Nokia Belle coming in February; no more �Symbian� or �Ovi�

Posted by newbie Thursday, December 22, 2011 0 comments

After relegating its Symbian Operating System for Mid range devices, Nokia has further hurried the ageing platform's demise by retiring the Symbian name itself, and renaming the OS to simply Nokia Belle.

A statement on Nokia Conversations said "The all new Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) user interface will soon be available for download to some existing smartphones and begin shipping with a selection of smartphones that are already on the market.

It was just days ago that a new study announced that Android has finally overtaken Symbian as India�s biggest smartphone platform, and now it seems that Nokia is doing away with the name �Symbian� altogether. In a new post on the official Nokia Conversations blog, the company has noted that the new operating system will be called Nokia Belle.

The blog post confirmed that the Nokia Belle update will be coming to phones in February 2012, with the list including the Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7.

It seems that a rebranding campaign is on the cards, as an email we received this morning claims that the company is also dropping the �Ovi� name and will be rebranding all those services as �Nokia� now. This move was already announced in May, but it seems that Nokia is just now getting its rebranding campaign going, with the email saying: �There�s a new name for your favourite Ovi services. Introducing Nokia Maps, Nokia Music Store, Nokia Store and Nokia Mail � now better than ever to make life a bit easier and more fun.�