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Nokia announces three new models running Symbian Belle OS

24 August 2011 by
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• Nokia 100
• Nokia 101
• Nokia 103
• Nokia 110
• Nokia 111
• Nokia 500
• Nokia 600
• Nokia 603
• Nokia 700
• Nokia 701
• Nokia 808 PureView
• Nokia Asha 200
• Nokia Asha 201
• Nokia Asha 202
• Nokia Asha 203
• Nokia Asha 205
• Nokia Asha 205 Dual SIM
• Nokia Asha 210
• Nokia Asha 300
• Nokia Asha 302
• Nokia Asha 303
• Nokia Asha 305
• Nokia Asha 306
• Nokia Asha 308
• Nokia Asha 309
• Nokia Asha 311
• Nokia Asha 501
• Nokia C2-00
• Nokia C2-02
• Nokia C2-03
• Nokia C2-05
• Nokia C2-06
• Nokia C5-00 5MP
• Nokia C5-06
• Nokia E6-00
• Nokia Lumia 1020
• Nokia Lumia 510
• Nokia Lumia 520
• Nokia Lumia 610
• Nokia Lumia 610 NFC
• Nokia Lumia 620
• Nokia Lumia 710
• Nokia Lumia 720
• Nokia Lumia 800
• Nokia Lumia 820
• Nokia Lumia 822
• Nokia Lumia 900
• Nokia Lumia 920
• Nokia Lumia 925
• Nokia Lumia 928
• Nokia N9
• Nokia Oro
• Nokia X1-00
• Nokia X1-01
• Nokia X2-02
• Nokia X2-05
• Nokia X7-00
Nokia 600, Nokia 700 and Nokia 701 announced today are three touch screen smartphones running the latest version of the Symbian operating system

Nokia 600, Nokia 700, Nokia 701 running Symbian Belle

Symbian is not dead. At least not yet. Nokia are committed to support the platform five more years. We will therefore see more Symbian handset in the future. The three models announced today are the first running on the latest version of Symbian. The Symbian Belle operating system launched today will later be available for older handsets as well. The Nokia N8, E6, E7, C6-01, C7 and X7 are all compatible with the new OS and owners of these smartphones will in a short while be able to update to Symbian Belle.

New features in Belle are

  • 6 home screens
  • Widgets. Re-sizable and live widgets
  • Notifications in a new pull down menu
  • Built in NFC for sharing content
  • Improved status bar
  • Modernised navigation
  • New apps. Microsoft Lync, Sharepoint, OneNote, Exchange ActiveSync and PowerPoint Broadcaster. All from Microsoft
  • Lock screen now informs about missed calls and received messages
  • Visual multitasking

Symbian Belle brings Widgets to the platform. The widgets can be resized and rearranged.
Symbian Belle landscape view. New navigation and options bare at the bottom of the screen. Up to six home screens.
Symbian Belle home screen with customized widgets running. Notice the new toggle-widgets and the new Near-Field Communictions NFC switch
Symbian Belle with new drop down status bar.
Horizontal view of the SMS app and a home screen in the new Symbian Belle operating system

According to Nokias new naming convention with numbers ranging from 100 to 900, the three Nokia models announced today have specs above average Nokia models. All three phones announced today has NFC and a 1GHz processor. The Nokia 701 are having a ClearBreak glass display. The 1300 mAh battery is claimed to give 17 hours/1110 minutes of talk time. It's the second best talk time we have registered in our phone directory only beaten by Nokia E5. Nokia 600 is built with music in mind where you can play up to 60 hours without re-charge the device. It also has a FM transmitter which could be useful when you want to play your songs over the car stereo. Nokia 600 is one of the few available smartphones with built-in FM antenna where there's no need for an connected headset. Nokia 700 is the smallest smartphone from the Finnish company measuring only 110 x 50 x 9.7mm.

Nokia 600 highlightsNokia 600

  • Weight: 100 gram
  • Size: 111 x 53 x 14.25 mm
  • Networks: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100, HSDPA 14 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.7 Mbit/s
  • 3.2 inch display, 360 x 640 pixel resolution, 16 million colours, capacitive touch screen
  • 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, face recognition, geo tagging
  • 720p HD video capture
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • A-GPS
  • NFC
  • FM Radio with built in antenna, FM transmitter
  • Both USB connector and 2 mm charging connector
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
  • 2 GB built in memory. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card
  • 1200 mAh battery
  • Talk time: 15 hours
  • Standby time: 540 minutes
  • Java
  • HTML 4.1
  • Nokia Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation. Battery last 10 hours using car navigation
  • Symbian Belle operating system

Nokia 700 highlightsNokia 700

  • Weight: 96 gram
  • Size: 110 x 50 x 9.7 mm
  • Networks: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/900/1700-2100/1900/2100, HSDPA 14 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.7 Mbit/s
  • 3.2 inch display, 360 x 640 pixel resolution, 16 million colours, capacitive touch screen
  • 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, face recognition, geo tagging, f/2.45
  • 720p HD video capture
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • A-GPS
  • NFC
  • FM Radio with built in antenna
  • Both USB connector and 2 mm charging connector
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
  • 2 GB built in memory. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card
  • 1080 mAh battery
  • Talk time: 7 hours 10 minutes
  • Standby time: 465 minutes
  • Java
  • HTML 4.1
  • Nokia Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation. Battery last 10 hours using car navigation
  • Symbian Belle operating system

Nokia 701 highlightsNokia 700

  • Weight: 131 gram
  • Size: 117 x 56.8 x 11 mm
  • Networks: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/900/1700-2100/1900/2100, HSDPA 14 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.7 Mbit/s
  • 3.5 inch display, 360 x 640 pixel resolution, 16 million colours, capacitive touch screen
  • 8 megapixel camera, LED flash, face recognition, geo tagging, f/2.8
  • 720p HD video capture with image stabilisation
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • A-GPS
  • NFC
  • FM Radia with built in antenna, FM transmitter
  • Both USB connector and 2 mm charging connector
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
  • 8 GB built in memory. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card
  • 1300 mAh battery
  • Talk time: 17 hours
  • Standby time: 504 minutes
  • Java
  • HTML 4.1
  • Nokia Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation. Battery last 10 hours using car navigation
  • Symbian Belle operating system

 




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