Belle includes six homescreens instead of three, an updated UI, new Nokia maps, and a new status bar, among other things. Although we're sure Symbian phone owners will appreciate the update, Nokia still hasn't said whether it will be planning further versions of the OS. There are still a lot of Symbian phones out there, but Nokia's focus on Windows Phone doesn't bode too well for the people who own them. For now, though, you can check to see if the Belle update is available in your country with this map.
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Overall performance is better, in terms of UI responsiveness and multitasking. Improvements in screen real estate, with slimmer top status bar and optional in some apps bottom toolbar, meaning that all phones will have a larger useful display area. Homescreen widgets will now come in up to five different sizes 1x1, 2x1, 4x1, 2x2, 4x4 and allow a greater degree of interactivity.
In addition to dragging widgets around a homescreen in 'Edit' mode, you can now also drag from one homescreen to another. Widget re-positioning when moving from portrait to landscape mode remains intelligent, with some tweaks for the new variety in widget sizes.
New drop-down menu, Android style, to access notifications, connectivity toggles including a welcome one for 'Mobile data', which previously required an involved trip into 'Settings' and system status information from most places in the UI. The Symbian homescreen system now supports up to six pages previously the limit was three for most phones and five for the smaller-screened E6. A rewritten application launcher with default 'flat' structure, i.
Newly installed applications are now marked with a red asterisk until they've been opened for the first time. An application can be 'added to the homescreen' from the main app menu, by long pressing its icon. This, for most applications, in theory, gives the UI a flatter hierarchy, with less use of menus and with more direct interaction. Improvements to the lock screen, which will now have information about missed calls and messages. The lock screen also now supports a transparency effect, showing the underlying homescreen wallpaper.
Update to Web, with numerous optimisations and easy access to multiple windows through a permanent toolbar icon. Like desktop browsers, Web keeps track of your 'Most visited pages' and this can be set as your 'homepage' if needed. A long press and drag on web page text now pops up a 'Copy' option, for copying text to the system clipboard.
Update to Music Player , with a 'floating track list' in the album art 'cover flow' view.
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