It’s been a long wait for early adopters of Symbian^3 handsets. However, it’s finally over now. Nokia has started to roll out the Symbian Belle software to the public. So pull out your data cable and fire up PC suite to see if it’s available in your region. The update bring enhanced UI, six homescreens instead of the three we had so far, widgets in five different sizes, NFC sharing and an Android style pull down notification bar that shows your missed calls, messages, mails and reminders along with toggles for Bluetooth and WiFi.
The phones getting it right now are the N8, C7, C6-01, E7, X7, E6 and the Oro. Nokia 500 owners will have to wait a few more weeks. And no, there is no over the air update this time. Apparently the update is too big and complex for that, so you need the latest Nokia Suite (3.3 or above) on a Windows PC and a USB cable. AllAboutSymbian says the download is 250MB plus depending on your phone. The firmware version you are looking for is 111.030.
Nokia is enabling the update product code by product code, so dont panic if your phone says no update available yet. India and the UAE are in the first lot of countries though, so most of you should be good to go. If you’ve already updated, let us know in the comments how it went!!
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