YESSSS! It has finally arrived. After over 6 months of suspense and waiting, the newest Symbian^3 update which is called Symbian Anna has been officially released. This update comes out gradually in various regions of the world, and I can confirm that I got the update too from Nigeria, West Africa.
The update I got asked me to use the Nokia Software Updater or Ovi Suite to update my C7. This means that I cannot update it using OTA.
Various sites indicate that in other regions of the world, the update can be done through OTA as well as through the Ovi Suite.
The easiest way to know if it has been released in your region is by tapping the SW update on your Nokia C7 to see if it has landed in your region. You can also do so using the PC applications: Nokia Ovi Suite or Nokia Software Updater. Symbian^3 devices have UDP (User Data Preservation), which preserves your personal files even after update. Yet, it is adviced that you backup your files on your PC before going on with the Symbian Anna update.
The good news and a point to be proud of about your Nokia C7 is the fact that this update activates the NFC function on your C7, and this is only available for the C7. Even N8 lacks that feature. Isn’t that COOL?
I will try to post the Changelog as soon as possible. Enjoy this first and feel the fast and elegant difference.
I upgraded my c7 yesterday via OTA courtesy of my telco(smart) here in the Philippines. It delivers what it was promised to achieved, Symbian now has learned their lesson that they need to innovate and upgrade their mobile OS or else be left behind. Nokia too should learned their lesson from these events, which shows symbian is not dead and still very capable OS of choice of many NOKIA fans. Instead of making symbian a free organization, Nokia should now adopt symbian as their own just like what apple does and should create more apps to lure back some people who experiment with Android. Droid might be the future, But with the largest customer base worldwide, Nokia might just come to change the future especially the next very capable symbian and competitive hardware spec’s of their next mobiles.
Nokia just redeemed their image and they will roll out more surprises soon. I guess the Official Symbian Belle would be out before the year ends.
when will belle release?
when will belle release for c7??
Official Nokia words say it will come out before Christmas. Let’s hope to see it this November
thanks
would nokia release window phone OS in future for C7??
That isn’t possible. It will be released in other phones and never in any Symbian^3 device. They don’t have the same hardware features, so it won’t work.