Nokia 603 announced , Symbian Belle on board

Nokia just announced its next Symbian Belle device ie the Nokia 603. The phone joins the ever increasing family of Symbian Belle devices and is powered by a 1Ghz processor. The 603 comes in a range of exciting colors. The screen is a 3.5″ Clear Black Display panel which should ensure great visibility even in sunlight.

Specs :

• 1Ghz processor coupled with 512MB RAM
• Seven hours talktime and 460 hours in standby
• The phone measures 113.5 x 57.1 x 12.7mm and weighs 106.9g.
• Pentaband reception (WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900)
• Bluetooth 3.0
• WiFi
• NFC Support
• 5MP camera with 720p video recording
• 1500mAh battery

The phone will be available in Q4 2011 and will retail for about EUR 200 at launch.

Hear the Symbian Belle story, as told by its designers [VIDEO]

As Symbian Belle gets ready to start rolling to Symbian handsets near you, Nokia has released another story in its blog about the latest update of the platform. The company got the Belle designers to talk about the background of their creation in this nice 4-minute video.

So if you want to know more about the action going on behind the scenes here’s your chance. You will also learn what Nokia’s top priorities when creating Touch UIs are and what makes great user experience according to the Finns’ R&D team.

Now take a comfortable seat and hit that play button.

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Nokia 603 with Symbian Belle Leaked

Nokia is all set to announce the first Windows Phone devices at Nokia World. But it seems that they will also be releasing a Symbian handset. The phone in the picture above is the Nokia 603 which runs on Symbian Belle.

The device had previously appeared on UA (User Agent) profiles and FCC documents. The promo pics show the phone supporting 6 homescreens.

The rumoured specifications of the phone are as follows:

• Symbian Belle OS and Nokia Browser 7.4
• 1GHz ARM 11 Processor
• Touchscreen with 360×640 Pixels Resolution
• microSIM
• 5 Megapixel EDOF Camera
• EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA
• Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
• Interchangeable Covers

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Nokia Symbian Belle Smartphones to get Microsoft Apps

Nokia has announced that they would offer Microsoft Apps, that are a collection of Microsoft productivity applications for the upcoming Symbian Belle phones. Some of the Microsoft Apps include Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast and Microsoft Document Connection.

List of Microsoft Apps with Symbian Belle

• Microsoft OneNote – rich note taking with images. Syncs with Microsoft SkyDrive
• Microsoft Lyn 2010 Mobile – cost efficient IM, presence, audio and web meetings on the go.
• Microsoft Document Connection – single view to documents stored on mobile, including email attachments as well as documents on SharePoint 2010 sites.
• Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast – view broadcasts of presentations directly from PC to mobile.
• Microsoft OneNote sync with SharePoint

The Microsoft Apps would be delivered via software update over the air or via PC download for Nokia N8, Nokia C7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia 700, Nokia 701, Nokia 600 and Nokia Oro.

This would be available by the end of Q4 2011 with broad consumer availability at the beginning of 2012. The Microsoft OneNote sync with SharePoint would be available after this update.