When Nokia announced their new Nokia E6 business phone and Nokia X7 entertainment device, they have also revealed Symbian Anna which was formerly known as PR2 update for Symbian^3. The new Symbian Anna comes with a number of key enhancements as follow:

• New icons, appear more rounded
• Improved touch screen keyboard for better typing and QWERTY in potrait mode
• Improved Ovi maps with check-in support for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare
• Improved Ovi store with increased download limit for WLAN
• Improved Social app
• Enhanced Browser with touch UI improvements and URL bar. Responsiveness and navigations are improved

Nokia has mentioned that Symbian Anna will be available for existing Symbian^3 devices such as Nokia N8, C6-01, Nokia E7 and C7 in the coming months but no dates were given.

For more information, head to Nokia’s Conversation blog here.

Check out more screenshots and introductory video of Symbian Anna after the break

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Nokia has recently launched 2 new devices, the Nokia E6 and the Nokia X7. The E6 is fresh new upgrade of its popular QWERTY candy bar model of its Nokia E5/E72 siblings which now comes with a touch screen. The other device, the Nokia X7 is an entertainment skewed smart phone which comes with toughen glass and seamless stainless steel body.

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Nokia’s new range of Symbian^3 devices with AMOLED screen offers an always on display clock during standby mode. Power consumption is very minimal as AMOLED screens are very efficient with unused pixels being completely switched off. So is there a way to customise this screen further?

Nokia Beta Labs has released a Nokia Screen which gives you more standby screen styles and options to stand out from the crowd. There are 8 styles to choose from with a 9th screen option which works as a subtle bedside clock that can be activated at your desired time.

To download, head to Nokia Beta Labs page here. Only applicable for Symbian^3 devices such as Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 and E7.

Check out the demo video after the break.

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We’re not too sure how many Mac users out there use Nokia phones, but we know that for those of you who do, you’ve been waiting for the longest time for the MacOS version of the Nokia Software Updater application.

Your wait is over as Nokia Beta Labs has just released the Nokia Software Updater for Mac. Though Nokia is quick to point out that the release is only basic application for updating device software from your Mac, support for application updates will be released later.

Well, something is better than nothing, we presume.

Click the source link to download the Nokia Software Updater for Mac.

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Nokia has just made available the first update for its Symbian ^3 platform — now simply known as Symbian — globally starting from today. The version 1.1 update is available for the Nokia N8, C7 and C6-01.

Nokia says most of updated features in version 1.1 “are not directly visible to end users, but together” but ensure that the enhancements “will enhance the user experience of each Symbian device”.

General enhancements in version 1.1 are:

• Meeting requests can be accepted directly from email invitations
• Maps integration in email, which means people can view the meeting location on the map when the address is mentioned in the location field in the invite

For the Nokia N8:

• New Quick Office 6.4 editor version, which offers editing possibilities and allows zooming in & out in Word documents
• Need for Speed Shift, Real Golf and Galaxy on Fire preloaded in the new version. (In some countries, Need for Speed is replaced with Asphalt 5). In any case these games are already available for free from Ovi Suite & Ovi Store despite the 1.1 update

To get the update, go through the “Software Update” on your device or just visit Ovi Suite for instructions.

Nokia warns that the update will be hefty, especially for the N8, so make sure your device is connected to a non-3G network via WiFi when executing the update.

Alternatively, you can use the Ovi Suite on your PC to download and install the update.

C7 owners can get the standard, non-customised version of the software is available from today. Nokia N8 and C6-01 owners will have to wait for your version early next week.

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When Nokia N8 was launched, it only came in 3 colours: silver, green and dark grey. Now Maxis has updated their website with anodised blue and orange colour options as well. Contract price remains unchanged at RM999 over 24 months, RM1149 over 18 months and RM1299 over 12 months and it is for those who bolt on a data plan of 500MB, 1.5GB and 3GB.

For more information, check out Maxis’s Nokia N8 page.

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Earlier on, we’ve had the unboxing of the Nokia E5 with a brief look on the device itself. Just to recap, the E5 is targeted to a segment of the market that Nokia calls “life-builders”, people who are in their mid 20s who have a young family and are looking for a functional device that can cope with today’s demands but at the fraction of the cost of full-fledged smartphones. So after an extended duration of usage, we share with you our experience with the Nokia E5 and how it performs on a day-to-day use.

Does this diminutive device does what is says on the box? Read on to find out.

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Nokia Malaysia has tweeted the availability of the new C6 in Malaysia with the price tag of RM1140. The new C6 which carries the full model number of C6-01 is a Symbian^3 device, not to be confused with the older C6-00 with QWERTY keyboard that runs on Symbian S60. The C6 device was first announced announced together with the C7 and E7 at Nokia World 2010.

It comes with a 3.2″ AMOLED display and has a 8MP Camera with dual LED flash capable of shooting 720p HD videos. It comes with 340MB memory onboard which is expandable with microSD. You can check out the full specs over at Nokia’s C6-01 product page.

Check out the Nokia C6-01 video after the jump.

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Battery information on your device is very critical especially if you’re heading somewhere without any charging source. Knowing what’s using your battery also helps in identifying what activity is sucking the most juice. There hasn’t been a proper way of finding out apart from gauging roughly with those battery bars.

To manage your battery resource, Nokia has released an application called the Nokia Battery App. Developed together with VTT Technical Research Centre, this app will help you understand your battery usage in the most simplest terms by giving you a estimated time remainder for different uses such as Talk, Music and Web Browsing. You can even add this as a widget on the home screen too. Apart from that, there’s even a nice little statistic feature which shows you how you’ve been using your battery so far. This is pretty much similar to the battery usage found on Android devices today.

With this app, you could possibly plan ahead your next charge and learn how to conserve your device energy better. Of course like any monitoring app, its accuracy may not be 100% but at least this gives you some form of reference for your usage. It is available for Nokia Symbian^3 and S60 5th edition devices which is downloadable from the Ovi Store here.

Check out our screenshots from a Nokia N8 after the jump

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This is good news if you own a WordPress Blog and a Nokia phone. Finally WordPress App is available for Nokia phones running Symbian S60 and Maemo OS. Although there’s a Nokia N8 shown above, the app for Symbian^3 isn’t ready yet and WordPress is still working on making it available for phones like the N8, C6 and C7.

Download WordPress from the OVI Store here.

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