Belle Update Now Available for Nokia 500

The Finnish handset maker rolled out Nokia Belle update on February 8. However, the Nokia 500 has been left out due to its technical specifications. Although the company promised that the Belle update for Nokia 500 would be available within the next few weeks, there was no exact release date available at that time.

Fortunately, it took Nokia only one week to deliver the long-awaited Belle update for the Nokia 500 smartphone. Starting today Nokia 500 owners will, hopefully, be able to upgrade their devices to the latest version of Nokia Belle operating system.

According to Nokia, the update will be released in stages, country by country, which means that not everyone will get it today. It appears that Nokia Belle for the 500 device will be pushed in each country as soon as each relevant version of the latest Symbian software is available.

Obviously, this means that the release date will vary per country, so depending on the location or whether or not the smartphone is carrier-bounded, Nokia 500 owners will get the update sooner or later.

There’s a chance that this version of Belle for Nokia 500 might not feature all the enhancements included in the standard variant which was rolled out last week to Nokia N8, E7, C7, C6-01, X7, E6, and Nokia Oro.

Nokia states that “the majority of Belle enhancements will be available for the Nokia 500 including new features such as HD video recording at 30 frames per second and a visually improved browser enabling high-quality Web video viewing.”

This means that some of Belle’s features have been left out due to Nokia 500’s technical specifications, or it’s just an unfortunate choice of words

Furthermore, the Finnish company says that “this version of Belle has been specifically tailored to match Nokia 500’s hardware performance.” This is another indication that not all Belle features have been packed in this device.

Nokia 500 owners will get Nokia Maps version 3.06, but they are recommended to use Nokia Music, as the smartphone does not support FM transmitter or widget.

The new Belle update for Nokia 500 is available for download via Nokia Suite. To check for availability in a certain country head over to Nokia’s support site.

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