Nokia showed her latest Camera Flagship Symbian phone the Nokia 808 PureView at the MWC 2012, all symbian fans are waiting for this beast camera phone with a 41MP camera sensor that make it the Best Imaging phone in the World.

Disappointedly, This PureView 41MP smartphone will be available globally everywhere except for North America (Photo below), and thats includes the US and Canada too.

Thought, Nokia didn't officially stated why this phone is not coming on the US, but it looks like Nokia want to bring the same amazing PureView technology to its Windows Phone lineup in the US instead of symbian, This is the best explanation for the situation.

Nokia 808 PureView Specifications

At the MWC 2012, Nokia showed PureView Phone that was teased before with the 41 Megapixel Camera (YES, Its not a Typo, 41.0 MP Exactly) running Symbian Belle Nokia and called "Nokia PureView 808". It is possibly the highest Camera Phone sensor in the World, yet.

The Nokia 808 PureView uses a 41 MP sensor, which captures image data from seven adjacent pixels and condenses it into one, resulting in stills at around 5 MP resolution with amazing detail and low noise levels. The optics are Carl Zeiss and there is also Xenon flash and a LED one acting as a video light. For the rest of the Specs check the Link below.

Nokia 808 PureView Full Specifications

Technically, the sensor is able to capture 3 MP, 5 MP, 8 MP, 38 MP at 4:3 aspect ratio and 2 MP, 5 MP, 8 MP, 34 MP at 16:9. Video recording goes as high as FullHD 1080p at 30 fps and there is also 720p@30fps. Video is H264 encoded and supports stereo sound. The large image sensor allows 4x zoom in 1080p and 6x in 720p. Here is a Sample Photo [Note: It's size is about 12MB, May take some time to load]

Photos Sample with 38 MP Resolution

More details on the upcoming Nokia Carla release came in. The platform previously known as Symbian will get its next update in Q3 2012, when the first smartphones running Nokia Carla will hit the shelves.

According to the latest rumors, second-gen Belle smartphone, including Nokia 603, 700 and 701 will start shipping with the new version of their OS first. Later on, the rest of the Belle-running smartphones in the Nokia portfolio will get Carla as an update. Scheduled for Q4, the update should cover N8,C7,E7,X7,E6,C6-01.

Despite what previous rumors were saying, Carla will be distributed to all smartphones currently on Belle. However, those that lack NFC capabilities and 1GHz processors will get a trimmed down version of the update to avoid performance hiccups.

As MWC hype is picking up momentum, Nokia decided to join the fun and released a short video trailer of its upcoming PureView smartphone to be release on 27,Feb at  the MWC.

The Nokia PureView is the rumored successor to the Nokia N8 camera-centered smartphone. Earlier online gossip had it its official name will be Nokia N808 PureView and it will be wielding the most capable camera mounted on a smartphone to date.

The Nokia video teaser does not really do much to confirm or refute those rumors, but we are hoping they come out right. The camera division of the company did an excellent job of the N8, but the handset was let down by its unimpressive chipset and less than stellar OS and UI.

Nokia Connects announced Today that Nokia will send 50 trial phones, 35 Nokia 603 devices and 15 Nokia 701 devices, to the first 50 who upload their photos. Nokia is trying to spread the joy of Symbian Belle devices. Nokia Connects Blog post:

We are sending out trial phones to 50 lucky people; the first 35 of you to upload a photo of yourself with your current Nokia phone into the grid below, will receive a Nokia 603 & a Luna headset for two weeks. The next 15 will receive a Nokia 701.

Sadly, the Compition is already filled and Nokia got thier 50 lucky winners.

Vertu is about to announce yet another Ferrari product in the nearest future. The Nokia subsidiary, which is rumored to be for sale, has released a teaser for Vertu Constellation Quest Ferrari a version of its well know Constellation Quest business offering, treated to a serious amount of Italian supercar goodness.

Nokia Car Mode has been released for Nokia (Symbian) Belle devices in the Nokia Store, providing users with easy access and simplified user interface to the most relevant apps for in-car use such as music player, contacts and navigation. As a result, drivers are less distracted and more focused on the road ahead.

There are two versions of the Nokia Car Mode available, depending on the user preferences and availability of MirrorLink enabled car infotainment system in the region.

Nokia Car Mode

We are barely a week into 2012 and rumors are already resurfacing that at some point over the next 12 months Nokia will sell their smartphone unit to Microsoft. We canbot remember the first time such rumors appeared, but we do know the last time we covered this tale.

Just a couple of weeks ago Danske Bank claimed that during the first half of 2012 Nokia would do the unthinkable and sell their smartphone unit to Stephen Elop’s former employeer.

Nokia announced a new Symbian Anna smartphone in China thats ready for NFC-based contactless payments. In addition, the device marked as 801T rocks a 4-inch ClearBlack LCD touchscreen, China Mobile-friendly TD-SCDMA connectivity, 8-megapixel "full-focus" camera with 720p video recording support on the back, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB of built-in storage, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 256MB of RAM, 3.5mm headset jack, and a microSD card slot with hot swap support.

Moreover, there is mobile TV capability which is enabled with an external antenna too.

According to the researchers from Distimo, which specialize in app store analysis, the official Nokia app repository has surpassed the 100,000 mark.

The exact count, according to Distimo, is 116,583, which is enough to make the Nokia Store the third largest app repository in the mobile world. It took Nokia two and a half years to accomplish this.