Firmware Updates: Nokia N8/C7/E7 with Belle and Nokia Lumia 800 with FW12070, Vodafone Australia

On April 9th, we saw some Nokia updates for Australian S^3/Lumias listed as either in testing or roll out soon.

All updates, Belle for N8/C7/E7 as well as FW12070 for the Nokia Lumia 800 are available.

Belle

Key Improvements:

• New home screen
• Simplified interaction
• Streamlined imaging experience
• New Nokia Maps

All-new homescreen:

• Three more homescreens
• Loads of multi-sized, interactive widgets
• Adding new widgets and shortcuts is easer, just tap and hold on your homescreen
• Widgets snap to grid, can be moved between pages, and move to next free spot automatically
• Both portrait and landscape have their own optimised layouts

New Widgets:

• Digital & Analogue Clocks
• Calendar
• Contacts (individual and favourites)
• Maps
• WiFi on/off
• Social (including Twitter and Facebook)
• Search
• Music Player & FM Radio
• Maps
• Email
• Profile Selection

Easier on-device navigation:

• Redesigned Toolbar: All options are easily at hand, consistent back-stepping in every application.
• Flat Menu Structure: Easy to find content with integrated search and markers for new content, new ability to add folders where needed.
• More consistent behaviour of long-touch gesture.

Notifications:

• Status bar displays the most relevant information
• Pull-down gesture expands notification area for further detail

http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/nokia-n8-belle-update-25042012/

Lumia:

• Better battery performance
• Camera automatically detects 50/60Hz to remove flicker in stills and videos.
• Updated camera settings.
• Improved charger detection.
• http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/nokia-lumia-800-firmware-12070-25042012/

Source: blog.vodafone.com.au and Softpedia

Cheers Prashant and Dave for the tips!

Category: Nokia, Symbian, Windows Phone