Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 – Screenshot & Video Tour

In a surprising move, Nokia released the Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 update for the Nokia 603, 700 & 701 Over the Air yesterday. If you own any of these 3 phones, I suggest you open the SW Update app on your phone & update to Feature Pack 1 right away!

Here are some of the major changes introduced with the Feature Pack 1 update :

• Processor speed bumped from 1GHz to 1.3GHz
• Dolby Mobile 3.0 with Dolby Headphones support
• New Multitasking UI
• New Widgets
• New Web Browser
• New Maps Suite

Apart from these major changes, there are various neat tweaks & modifications to Nokia Belle which take the user experience to another level! Here is a video tour by Cj introducing you to Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1, followed by a screenshot tour highlighting the various new tweaks & changes brought about by Feature Pack 1.

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New Widgets

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Menu Layout along with new Search for the apps. With FP1, the apps aren’t arranged alphabetically, instead you are presented with the keyboard directly, where you can start searching for the apps.

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The new look web browser, with a new UI for the Bookmarks, Most Visited & History lists.

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The Notifications drop down bar has been modified to categorize Notifications & Activities, with Notifications getting a priority along with an option to clear them.

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Here is the new look Multitasking UI offering full size previews of the running apps, instead of small squares.

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The following updates are available when you start the Nokia Store for the first time.

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The mail app has been updated with what was provided in Microsoft Apps 1.0 previously.

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There have been some changes in the Messages app as well. Incoming messages show up with Blue background now.

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The music player now supports Dolby Mobile 3.0 with Dolby Headphone support.

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Pop Up notifications have been moved to the top of the screen in the form of toast notifications. No more annoying in your face pop ups!

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The options menu all over has been given the Qt Quick Components UI. Not a fan of this new look!

 
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Settings app has been optimized better for touch now, to make use of the entire screen.

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There is a new category in Settings called Privacy with the following options. Going down a safer “Path” Nokia?

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You saw the new Mobile data tracker in the New Widgets screenshots earlier. This is the detailed Mobile Data Tracker section in the settings.