More Symbian Anna update variants to existing countries; USA, Canada and Australia still being worked on.
Yvonne from Nokia emailed us to say that more variants within countries that already have Anna are now available.
- Singapore: N8 + C7/E7
- Croatia: T-mobile & Tele2
- Greece: Vodafone
- Portugal: Vodafone
- Poland: Play
- Ireleand: Meteor
- Spain: Vodafone (OviSuite updates only)
- Switzerland: Swisscom
Also, USA, Canada and Australia Anna are still being worked on.
You can check available product codes here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C1VI0SPV
Category: Firmware Update, Nokia, Symbian
Hmm If we can ask Yvonne, that what is soo great or wonderful about Symbian 3 for Nokia US phones that hey can’t update.
WHat she should know is that those of us from the states have moved on onto different platform and we are just waiting for the N9, when it gets delivered to my door. then i shut the Nokia door 4ever.
@jklubi…Oh, Please! You act as if Nokia sat behind closed doors and plotted against releasing the Anna update to North America! They are still working on it, as they should to make sure that users don’t experience any issues or bugs after installing the update.
You are taking this delay personally, and that is just sad.
th problem here is that in the US only the C7 is carried by one carrier, the other 3 (C6-01, N8 and E7) are Unlocked devices (in the US) so this delay is incomprehensible for customer…
If you ask me, most Nokia engineers are conmitted to the Windows Phone project, and I understand, but hey I pay full price for your device why we’re the last in the list…
It’s personal… I guess you got your update long time ago. I’m just sick of this. Nokia is losing users ’cause of things like this. Anyway, i respect ur opinion.
You really think they are going that extra mile fixing extra bugs for the USA, that they left in for all the other countries? Really?
What we don’t like is being lied to our face, told vague bullsht like all countries “in a few weeks,” and then forced to hit the refresh button everyday like asholes.
What they should have done, was to give us an actual ETA, so that we could go crawl into our caves until then. Then we come out for sunlight on that day, so they can blow that one and send us away until a new one. It will keep our hands off the refresh button.
I mean jesus we all figured out they release on Thursdays, why couldn’t they just say that?? Cripes.
But Nokia didn’t lie to you; Nokia DID give you an ETA – a few weeks. If they had given you an actual date, however, and then missed that date, folks would still be upset, so it seems folks would still be upset to some extent regardless.
Frankly, yes, I think that given all of the initial issues reported with bugs that presented themselves when the update was first released, that Nokia should be taking the extra time it needs to make sure that subsequent releases of Anna not present or have any adverse effects for those yet to receive the update.
Who knows, maybe N.A. will be amongst the first to receive Belle.
At any rate, for me, the Anna update is not significant, and I will not be installing it. However, I would like for the N.A. rollout of the Anna update to be hiccup and bug free for those that want to install Anna.
NO! Absolutely they did not. They said very vaguely it would be released “in the next few weeks.” Is that 3? So we sit here hitting refresh refresh refresh every day.
All they have to do is say “We release on Thursdays” and “First batch of X,Y,Z countries ETA Aug 4th, next batch A,B,C countries on Aug 11,” etc. Then, when they get to that date, if they aren’t going to meet it – They post the revised schedule.
This is not that difficult.
Who care if Anna has bugs? They realeased it for other countries and then released software updates to fix the bugs as they get to them! At least they have SOMETHING already! Give us Anna so we can experience SOME of the improvements and then just fix the bugs with software updates!
I’m a huge Nokia fan but, this is ridiculous! Belle is supposed to be out in like late October. How are we supposed to get THAT on time if we still don’t have Anna?! Face it, only hardcore Nokia fans in the US have an N8, E7, or what have you ANYWAYS! There’s no carrier that has them here, they need to be special ordered online at full price! So we know what we’re getting ourselves into, just give us our os!
If you want to impress Americans then make sure your Windows phone is the best on the market, but as far as the s^3 users in the US, we’re already fans! We understand sometimes there’s a bug. At least Nokia will give us a software update to fix the bug. We’re ok with that. Just GIVE US OUR OPERATING SYSTEM! WE’VE EARNED IT! Do you know how hard it is to be a Nokia fan in America? And how much people hate in a sea of iphones and android devices? Nokia you’re dropping the ball. I need to be able to say “that’s nice, but look at this! See how cool it looks?”! Give us our new os man.
Last time I checked the OS5 from apple came out everywhere in the world on the same date
Well I guess U.S. gets it next week. I’m guessing on a Thursday since updates have been releasing every Thursday.
Ha ha. Are you a betting man?
Well maybe they are trying to hotfix some of the most annoying Anna bugs:
- Data connection not being deactivated after some programmes are closed, draining the battery in one single day
- Bluetooth more or less unusable due to pairing problems
I have a BH-214 receiver, which was causing me issues after I upgraded to Anna. I found a reset was needed, done by pressing the power and call buttons together until it turned on, which fixed my problem.
I have a BH-214 receiver, which was causing me issues after I upgraded to Anna. I found a reset was needed on the bluetooth headset (done by pressing the power and call buttons together until it turns on) fixed my problem.
Unfortunately neither the hands-free equipment in my VW, nor my Android tablet nor my Windows laptop have those buttons…
Sorry for the double response, something funny happened with my browser.
this is damn ridiculous! Nokia would never learn. I had to downgrade from belle to anna because skype wasn’t working and anna is nothing magical that it’d would take them this long.
This is insane. It is the same exact hardware as the others. And with Pentaband 3G, even the radio code should be the same. On top of that, at least the US variants are unlocked so they don’t need carrier approval of the firmware either. Whats taking them so long? Changing the documentation to US English?
It has been over a month. If this is the way they treat their US/Canada/Australia customers, do they really expect us to jump to their WP7 phones? If I do buy a WP7 phone, I will make sure its not Nokia.
If it’s the same you can use Phoenix to update your phone to for example UK meanwhile. After Anna is released in US you can then update it to the real deal.
Yes, I did this, using the video on thenokiablog. UK firmware works perfectly, I doubt I will revert to US firmware when released, since the UK firmware lets you disable the annoying camera sound.
To be fair to Nokia, it’s a huge job adapting the firmware to the US… all these spellings to change (colour -> color, etc). That in itself could take, erm, hours!
+1
That’s the thing with Windows Phone – Microsoft is making sure everyone gets updates at the same time (which is why they haven’t given a fixed date for Mango, it’s because not all the carriers have approved the updates). With a Nokia Windows Phone you’ll finally get updates in a timely fashion.
@migo…+1. Microsoft, for the most part, has a ‘Where’s My Phone Update’ chart that they put up on one of their sites so that users can check to see where exactly their carrier is with regards to testing, scheduling, and delivering the update. In addition, past actions by Microsoft also ensures that unlocked devices, regardless of location/region, gets the update prior to locked/subsidized phones.
Nokia is killing Symbian in the US. They don’t want you to upgrade to Anna. They want you to dump the N8 and wait on a WP7 phone.
as long as u buy a carrier phone u will be f*cked up. Its not nokia fault its the carrier who demand a lot of junk stuff. C wats happening to gS2 in USA
N8 wasn’t available on contract in USA, they are sold unlocked from NOKIA or 3rd party web stores (Amazon or Newegg)
It became clear that this old, often used excuse, was not always the truth – since all of us in the USA bought our N8s clean from Nokia, and not a carrier.
The emperor has no clothes?
“USA still being worked on”
Nokia developers can f*ck themselves
You know how it was when Anna was first released and yet some N8 product models are still yet stuck with PR1.1? Just a thought but what are the chances that Belle is released and yet there’s still people that are still on Anna? lol XD
Ouch. N9 before Anna release in Australia would make things a lot simpler
They need to make sure US government spyware is working before theycan release the US anna update.
:-)
i’m seriously contemplating about dumping nokia all together that’s it. It clearly they don’t gie a damn about their customers
Not all their customers, just the ones whose throats they’ve reserved for forcing wp7 down. Sucks to be a north american
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On a more serious note, there really isn’t an ordinary explanation for this. Or is U.S. english really that bad?;-)
typed on my nokia 3110c which hasn’t seen any updates since launch in 2007!
I’m beginning to think that this is being done in order to completely hobble Symbian phone sales in the U.S.
This way, current users will drop their N8s and wait on Nokia Windows Phones.
Of course, given that Nokia WP’s won’t arrive in the U.S. until sometime next year or so, by then, most current American Nokia customers will have since moved on to an Android or iPhone, taking them off the market for two years or more, in a contract.
i dunno why you guys are surprised about this, even when i had my 5800 and my 3250 b4 that, it always took 2mths+ for me to get an update when everyone else in the world got it. thats why i got a C7 from england (they always among the first to get updates) my N8 runs belle now, if you have used nokia in the states long enough like i have you shouldnt be complaining, should be used to it by now, if you arent just download the uk firmware ( no difference)
The big problem with getting a phone from UK is that one has no U.S. warranty.
I jumped to the UK firmware and problem solved. It works great and I get access the few new features like “Play for Radio”, Qwerty Keyboard, and upgraded camera UI.
What does “Play For Radio” do? I wouldn’t know since I’m in the USA, but it sounds interesting, thanks
how do u go about geting uk firmware?
i got navifirm
i got phoenix
i flash N8 with anna
i dont wine
i do
Some of us want don’t want to risk blowing our warranty and downloading sketchball software using your nerd computer programs
Update to bella on monday, will stay with this till official anna foe us is release.
I stopped waiting for Anna and belle on June 21st, I’m waiting for n9 now. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore my n8, and will keep ot with me, but just lost the os appeal to meego
Just updated to anna with my gray NAM version, works smoothly. It’s not called belle for no reason. heyo!
bwast…
Precisely why I will skip Anna even when it is released in the U.S.
It’s good that you were able to install it. Enjoy!
It’s the FM transmitter. You have it already, they’ve just changed the name.
I purchased my N8 August 2nd or so arrived 9th august,2011, day before my bday, the NA version, i always wanted the UK version cause Nokia is Finnish company, the updates always roll their first, most Americans don’t support symbian so it’s no suprise to me that carriers and nokia haven’t gotten the updates rolling…. things will all change with release of WP7 Nokia phones, they are working on grabbing more carriers and they will be tied to Microsoft release update schedule and we know how that is, Mango updates rolling out.
Most americans are blinded by iphone and android, the funcationality of N8 is great, so don’t fret if update takes this long.
You’ve supported other phones so that’s why they won’t be anymore symbian phones in US market, guess any of u gotta buy from UK or other regions to grab one.
The Belle OS seems like great UI transition also…let’s see what the future holds.
3 weeks later and still no anna update for Australia :/ COME ON NOKIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some weeks later – Still no update for NA ….. ;(
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