Nokia Symbian Belle offers to update

Nokia Symbian Beautiful book, but based its strategy on its offer Lumia Windows Phone whose productivity tools and security policies to conform to business needs.

Nokia announces the availability on Tuesday, February 7, Belle, the new version of the Symbian OS. It is available free of charge in an update for the Nokia N8, E7, E6, X7, C6-01, C7 and Oro. This will download the update from a PC, then connect the terminal via a USB cable and go through the Nokia Suite (3.3 or later) to launch the operation.

For France, the terminals of the Finnish manufacturer purchased "naked" will have the update today. Phones from Orange and Bouygues Telecom will have the new version of the OS over the day depending on the model. However, those will be deprived of SFR.The agreements between the manufacturer and the operator does not provide clearly.

SFR subscribers do not benefit from the innovations of Belle. Emphasize in particular the six customizable home screens, new widgets (with five different sizes), a status bar and connections, a task bar to easily switch from one application to another, etc..

Especially, Symbian Belle enriched professional tools from development agreements signed with Microsoft before the arrival of Windows Phone. This is OneNote (note-taking tool that will synchronize with Microsoft SkyDrive and SharePoint later) Lync 2010 Mobile Service (unified communications), Document Connection for displaying materials on the phone or a SharePoint site (2010 version only) and Broadcast PowerPoint, allowing users to "view presentations directly from PC to mobile." As many applications as appropriate, however, after downloading the update of the OS.

If Nokia continues (until 2016) the development of Symbian, it is on Windows Phone that now rests the future of the Finnish manufacturer. To mark the opening of Microsoft TechDays in Paris until February 9, Nokia recalls that "Lumia 800 and 710 are the perfect tools for the business world. "They have more or less the same tools as Symbian Belle (2010 Lync Mobile, SkyDrive, OneNote, Office) enriched Exchange and applications downloaded from the Marketplace (Evernote, Adobe Reader, AirWatch for device management, etc.. ).

Nokia also highlights its security strategy. Thus, the data on Lumia can be deleted automatically when you enter an invalid PIN repeated. It is also possible to delete them remotely via Microsoft Outlook Web Access or the Exchange administrator. As for data synchronization by the wireless network (OTA), it is protected with HTTPS encryption. All assets which should push companies now consider the offer Nokia Windows Phone.