Symbian Belle update deferred till early next year

The Nokia Symbian Belle was showcased on Nokia 700 and 701 smartphones, which were launched in September. Since the launch of the Nokia 700 and 701, there has been a wave of excitement among the Nokia owners of the roll out on their devices. While Nokia had earlier revealed that N8 and E7 smartphones will be joining the list for the update soon, it is now becoming clear that this update will well stretch into next year.

According to GSM Arena, Nokia has refrained from specifying exact dates "but it is generally assumed that it will be around February 2012, thanks to some of Nokia's Facebook pages." We assume that Nokia wants to iron out all issues before officially rolling out the update. Apart from Nokia N8 and E7, the other devices scheduled for receiving the update include X7, C6-01, C7, E6, and 500.

Boasting of several improvements like Android-like notifications menus, Task Switcher, scalable live widgets, six customisable home screens, access to toggle to WiFi, Bluetooth and data connection among others, Belle was seen as a respite from the predecessor Anna. It also brings NFC support for touch-sharing of apps and also transferring information between devices as well as making payment. 

A quick look at the popular devices in line for the update:

Nokia E6

Nokia E6 sports a 2.4 inch (640 x 360) TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, a QWERTY keyboard. Measuring 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm in dimensions, the device packs in a accelerometer, proximity sensor and ambient light detector. Supporting a impressive 8-megapixels camera with dual LED flash and video recording at 720p (25 fps), Nokia E6 comes with a 8GB internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB.

Nokia X7

The Nokia X7 smartphone comes equipped with a large 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. Offering amazing quality, the smartphone comes integrated with a advanced browser,
8GB memory card and 320MB. Read More about Nokia X7

Nokia 500

Packed under the hood of the Nokia 500 is a powerful 1GHz processor. Touted as a budget smartphone, Nokia 500 comes integrated with a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 640x360 pixel resolution.
A capable 5-megapixel camera with a 4x digital zoom adorns the rear of the camera. A highly portable device at 93g, this sleek and stylish 3G enabled phone comes preloaded with Nokia Maps and supports a 2GB on-board memory, which is expandable to 32 GB using a external card. It supports a 1110 mAh Li-Ion battery which offers users a talk time of 7 hours on 2G and 5 hours of talk time on 3G network. Read More about Nokia 500

Nokia N8

Another stunning handset from Nokia family, Nokia N8 smartphone is powered with 12-megapixel camera. Priced at Rs 21,699, the device brings style and a slew of exciting features like TV on demand. Read more about Nokia N8