Nokia to block unauthorised access to NaviFirm at the end of January

Not so good news for Nokia users who are used to tap into the vast database of NaviFirm to download the firmware dedicated to the Nokia. Nokia seems to have chosen to block unauthorized access to NaviFirm by the end of January. 

Viber is now available for Symbian smartphones

A few hours after the official announcement , the popular instant messaging client lands in Nokia Store. The application is currently available for Symbian S60 5th edition and Symbian ^3 devices and can be downloaded and installed via Nokia Suite (not yet directly from your smartphone). Viber requires a few simple steps to be configured after installation and integrates with your address book contacts identifying customers who already use the application.

Nokia Lumia 920 vs. Nokia 808 PureView - The differences between the cameras explained by Damian Dinning

Damian Dinning,  the most authoritative voice when you look at the Nokia cameraphone, explained in detail the main differences between the camera of the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia 808 PureView. Both smartphones feature a camera called "PureView" but have important differences.

New firmware 111.40.805 for Nokia N8 sighted on Navifirm

Navifirm is the ideal source to discover the new firmware coming for the Nokia devices. And today on the server that contains all the firmware and final test of the devices made by Nokia appeared new update for Nokia N8 .The firmware 111.40.805 for the ever-present camera phone was the terminus in Navifirm and has already been installed by some users who have begun to highlight the first innovations introduced and confirmed at the same time, that it is not of the expected update to Nokia Belle Refresh.

Fring is updated with support for Nokia Belle

Fring team, with an eloquent message via Twitter confirmed the possibility of using the popular VoIP and instant messaging client with the Nokia Belle. The new software release 4.5.18, now available for download seems to have definitively resolved the technical difficulties that prevented the use of the client operating system with Nokia Photos with the previous version. The application, as is known  supports the major IM services and allows both video and VoIP calls. 

WhatsApp for Symbian updated to version 2.8.7

The developers of the popular application WhatsApp , dedicated to instant messaging does not seem to slacken the pace of release of updates for its Symbian client.

Usually the new software releases reaches the Symbian users often unfortunately without being accompanied by the official changelog, as its is the case of the recent version 2.8.7,which was released today by the WhatsApp development team without a changelog too.

Nokia Belle FP 2 Demo – Keyboard, Music Player & Lock Screen (Video)

The long-awaited update of the Nokia Belle is still on the road-map of the Nokia smartphone sof recent production, starting with the Nokia 808 PureView. Now we have Nokia Belle feature pack 2 featured in video and  this time installed on Nokia 701. The video will show you some of the new Feature Pack 2 Belle including the keyboard, the new music player, the renewed lockscreen and the web browser.

Nokia expands distribution and active pre-orders in Brazil for the Nokia Lumia 900 and Nokia 808 PureView

Another important element is added to the business strategy of the Finnish manufacturer, clearly committed to expanding distribution channels for its smartphones. Recently, Nokia has launched in Brazil pre-orders of the Nokia 900 Lumia ,the current top-of-the-line Lumia, and the Nokia 808 PureView, the device that has set standards unmatched by cameraphone competitors. The data must not be underestimated, especially if it is placed in relation to the overall strategy. Brazil is in fact, an emerging market that offers excellent prospects for development of the smartphone industry.

Nokia showing the new features of Symbian Belle Feature Pack 1 (Video)

Although it was made ​​official a couple of months ago and released in the first half of April, Nokia has decided to upload a new video on its YouTube channel to quickly explain some of the most important new features introduced with Symbian FP1 Belle.

Preinstalled on Nokia 808 PureView, Belle FP1 was also recently released the Nokia 603, Nokia 700 and Nokia 701, putting aside the various N8, E7, E6, C6-01, X7, 500 and C7.

Nokia extends its partnership with Carl Zeiss and began marketing the Nokia 808 Pure View

With two new press releases, Nokia has officially announced the start of the sales of the Nokia 808 PureView, as we had anticipated more than once , Nokia will start its conquest of the European and Asian markets in the coming days, arriving first in Russia and India, and that the partnership with Carl Zeiss has been further extended.

Considering the innovation introduced by Nokia with PureView, it is impossible not to consider a partnership with Carl Zeiss essential to the Finnish manufacturer, hoping that in future all its smartphones will continue to differ in quality (photographic) than many other competitors.

These are the words of Jo Harlow, Nokia's executive vice president of Smart Devices:

"Carl Zeiss has been a key partner to give birth to their first PureView. The benefits of our collaboration will ensure the passing of months and years PureView important innovations for the range, with consequent improvements in mobile imaging. "

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