details of the agreement are still being worked out but it’s confirmed that Nokia will adopt Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS as the main smartphone platform. Other things that will be integrated under the new agreement: – Bing [...]

  At a press conference yesterday, Google announced couple of news related to Chrome. The first being the Chrome Web Store. It’s an app store for your browser with all the web apps, extensions and themes. The Chrome Web Store is now available to consumers and though Google claims the store is online only in [...]

  Microsoft has a reason to celebrate. Sure, Windows 7 has completed a year in the computer OS arena but it is the OS’ success that is more important. In a year of its launch, MS has sold more than 240 million copies of Windows 7 that includes retail sales as well as OEM licenses. [...]

  Nokia today announced its latest development strategy that will unify development environment for Nokia’s smartphone OS – Symbian and MeeGo. Qt will be sole application development framework that will allow developers to deploy their apps quickly to the existing and future range of Symbian devices as well as the MeeGo platform. This ensures a [...]

  HP has announced a significant update to Palm’s webOS operating system. The webOS now jumps to version 2.0 and brings a lot of new features. Some of the notable one found in webOS 2.0 are improved multitasking, Just Type, HP Synergy, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, Skype Mobile (Verizon users only), browser with HTML5 support, [...]

  Windows Phone 7 phones don’t go official for another 15-20 minutes but someone at AT&T have decided otherwise. AT&T’s website has revealed three phones that will be powered by Windows Phone 7 OS. The phones are HTC’s Surround, Samsung Focus and LG Quantum. HTC Surround seems to be a perfect entertainment device that features [...]

  It’s 10-10 today and Canonical has chosen a perfect day to unleash Ubuntu’s new release. The Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat makes one of the best Linux distros even better and is now available for download. The Ubuntu 10.10 brings in a lot of new features like the Unity UI for the netbook edition, which [...]