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Nokia Starts Rollout of Nokia Belle

Nokia has commenced the rollout of Nokia Belle to existing Symbian handset owners, bringing a range of enhancements and new features for users to enjoy. The update is available for the Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7 and Nokia Oro. The update will be made available for the Nokia 500 in the next few weeks. Once users have updated their handsets to Nokia Belle, they will see 6 homescreens instead of three, larger live Widgets on the screen, with fast access to popular services and applications. Additionally Microsoft apps Lync and OneNote will be made available to...

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Nokia Confirm Lumia 800 in White

With lots of white snow on the ground here in the UK at the moment, it seems an opportune moment for Nokia to give official confirmation to the Nokia Lumia 800 in White. Available around the end of February/beginning of March, the White Lumia 800 is the same inside as previous versions of the device, same 1.4 GHz processor, 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack display and same Windows Phone software. Nokia state that the process of selection meant working through hundreds of pigments to find the 'perfect white'. The colour is embedded into the polycarbonate body, which means it should remain a vibrant...

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Skype Now Available for Nokia Belle

Symbian may not be the OS of choice for new Nokia devices these days, but there are still many devices in use worldwide. Now Skype have released an update to their app, bringing their services to Symbian handsets running Nokia Belle. Formerly known as Symbian Belle, Nokia Belle is found on recently released devices such as the Nokia 603 and Nokia 701, and will also be rolled out to existing devices including the Nokia N8, Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01 during February. The Skype app will support Skype-to-Skype voice calls via 3G and WiFi, as well as instant messaging, SMS, picture sending...

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Nokia Sells Over 1 Million Lumia Phones, Posts Heavy Q4 Losses

Nokia has released details of their earnings from Q4 2011, showing heavy losses of 1.07 billion Euro, contrasting to a profit of 745 million Euro in Q4 2010. The overall number of Nokia smartphones also declined, with 19.6 million units sold during the last quarter of 2011, a decline in sales of 31 percent compared to the year before. The positive aspect of the smartphone sales, though, has to be the number of Lumia devices sold, with Nokia stating that over 1 million devices have been sold to date. Nokia also state their intention to introduce the Lumia range into new...

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About Nokia phones

Nokia are probably the most well known and respected name when it comes to mobile phones. They are the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world after all. They continue to produce some of the best selling handsets available today on the UK market.

Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is the leading manufacturer of phones in the world. They have developed and manufactured phone handsets since their inception and continue to innovate in the mobile sector leading the way for others to follow focusing on ease of use and reliability.

They continue to develop and manufacture some of the best selling handsets on the market because of their ease of use and reliability. Nokia have sold in excess of a billion mobile phone handsets worldwide.

The Nokia range of phones includes the E-series for enterprise phones, N-series for powerful multimedia phones, the X series (formerly Xpress Music) range of dedicated music phones and the newly formed C series focusing on communication smart phones.

The new range of phones are named 1-9 upwards with 1 being the lowest tech and cheapest price up to the highend 9 being the most expensive and feature rich.

History of Nokia phones

From the beginning of GSM handsets Nokia battled Motorola their US based rivals to establish themselves as the world number one when it came to the manufacturing of mobile handsets. They continue to innovate focusing on reliability and usability.

Nokia's early successful mobile phones included the block designed Nokia 1101 followed by the Nokia 2100 series handsets. They then went on to develop popular phones including the Nokia 2110 which was seen as the first true business mobile phone and the Nokia 6310 which was one of the most popular mobile phones ever and is still sought after today. Followed shortly by the so called 'Banana' phone - the Nokia 8110, made famous by its appearance in The Matrix series of films.

They then went on to release the first WAP enabled mobile phone handset - the Nokia 7110 followed by the Nokia 6650 their first 3G enabled handset offering greater mobile internet speeds than WAP devices.

2001 brought about the Nokia 9210 Communicator their first ever Symbian operated handset. Further innovation then saw the release of the first European camera mobile phone - the Nokia 7650 handset.

With Symbian being such a success because of the ability to install additional software onto a handset, they developed the E-series their enterprise range and multimedia range the N-series to enhance their Symbian mobile phone range. Nokia went on to develop the Xpress Music range of MP3 phones that focuses solely on being a music playing device as well as a mobile phone - the range debuting their first ever touch screen handset.

In May 2009 Nokia opened their Ovi store where Nokia users can download and install applications, upload images and video, access Nokia maps and backup their important settings to further enhance their mobile phone experience.

Nokia will continue to develop and innovate the latest enhancements at the forefront of the mobile phone market.