There is a video appeared in which a Nokia N8 to Symbian Belle, the new version of Nokia’s mobile OS, at the end of this year should release. With the new update a lot has changed in the look of Symbian, it is apparent from the video.
As you can see, that the home screens now flexible widgets, to any spot on the screen can be dragged. Also are the shortcuts with a press of a button. In current versions of Symbian, it requires many more steps to create a shortcut to add. The home screens in portrait and landscape separate parts; the layout is not taken into account,
Also, the new notification bar to see. Therein are not only notifications, but there are also shortcuts for things like wi-fi and bluetooth quickly on and off. In addition, the main menu is a search bar given to apps easier to find. In addition, the textual menu bar at the bottom replaced by a smaller bar with icons.
Symbian Belle is expected to be at the end of this year will be according to the rumor mill for the first time to see on the not yet announced device Nokia 700. Then get current smartphones, like the N8, E6, E7 and X7, update to Belle. The N8 and E7 are waiting still for an update to Symbian Anna. That is coming this or next month.
Although Nokia in the long term stops with Symbian, this and next year tens of millions of Symbian smartphones to sell. The manufacturer is stepping gradually on Microsoft’s operating system Windows Phone. The first Nokia with Windows Phone for the end of the year. Nokia has for 17 August in cooperation with Microsoft a “party with surprises” in Cologne announced.
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