nokia n8 with nokia belle Nokia Belle download begins

The wait is over! Nokia startet to roll out Nokia Belle to the latest Symbian Nokia smartphones. Currently user of the Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7, or Nokia Oro can download Nokia Belle via the Nokia Suite. For Nokia 500, Nokia Belle will be made available within the next few weeks.

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Marko Ahtisaari 007 The Guardians Interview with Nokias Marko Ahtisaari

The Guardian recently published an indeed interesting interview with Nokia’s executive vice president of design, Marko Ahtisaari. In the interview Athisaari talks about he evolution of smartphones as well as the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia N9.

One commentator, I say, described the Lumia 800 as like the negative of the iPhone 4: it’s rounded where that is square, square where that is rounded, curved where that is flat. And it feels really nice in the hand. So was the Lumia/N9 thought of as a negative of the iPhone?

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Symbian Belle new widgets New Homescreen Widgets and Dynamic Icons Coming on Symbian Belle?

A Hawk eye over at Symbian Tweet spotted new widgets and apps on a commercial for the Nokia 700. On the phone in the middle you can see icons for a Twitter app and a Skype widget with notifiers right beside it.
Just to the left of the phone you see Nokia will also introduce a new mail icon with also with a notifier on the icon. If you look all the way to the right you will see a Flickr app and new Photo gallery widget.
With a Nokia Belle roll out due to start next month it will not be long till we get all these great new features and finally my Nokia N8 will the OS it deserves. I for one cannot wait, roll on next month. What about you, which widget is the one you use most?

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 Freeware: Ask Ziggy brings Siri to your Windows Phone

With the iPhone 4S Apple introduced Siri which putted voice recognition and the way you interact to a new level. However, now a really talented developer created th Windows Phone app ‘Ask Ziggy‘.

Ask Ziggy is your Personal Assistant that goes beyond Siri functionality. You can Call, Text, Email your contacts, Update Windows Live, Facebook, and Twitter, Get Weather, Stock Values, Flight Statuses, Get Ziggy to do Math, or ask any question you want (i.e. Who is the tallest person?) all by speaking to your phone.

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Screen Capture 5 210x350 custom Update for WhatsApp brings group chat Screen Capture 4 210x350 custom Update for WhatsApp brings group chat

The most popular messaging service WhatsApp just got an update for Windows Phone devices. Version 1.5 is available via the Marketplace for free and brings the long awaited group chat function.

Other changes according to the guys of  WP Central are:

  • able to delete large conversations
  • faster insertion and removal of messages to and from local storage
  • faster creation of favorites

So, go ahead and get the latest version of WhatsApp.

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Nokia 801T Lands in China with Symbian TD SCDMA Connectivity 3 369x369 custom Nokia 801T is with TV antenna and Symbian is officially going to be released in China

Nokia announced the launch of the 801T earlier this week, it sports a 4 inch screen and comes with a TV antenna and NFC. That means it is going to enable users to receive signals to watch television on their phone.

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