Nokia unveils Symbian Belle, looks Android-ish

24 August, 2011
Belle offers six homescreens with resizable widgets, pull-down notification area and flat menu.

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  • mohan@225
  • uWt
  • 26 Aug 2011

being an android user(Galaxy Ace), i agree with lot of people who are saying it looks androish.....But we have to give credit to nokia for coming with this new OS. They made very good phone's in terms of build quality and battery life...Every smart phone does have its own pros and cons. My galaxy Ace rocks in performance but poor in build quality and failed in battery.. so its just matter of user choice what exactly he wants to have in his mobile...All the best to noikia..hope u can do better with this new OS.

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    • iphoneDragon
    • myx
    • 26 Aug 2011

    JunePhilippines, 26 Aug 2011hahahaha... i own both iPhone 4 and Nokia E7... i dont use ... moreI know symby is luggy.I play angry birds with my sg2. prefer larger screen

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      • JunePhilippines
      • t7G
      • 26 Aug 2011

      [deleted post]hahahaha... i own both iPhone 4 and Nokia E7... i dont use iPhone for business... i only use it for angry bird. LOL

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        • supercow
        • Kxr
        • 26 Aug 2011

        Jo jo, 25 Aug 2011Ny andriod user wil tel u tat tis os is a full on coppy of ... morespeak real english!

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          • GrainySnapshot
          • PP7
          • 26 Aug 2011

          Elop said that Nokia is now committed to Windows Phone 7 as its primary smart phone platform. I guess that must mean that Symbian Belle is just something Nokia whipped up in its spare time, kind of for laughs. As with Meego, just put it together in their lunchbreak and during afternoon coffee, the hardware guys whipped up a few new phones just to run the hobby OS. Yep, I get Nokia's new corporate direction oh yep yep yep. If this is what they whip up for fun, their WP7 phones are going to fly you to the moon.

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            • AnonD-11222
            • vbR
            • 26 Aug 2011

            Jo jo, 25 Aug 2011Ny andriod user wil tel u tat tis os is a full on coppy of ... morewell any Nokia user will tell you that Android is copy of Maemo 5 so in reality belle is copy of maemo 5 Android is still best dumb OS it has unbeatable features like laggy UI even using dual core(LG optimus), bad battery (you have to carry a nuclear reactor for that), poor camera(HTC's), poor sound Quality (well most of them)except sammy and SE

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              • AnonD-5930
              • utc
              • 26 Aug 2011

              DP, 25 Aug 2011Jayant, Many apps that you need for day to day use are alre... moreHi DP,

              thx for the reply . will go through the link you have sent. thx again

              jayant

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                • khalid
                • 04$
                • 26 Aug 2011

                i hope this update will revive nokia again

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                  • Koda_Mikey
                  • fsV
                  • 26 Aug 2011

                  Yeah! Dats right. Dont mind Dem android haters. Dey ar Jus sacred Nokia Is getting better.

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                    • Imran
                    • 7tF
                    • 26 Aug 2011

                    Android,Symbian,iOS,Samsung Bada.... All are just doing work on so called User friendly ui and eyecandy... What about Chinese mobile's ui, much beutiful than these all????

                    Believe or not, still BlackBerry rox.....

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                      • AnonD-123
                      • NGf
                      • 26 Aug 2011

                      Anonymous, 25 Aug 2011If this had come out with the N8 a year ago I'm sure people... moreYeah. I wanted Belle on the E7 a year ago as I prefer physical keyboards. Coming out with something this good for Symbian after Nokia announced their commitment to move to Windows Phone just makes Belle seem more like a swan song rather than a product with a bright future.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • R0K
                        • 26 Aug 2011

                        Check this out! Nokia ROCKS for Symbian Belle!!! Imagine the same look and feel of android using less resources from your phone........don't look at an android or apple phone....check Nokia out!!! NFC is awesome and as a user of both Android and Symbian......I say Symbian all the way. Keep up the improvements and Nokia will rule the world!!!

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                          • Jo jo
                          • vbP
                          • 25 Aug 2011

                          Ny andriod user wil tel u tat tis os is a full on coppy of the android user interface...the home screen, d widgets, the menu layout...all is coppied frm android bt d only difference is that nokia has made it look cheap...andriod is still d best!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • nxb
                            • 25 Aug 2011

                            If this had come out with the N8 a year ago I'm sure people would not feel the way they do about Nokia now. Nokia are not dead but they have sure hurt them selfs but being to slow on things like this.

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                              • AnonD-11559
                              • t7A
                              • 25 Aug 2011

                              AnonD-2725, 25 Aug 2011Oh yeah Nokia is going to take over the world, ya right!!!!... moreOh yeah and Maemo is the 1st to use this feature before android so what was it again "copy" better research first troll..

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Ui%
                                • 25 Aug 2011

                                I hope they release it on E6

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                                  • AnonD-16342
                                  • mQR
                                  • 25 Aug 2011

                                  AnonD-2725, 25 Aug 2011Oh yeah Nokia is going to take over the world, ya right!!!!... moreWhy are you even here if you have so much hate for nokia??

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                                    • AnonD-2725
                                    • fw7
                                    • 25 Aug 2011

                                    AnonD-5950, 25 Aug 2011It's okay by the way.. Nokia want to suit into the current ... moreSpoken like a true clown!

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                                      • AnonD-2725
                                      • fw7
                                      • 25 Aug 2011

                                      Pokis, 25 Aug 2011Awesome! Thanks Nokia and keep doing this, you gonna be bet... moreOh yeah Nokia is going to take over the world, ya right!!!! All they did is copy Android. Noika is a dead fish.

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                                        • Rv232001
                                        • t7X
                                        • 25 Aug 2011

                                        its Nokia's time to shine. Apple is out!