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  Nokia today unveiled the 808 PureView that touts a 41 megapixel camera sensor. As exciting it may sound, one important thing to note here is that the phone does not really capture a 41MP image but uses pixel oversampling technique which combines many pixels to create a single super pixel that results in a [...]

  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 added a new phone to its Symbian Belle lineup. Nokia 603 will be an affordable smartphone aimed at first time smartphone users. Priced at around 200 euros, Nokia 603 will be powered by a fast 1GHz processor and come with a 3.5-inch ClearBlack nHD (640×360) display, 14.4Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, [...]

Well, there may be no date of release for the next version of Android, the Ice cream sandwich, but Nokia will be rolling out the Symbian Belle on October 26. Remember, October 26 is the date when Nokia World 2011 will kick off. The update will roll as on OTA and also through the Ovi [...]

  Nokia has finally released the much awaited Anna update for Symbian^3 devices. Available for Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 and E7, the Symbian Anna update brings in lots of new features like an improved user interface with ‘squircle’ icons, split messaging screen and most importantly, portrait QWERTY keyboard support. Other features in the update are [...]

  Press images of Nokia’s upcoming budget smartphone codenamed Zeta has been leaked. Website, Know Your Mobile were handed this shot but without any explicit details about the device. The only confirmed features are the phone’s new Symbian OS dubbed as Belle, a 5MP camera with LED flash, VGA camera on the front and a [...]

  Nokia has kicked off Nokia Connection in Singapore by confirming the release date of Symbian Anna update for already released Symbian^3 phones like N8, E7, C7 and C6-01. Post July, all these phones sold in the retail market will be pre-loaded with the Symbian Anna update whereas users using these devices can expect the [...]

  If blinged phones are your thing, Nokia has got something to excite you. Behold the Nokia Oro that boasts an 18ct gold-plated body, sapphire crystal and leather back. Nokia says the use of high quality materials not only increases its aesthetic appeal but also makes the phone sturdier and durable. Internally, the phone still [...]

  In what could be one of the biggest decisions for Nokia after the Microsoft partnership, Nokia will cut loose about 4,000 employees worldwide. The personnel reduction will be completed by end of 2012 and will also reduce the workforce in Nokia’s home country by 1,400 employees. Another astonishing move is to transfer about 3,000 [...]

  In addition to unveiling X7, Nokia also outed a business-centric E6 phone. The phone boasts the newly announced Symbian Anna OS and features a high resolution 2.46-inch VGA touchscreen display. Additionally, you’d find a full QWERTY keyboard, up to 10.2Mbps HSDPA, 8MP camera with dual LED flash, 720p HD video capture, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, [...]

  With Nokia adopting Windows Phone 7 as the main platform, the fate of Nokia’s Symbian OS and MeeGo was uncertain. However, Nokia has come clean saying that both the platforms will continue to survive albeit both will have a different approach. Symbian will now become a franchise platform to Windows Phone 7, which means [...]

  Symbian Foundation today announced that they’ll no longer develop the Symbian platform but would rather become a simple licensing body. This decision comes after the non-profit organisation failed to capture attention of phone manufacturers except Nokia. However, this does not mean the end of the world’s widely used smartphone OS. Nokia issued a separate [...]

  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 [...]

  Symbian Foundation has confirmed that Lee Williams, Executive Director of the organization has stepped down from his position, effective immediately. The reason stated for the resignation is for “personal reasons” but considering the current state of Symbian OS in the market, the actual reason could be much more than personal. Tim Holbrow, Symbian Foundation’s [...]

  Sony Ericsson is the latest company to leave the world’s most used smartphone OS for the new shiny Google operating system. Sony Ericsson’s spokesperson, Aldo Liguori confirmed to Bloomberg that they have “no plans to develop any new products to the Symbian Foundation standard or operating system.” This is major blow to Symbian as [...]