Nokia's first PureView smartphone, the Nokia 808 PureView with 41 MP camera has just received a New firmware update from Nokia.

The firmware update is version 113.010.1508 and weights 420 MB in size, this update is daid to be improving the performance and features of the 808 PureView. You can download it via Nokia Suite.

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Sadly, Nokia financial status is not so good these days, As a result the company is selling its headquarters building in Espoo, Finland for approximately €170 million. The building offers 48,000 square meters of office real estate and has been housing Nokia's HQ since 1997. Nokia will finalize the deal by the end of this year.

Chief financial officer of Nokia, Timo Ihamuotia had to say:

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Nokia's Media Relations fellow, Doug Dawson, puts an end of the rumors that Nokia is not looking into building a hardware for the Android OS. Rumors started online as Nokia was looking for Software engineer to Embedded Linux Middleware on LinkedIn.

@paulo_mealha Hi. Our recently posted job is linked to our HERE Maps support for other platforms, including iOS and Android. Nothing more.

— Doug Dawson (@DougatNokia) December 2, 2012

On the other hand, we did point out that the listing could be for software engineers to help build a version of Nokia's HERE mapping app to Android. And as it turns out, that is exactly what Mr. Dawson revealed in a tweet that he send out on Sunday. Dawson said that the job listing is related to HERE Maps support for both Android and iOS and other platforms.

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Starting today, Nokia is rolling out the Belle FP2 update its last generation of Nokia OS phones. The Nokia 808 PureView is getting a good deal of exclusive imaging and gallery features, while the 701, 700 and 603 are getting the same update sans those extras.

Here's the change log for Nokia 808 PureView's camera and gallery features:

• More information about your images, such as image resolution, ISO value, white balance setting, and file size, and the location. When you are connected online, one click will show you on Nokia Maps where the photo was taken.

• New reset button in Creative mode to change all the settings back to default with a single touch

• Gallery Grid view when you have the phone in landscape

• Select and delete multiple photos in Gallery Grid

• Access to more functions when you open your images from the Gallery widget on your home screen - swipe through other images, zoom, share, edit, and send images faster.

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Latest Rumors claim that Nokia considers seeking ban for the upcoming HTC flagship Windows Phone 8X. The Finns Company accuse HTC of copying the Lumia 820 front panel design for its Windows Phone 8X. As you can see above both devices looks very much the same.

Nokia unveiled the Lumia 820 and 920 in the beginning of September. HTC announced its two WP-powered headsets two weeks later. Shortly after Nokia's EVP of Sales and Marketing tweeted "It takes more than matching color to match the innovation of the Lumia 920." aimed directly at HTC's new phones.

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Today, Nokia announced that they have completed the acquisition of technologies, developers and intellectual property from imaging software specialists Scalado. The Finns first hinted at this deal last month, and they are now ready to finalize it.

As you may know, due to some reasons that the two companies have chosen not to disclose, Nokia is not actually buying the Scalado company, but only its personnel and technology. From a users' perspective there's little difference though, as the cool software features developed by the Swedish-based company will soon be making their way to Nokia smartphones.

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It has just been over a week since the Nokia 808 PureView went on sale and Nokia has already given the phones its first firmware upgrade. The FW Update version 112.020.0310 is now available over-the-air and can be downloaded directly on to your phone, or you can download it by connecting your phone to Nokia Suite.

Although an official change log is not available, the update brings with it improvement in scrolling performance, quicker saving of the 38 megapixel images (as you know these images are very large in size), smoother auto-rotation and other performance enhancements and bug fixes.

Nokia dropped North America from the list of countries getting the 808 Pureview at first when it got reeled. This has changed Today, Nokia made an official launch announcement of the Nokia 808 PureView in the U.S. and soon will be in canda.

The 808 PureView will be sold through Amazon.com and the cost is $699 without a contract. No proper release date has been mentioned but the pre-orders will begin later this week or you can also sign up to be notified when the device goes on sale.

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We all know Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop. He lives in Helsinki, after he announced that he was going to let go 10,000 employees he opted to go home with some security guards according to the Finnish publication Iltalehti. When you look at Finland alone, roughly 3,700 Nokia employees will lose their job. You have to remember, this is a country with approximately 5.3 million people.

Nokia is also intrinsic to Finland's identity, so you can see why their current situation might cause a lot of locals to be upset. Still, would they be crazy enough to attack Elop as he was coming home from work? Highly unlikely.

Nokia released a few teaser images on its US Facebook page that contain the date, Monday, June 18th. This is the same day Microsoft is holding a tablet event and people started speculating that Nokia's announcement is related to the Microsoft event. The two announcements are not related. Sources told the blog that Nokia will likely announce the US launch of the 41-megapixel 808 PureView.

The 808 PureView is a Symbian-powered handset with a 41-megapixel camera. It's mid-range phone with a 4-inch OLED display, a 1.3GHz processor and 512MB of RAM.

Nokia USA has posted a series of teaser images on Facebook with June 18, 2012 on them, which naturally caused quite a stir. Initially, it was thought that Nokia's news will be somewhat related to Microsoft's announcement, which is bound to take place on the same date. A careful examination of the photos however points at an announcement of Nokia 808 Pureview availability in the United States.

Here's why we can expect to see the 41MP shooter's arrival to the United States. The first photo shows Hawaii, whose area code is 808. One the second one, we have the Roland TR 808 Drum Machine.

A couple of Days ago, some reports from Nokia Italy claimed that the Carla update is canceled. Today, Nokia confirm that "Nokia Carla" Update is not canceled but may be a bit delayed.

According to our source at Nokia, the Carla update, or Belle FP1 as it will be known as, is not cancelled and will start rolling out shortly. The first phone to run on this update will be the upcoming Nokia 808 PureView and soon some of the existing Nokia devices, which includes the Nokia 700, 701 and 603, will be updated to Belle FP1

Nokia World 2012 will start on September 5th with an invitation-only event for carriers and larger partners, but it will be followed up by other events that will gather different audience. Overall, the whole event is becoming more fragmented and less centralized.

We also may expect to know about Nokia plans about Symbian OS, Also Nokia may Introduce its very first Windows 8 devices smartphones/tablets. Nokia will announce all of the upcoming small events around Nokia World soon, so stay tuned to find out what's next for the company.

After the drop in Nokia's Symbian devices last quarter, Nokia Italy has officially revealed that Symbian "Carla" the 3rd version update of Symbian after "Anna" and "Belle" is CANCELLED!

Nokia fans still waiting for an official announcement from Nokia main Department in Finland, but if this really true, this will mean that Symbian is fading away quicker than expected. We don't know whether there's a direct connection between Symbian sales and the update plans, but in either case, news is that the last update to the burning platform will be Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2.

The 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView is a device for the people who interested in mobile photography. When the phone was launched, Nokia disappointed us by officially stating in the product page that the phone won't arrive to the US. BUT Now The 808 PureView will come to the United States, but it won't be subsidized by carriers as it will be shipped unlocked.

"We'll figure out a way to make that available in the U.S. in the next couple of months," said Nokia US President Chris Weber.

Even without Nokia's help, the unlocked 808 PureViews would have arrived on interested retailers.

A New Patents war begins, After Samsung & Apple here comes Nokia. Nokia has decided to sue HTC, RIM and ViewSonic for patent infringement in the US and Germany.

Nokia has waged legal war on the three companies with 11 separate lawsuits concerning 45 patents in virtually all spheres you can think of starting with antennas and power management, and going into software and application stores.

Nokia Offiical Statement on this Matter:

"Nokia proprietary innovations protected by these patents are being used by the companies to enable hardware capabilities such as dual function antennas, power management and multimode radios, as well as to enhance software features including application stores, multitasking, navigation, conversational message display, dynamic menus, data encryption and retrieval of email attachments on a mobile device," 

Nokia just announced their financial results for Q1 of 2012 and things are not looking that good, but CEO Stephen Elop is keeping his chin up. Nokia smartphone division was hit the hardest, but the good news for them is that this is due to the decline in sales of Symbian phones, with the Lumia range starting to make up for it.

Nokia combined net sales were down 29% year-over-year (YoY) to €7.354 billion and the company posted an operating loss of €1.34 billion.

CEO Stephen Elop remains confident in Nokia's strategy, saying that they covered the top and bottom range of the Windows Phone market with the launches of the Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 (which just started rolling out in Asia) and that they will strengthen their S40 portfolio in the next quarter. Nokia is also working on cost-cutting measures.

Looking for the Best Camera phone on the Market ? Nokia PureView 808 with 41 Megapixels camera gives you the Best Quality you've ever seen from a mobile phone or any digital camera, running latest Nokia Belle Operating system.

Clove.co.uk Now offers this super camera-phone with the VAT included, the UK price is about £538.80, which is €655, while Nokia Italy made a better offer by offering the phone for €599 with free shipping too.

The Upcoming Nokia OS (previously known as Symbian) codenamed "Carla", shows up in screenshot form. The leaked screenshots does not show much but give us an idea about what Nokia is improving on the Mobile OS.

First, there is the new on-screen QWERTY keybord, which seems to have been inspired by its Windows Phone cousin. The Nokia Browser has also been updated to a new version, which features some new UI improvements.

But the most noticeable change comes from the lock screen. Gone is the classic Unlock Button, and replacing it is a Swipe to unlock method. The user interface of the Music player also sees some improvements in the form of a refreshed UI, as does the Options screen, which borrows the looks of the Meego Harmattan UI.

Selected Models (Nokia 700, 701, 603 and the Nokia 808) of Nokia devices will get this Update on Q3,2012.

Every year Nokia Make her own smartphones event "Nokia World" to announce its latest and most anticipated Flagship devices. This year, Nokia World 2012 is going to be extra special, because it will be held on Nokia's very own home turf in Helsinki, Finland during September 25-26.

We can Expect Some cool new Smartphones from Nokia, Mostly a Windows Phone Apollo flagship device and a Symbian Carla device at least. Lets wait and see what Nokia is preparing for us by the end of the year.

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.

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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.

Nokia sale rumors continue with a prediction that the company will sell its smartphone unit to Microsoft in a deal will be announced as early as the first half of 2012. The Finnish company share price rose over 3-percent over the speculation, Bloomberg reports, though Nokia itself remains adamant that a deal is not in the offing.

Danske Bank analysts maintain that a sale of the smartphone segment at least "makes sense", with Microsoft the likely buyer. Nokia, though, is keen to move past speculation of a sale. "We put these rumors to rest a long time ago" spokesperson Doug Dawson insists.

Nokia unveiled its Nokia Maps 3D back in April of this year and they were certainly cool. Nokia has announced some really cool new features. One of the new features is the ability for the user to search for local attractions, restaurants, and shops. That means you can see the shop you want to visit and then get directions how to get there.

The directions are given on maps with photorealistic views of the locations you are looking for. You do have to install a plug-in to get the 3D maps. After installing that plug-in, you can enter addresses in the search field as well as business names and points of interest you want to see. It will then find the thing you are looking for and put it on the screen for you to check out.

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Nokia Live View has just been updated. In the latest release (version 2.03) you will find:

• Performance improvements (fixes for install issues, crashes, slowness, freezes and bug fixes)

• Two views: camera viewfinder and list view. Tap on the circles on the menu bar to change the views

• Tutorial to guide through the Live View usage and feature set

The update is currently only available as a standalone update.

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Nokia Maps v3.08 is now available for download to Symbian Anna and Belle users and is bringing along some goodies you might want to check out.

First off, Nokia Maps now offers four homescreen widgets, also live traffic services, weather service, improved Drive navigation and more. Nokia Maps already offers lifetime free-of-charge voice-guided navigation across 100 countries with downloadable maps and everything.

Images and specs have leaked of an unannounced Nokia device, bound for China with a dual-mode quad-band GSM and TD-SCDMA network codenamed 801T. In the specs sheet that was uncovered it says it uses the Symbian^3 and not WP7. It could be Anna or Belle.

The screen will have an nHD resolution and will measure about 4.3-inch, the camera is an 8 MP unit and there are no visible buttons on the front.

There is no word on the processor but the quoted RAM is 256MB, which does not exactly scream high end these days. And it is a hefty device at 171 g.
Being dual-mode GSM and TD-SCDMA device, the 801T will be able to operate globally on most networks.

At the Developer Day in Mexico, Nokia shed some light on the next two Symbian versions Carla and Donna plus further information on the Symbian Belle update rollout.

Symbian Carla is intended for smartphones with a 1GHz processor or higher and will be released in late 2012 or early 2013. It is going to offer a new web browser, new widgets, lots of new NFC capabilities and Dolby Surround audio enhancement.

The processor minimum requirement means all the Symbian^3 and Symbian Anna handsets (N8, C6-01, C7, E7, E6, X7-00) are not going to get this version
Symbian Donna will be exclusive to dual-core processors, but at the current release intervals, most probably we won't see it before the end of 2013 or the early 2014.

The latest version of Nokia Maps 3.08.203, has just left the Beta stage and is currently being pushed to Symbian-running smartphones all around the globe. You can get it right now from the software update tool on your device or via the Nokia Suite.

The new Maps app brings a beautiful little weather app to help you plan for the day by the hour or give you a handy five-day overview. It also comes with live traffic routing info in the Drive start screen, a cleaner UI and easier-to-read search results.

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The Final version Nokia Suite application  is available for download over at the official Nokia support page. After a one month beta period the application is out dropping the Ovi nametag and adding a few other goodies too.

Changelog of the application:
• The application has a refreshed look and feel
• The new Support view offers info and help with using Nokia Suite and your phone
• The Support view helps make sure you have enough free space on your phone
• The improved sync log shows you what has changed during syncing
• Software updates for your phone software and phone applications now run more reliably
• Nokia Suite does not anymore run the MPlatform.exe process we have removed that from our architecture. You will see MPlatform.exe still running, if you have Nokia Ovi Player installed on the same PC.

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Nokia Research loves its concept phones the flexible Kinetic concept was one of our favorite things at Nokia World last month and for the team 25th anniversary they have produced this, the Nokia GEM. Built around the idea of the entire phone surface being a touch-sensitive display front, sides and back GEM learns from your most common tasks and adapts its default appearance to suit, so if you play games most of the time the phone will usually look like a gamepad.

However, there is also the possibility of resizable QWERTY and numeric keypads, which can be pushed along with the ongoing IM conversation around to the back of the phone while you look up details on the front. The flared upper edges work as an app carousel, shuffled around with a thumb and then dragged to the main display to launch them, and everything is resizable.

Because so much of the body is given over to screen, when you run an app say, triggering the camera with a circle gesture shortcut the whole phone can adapt its appearance to suit. Alternatively, as in Nokia non-functional mockup shown in these photos, you could have browser favorites circling the edges and media playback controls on the top.

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Nokia-developed Maps application that was supposed to bring extra value to the WP smartphones of the Finns is already freed and made available to anyone with an unlocked WP device.

Some helpful members of the hacking community got their hands on the Nokia Maps XAP file and they were kind enough to share it with everyone. The XAP file is all that you need to install Nokia Maps on your non-Nokia WP smartphone, so the app exclusivity seal is really broken.

NFC is gaining more ground and here at Nokia World, we caught a glimpse of something quite intriguing an NFC Tag writer application for Symbian.

It allows you to quickly transfer various information and even actions to a blank, writable NFC tag.After you do that and the chosen action or piece of information is transferred, you simply touch the NFC tag with any another NFC-enabled phone, and the information on it is automatically transferred.

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Stephen Elop has just anounced the Nokia Lumia on the Nokia owrold 2011 Event, Thomas Ricker over at This is my next managed to get Elop point on various topics ranging from the N9 to Windows Phone 7 and Android. And he is squeezed it all in under three minutes of densely packed footage.

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Flexible displays and devices seem to be the holy grail of mobile technology, as you can have the power and connections we all expect but have the ability to warp the shape into anything thats most convenient. While we have seen flexible displays before, the prototypes Nokia was showing at its Nokia World 2011 conference were pretty freaking mind blowing.

The company was showing off multiple Nokia Kinetic devices, working portable electronics that can be bent and twisted but still work. One device looked like a large touchscreen slate phone but you could bend it to scroll through music and photos. This is definitely a prototype device but one could easily see phone capabilities being thrown into there one day.

The other Nokia Kinetic device could take pictures and display them in its elongated teardrop shape. The plastic sturdiness of its casing meant that you could drop it on the ground or bend it and it would still work. A representative even said you could wash it under the tap and it would not hinder the device usability.

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Today Nokia unveiled a couple of new entry-level additions to its portfolio of mobile phones. The Nokia X2-05 and Nokia C2-05 are S40-running handsets with QVGA screens that should fit easily in any budget.

The Nokia C2-05 slider offers a 2" 65K-color LCD, VGA camera and a microSD card slot. FM radio, Bluetooth and microUSB connectivity are also on board the lightweight (98.5g) featurephone. On the network side of things dual-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE is as good at it gets, but at least there are two versions of it for the different parts of the globe.

The Nokia X2-05 is a music-centered bar, packing a really powerful speaker. According to Nokia the perceived loudness of that one is 106 phons. An FM radio with a support for recording and a VGA camera are the other multimedia features of the phone.

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Nokia announced back in May that they will be renaming their Ovi services such as the Ovi Store to Nokia Store. The process was supposed to happen later in 2012 and it finally has. The Ovi Store is now officially known as the Nokia Store.

But the name is not the only thing thats changed. There is a whole new app for it as well. The new app uses a redesigned interface and is built using Qt Quick. The app was originally designed for the Nokia N9 but has now been ported over to Symbian as well.

The New Nokia Store will be Heading to all Nokia Devices as an OTA Update

Nokia trying to make sure all goes well once their first Windows Phone 7 handset launches on November. They are reportedly talking to app developers, trying to lure them in and expand the app catalogue of the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

Microsoft is also trying to grow the developer base for WP7 through promotions of their own, so devs can cash in on the incentives from both companies.

Nokia is offering app developers funding for their projects, promises to promote the apps and will even pre-load some of them on the upcoming WP7 phone, according to people who are in talks with the Finnish company.

Nokia has just parted ways with its MeeGo platform, but the Finns are, reportedly, about to add another Linux-based platform with a windy name to its portfolio. Its name will be Meltemi (MeeGo Lite) and it will be designed with entry-level handsets in mind.

Although the company declined to comment on the matter, WSJ is confident that the company will be shifting the efforts of its software developers to lower-end products. Nokia is obviously looking to replace the S40 featurephone interface with a proper OS.

Meltemi should share some of the ideas that went into MeeGo Harmattan and should be ready by the time 1GHz processors become the standard for low-end device.

Some argued that the working conditions Foxconn put their employees through caused them to take their lives, meaning Foxconn is to blame for the deaths, not Apple. Thats debatable, especially since Apple is known to inspect each and every part of their supply chain, from component sourcing to product manufacturing to the retail stores that sell their hardware. Now Nokia is different. They own their own factories and hire their own people, opting to have their goods made as close to, or even in, the countries where they will eventually be sold. This makes logistics far simpler.

No suicides have taken place in Nokia factories, as far as we know, but the Finnish handset maker is being accused of paying wages that are far below what's required to live in India. The human rights group Finnwatch says Nokia employs 11,364 at a factory in Chennai, India that produces more than 300,000 devices per day. The average salary for a permanent employee, meaning not part time or a contracter, is around $125 per month. According to the Asia Floor Wage Campaign, you need $170 a month to live a decent life in India.

Symbian Belle will debut with the Nokia 600, 700 and 701 trio, but the older Symbians should be getting it soon after that. Yet if you are knowledgeable and brave enough to flash your smartphone with a custom ROM, Belle has been available for a few weeks now. And now there is a newer ROM for the Nokia N8 available that should be much closer to the final deal.

Still, as with all software that is not fully finalized, there is a risk of trouble, but Nokia Head of Social Media, Mark Squires, has already installed Belle on his N8.

The new firmware is N8-only and supports only English and Russian languages. You can grab the files from Symbian Coders, where you will find flashing instructions, too. Again, this is a proceed at your own risk deal.