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Behind the stage – the Nokia 808 PureView

The Nokia 808 PureView is going to hit the market later this months and the Finns have decided, that it’s time to remind us the most important stuff about the device. After all, they have been working on the smartphone for 5 years and the PureView technology, which won the TIPA Best Imaging Innovation award, is going to become a vital part of the company’s future smartphones, especially the Lumia series.

To do so Nokia have published an 8 minute video, which has been shot entirely using the phone. The clip gives us information, through interviews, about the path from the initial idea – sketched on a napkin, to the final device. Throughout the years, Nokia had to develop their own photo sensor and the technologies, needed for its production, because the available ones turned out to be too limited for the company’s needs.

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Nokia’s latest ad shot entirely using an 808 PureView

We’re expecting sales of the 808 PureView – Nokia’s stunning 41MP cameraphone, which was revealed at the Mobile World Congress this year, to start next month and the Finns are already preparing their marketing campaign for the device. As a result, a video ad appeared on the company’s profile in YouTube, which is said to have been shot using nothing, but the phone itself, though, sadly, it’s not available in Full HD resolution despite the 808′s 1080p shooting capabilities. Of course, most of the pictures in the scenes were probably shot in controlled environment at perfect light conditions, but as most reviews of the device show – you don’t have to be an expert to shoot a great photo or video with the PureView device.

The technology, which is used in the 808′s camera software is on its way to the company’s future Windows Phone devices as well, but if you don’t mind the fact, that the Nokia 808 PureView is using Symbian, and you’re looking for a capable smartphone with a great camera, it may turn out to be just the device, which you’re looking for. B. A.

Nokia Belle FP1 update for Nokia 701, 700 and 603

The owners of Nokia 701, 700 and 603 can now update the device software to version Nokia Belle FP1, which has many interesting changes. Firstly, the CPU clock speed is increased from 1GHz up to 1,3 GHz, which should further improve the overall performance of the devices and the optimization of memory management + the graphics system.

In addition, the Nokia Belle FP1 update brings a new and faster version of the browser, new widgets to the main screen, improvements in bar notifications, improved applications manager and Dolby Digital Plus technology. The FP1 update also includes a new versions of various applications such as Microsoft Apps and Nokia Maps Suite 2.0.

So far, the update is already started in Asia and soon will reach all European users too.

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Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 will not reach the first generation of phones with Symbian ^3 (Nokia N8, C7, E7, C6-01, X7, E6), but they may acquire some of the improvements.

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Microsoft Office now available for Symbian^3 devices

Being able to work with office documents on their mobile phone is vital for many smartphone users and there are a lot of office applications on the market, mostly paid, to satisfy their needs. There are, of course, some platforms, like Windows Phone, which have a built-in office app, but than again that’s only natural, considering the facts, that Microsoft is behind both products. From now on, though, the mobile version of Microsoft Office is going to be available for free on another platform as well – Symbian. The package includes Word Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile and Excel Mobile, which allow you to work with documents, while their functionality is almost the same as the PC Microsoft Office.

The phones, for which the mobile Office is currently available are: Nokia 701, 700, 603, E7, X7, C7, Oro and C6-01, though you’ll have to install the application through your computer using the Nokia Software Update, as it has yet to appear on the Nokia Store in the next couple of weeks.The Nokia N8, E6 and 500 are going to receive the application a bit later and the Nokia 808 PureView is going to be sold with it pre-installed. B. A.

Symbian’s Market Share Smaller Than Windows Phone’s…at Least in England

As it turns out, Symbian smartphones are selling eve worse than Nokia had predicted. After the release of the company’s first Windows Phone devices, the current Nokia-users are expected to transfer from the old platform to the new one and such an occurrence. According to the statistics, provided by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Symbian’s market share in England is 2.4% (down from 12.6% last year), which places the platform right behind Microsoft’s OS, which has 2.5% (compared to 0.5% last year).

Still, there are also good news for Nokia – the Lumia 800 is the best-sold Windows Phone device in the UK, accounting for a total of 87% of the sales of such devices. On the other hand, Windows Phone has a long way to go until it catches up with the current leaders – Andoroid (currently 48.5%, up from 37.8% last year), iOS (28.7% up from 22.7%) and Blackberry (17.1% down from 24.4%). B. A.

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The (Symbian) Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 Update

Along with the Nokia 808 PureView, the next major Symbian update was revealed. Surprisingly it’s not the Carla, as we thought it would, but rather “Belle Feature Pack 1″ , so it’s a sort of update of the Belle update. Still, it features a lot of improvements for both personalisation and performance. The FP1 is going to be available for the 603, 700 and 701 in the recent future and it’s going to bring Dolby Headphone and Dolby Digital Plus support for the devices, providing a better quality of sound, when connecting your device to a home cinema or headphones.

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The Nokia 803

It’s very likely that the last Symbian device (Nokia 803 running Symbian Belle) will be revealed at the Mobile Congress. The smartphone, which is probably going to be the platforms swan song, is expected to be a successor of the Nokia N8 with even better photographical capabilities. According to the latest rumors, the device is going to have a 4″ AMOLED screen (so far it was though to have a 3.5″ one) as long as an HDMI port, microSD slot and NFC capabilities.

It’s most important feature, though, is probably the photo sensor – the biggest one ever to be put in a phone (the current leader is the Nokia N8 and the results are quite simply amazing). According to the rumors, the device is going to hit the market this May. B. A.

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Nokia to only release one more Symbian device?

When they announced they’re going to use Windows Phone as their main mobile OS about one year ago, Nokia also stated, that they’re planning to sell 150 million more Symbian devices before “retiring” the platform. After they published their financial results for Q4 of 2011, they announced, that this goal may be unreachable, because of the decreasing sales of Symbian devices and the strong competition with cheaper Android phones, but the Finns assured us, that the platform would still be supported until 2016 – in just a matter of days, we’re expecting the Symbian Belle update to be released and the next one – Carla, is also on the way.

Meanwhile, rumors have it, that Nokia have abandoned work on all future Symbian phones, but one – the successor of the N8 – Nokia’s legendary smartphone, which still has one of the best cameras ever fitted on a phone. It’s still unknown what kind of technical specifications the device is going to feature, but we can’t wait to find out. B. A.

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The PR1.2 update for Nokia N9

Back in November, information leaked about an incoming update for the Nokia N9, which still hasn’t arrived. Still, users probably won’t have to wait long for the update, known as PR1.2, in fact, it might come in a number of days, perhaps along with the Symbian Belle update for the N8 and the other first-generation Symbian^3 devices, which is due to arrive in the beginning of February.

New information about the MeeGo update was posted on talk.maemo.com, according to which, someone received a Nokia N9 with the update preinstalled, thanks to which pretty much everything worth knowing about the update is is now known. There are a lot of changes and some of them are quite important, such as an upgrade of the Camera and Gallery applications, as well as support for folders, such as the ones in iOS and Android. The front-facing camera is also going to receive video-calling functionality, though it’s still unknown whether it’s going to work with 3rd party apps or just the preinstalled Gtalk and Skype clients. B. A.

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