Get Microsoft Office for Symbian

Published by Dinesh Subramaniam on April 10, 2012

Microsoft Office on your smartphone

GLOBAL -Third party apps can be good, but they often don’t feel quite like the real thing. That’s why, as from today, you can download the Microsoft Office Mobile app right onto your Symbian smartphone.    

Until now you could only get the full Microsoft Office Mobile app on Windows Phone, but not anymore. We are happy to announce that from today, the Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and Nokia C6-01 will also get this much sought after collection of productivity apps. You can get them using the Nokia Software Update tool on your smartphone, or connecting your phone to the Nokia Suite on your PC.

Office Mobile apps will also be available from the Nokia Store in just a few weeks.

In February this year, we announced that OneNote, Lync 2010, Document Connection and PowerPoint Broadcast were available for Symbian. Now, Word Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile and Excel Mobile are the latest applications to join the suite of Microsoft Apps built especially for the latest Symbian smartphones.

The full office experience Office Mobile apps gives you quick access to your documents so that you can get more done while on the go, or when you’re not using your laptop. And because these apps were created by Microsoft, the functionalities are as close as possible – if not the same – to the Microsoft Office apps on your PC.

If you’re a Word user, you’ll appreciate the fact that with Word mobile, you can save or send documents while preserving tables, SmartArt and charts, or the pinch/zoom functionality to easily view and edit documents.

In PowerPoint mobile, you can edit presentation texts and speaker notes, or use the Outline view to quickly browse through slides. With Excel mobile, you can create charts, or insert formulae and view rich data and charts from anywhere.

Another really convenient feature of Office Mobile is that it gives you a single view to documents – whether they’re stored on your phone as files, as email attachments, or on your company SharePoint site.

There are a variety of third party apps or native apps on other platforms that go as far as allowing you to edit, but in my opinion, it’s just not the same. If you’re working on a Word document, nothing beats using Microsoft’s own app. If Excel is your thing, then you will not settle for anything less than the ability to modify data by accessing more than 110 formulae.

Office up closeIt’s also useful to know that these apps aren’t just for show. Using apps that were developed, certified and tested by Microsoft to read your work email, share notes, chat with colleagues, download and edit Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, and send them – just to list a few of the most common things that people do these days with their smartphones – ensures that your documents are compatible when you switch from your PC to the mobile phone, and that you’re not introducing any viruses that may linger in third party apps.

In tech companies, we refer to apps that are deeply ingrained into the platform or which were built specifically for a platform as ‘native apps’. The person who runs IT in your company refers to them as ‘safe apps’. If you use them, you may simply refer to them as ‘really useful apps’.

Couple these apps with all-time Nokia favourites like Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Public Transport and more than 100,000 apps in the Nokia Store, and you have a smartphone powerhouse in your hands.

What do you think? If you have a Symbian smartphone that falls into the list mentioned in the first paragraph, tell us more about your experience. If you have a Nokia N8, Nokia E6 or Nokia 500, we will announce availability for these smartphones later. The Nokia 808 PureView will also come with all these apps when it begins selling. For more information on Mobile Office apps or the full suite of Microsoft productivity applications, check out the Nokia for Business site.  

Comments

  • chintan mehta

    why not for S60v5 phones??

    • http://twitter.com/Gerii92 Gerald

      Because S60v5 doesn’t support QtQuick Components that are used by these apps (and possibly some other dependencies that S60v5 doesn’t have).

      • Anonymous

        And yet MeeGo-Harmattan does, & was in fact the driver in many respects for this tech :(

        • Anonymous

           Did you really expect Microsoft to develop for MeeGo, which is the OS the Lumia range took over for?

          • Anonymous

            You mean Maemo6 AKA MeeGo-Harmattan.
            Sure, it was done for Symbian^3…

            It’s reasonable to expect the same for Harmattan.
            Which (as I said) is the driver for much of the leading edge of Qt.

  • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

    Not for Nokia N8? It is not mentioned above

    • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

      Ah, ok, later

      • http://www.btselem.org/ Oliver Crackle

         hmmm….. ok,, but when is “later”?

    • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

      Ah, ok, later

    • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

      Ah, ok, later

    • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

      Ah, ok, later

  • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

    Not for Nokia N8? It is not mentioned above

  • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

    Not for Nokia N8? It is not mentioned above

  • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

    Not for Nokia N8? It is not mentioned above

  • http://twitter.com/RennZanda Renzo Zandalazini

    Not for Nokia N8? It is not mentioned above

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/R4BOEIRUHT3OWEFWSCCTG4ABUI 志权

    What about nokia E6

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/R4BOEIRUHT3OWEFWSCCTG4ABUI 志权

    What about nokia E6

  • Anonymous

    First Belle, then this! Nokia should rename S^3 after a wine. Phones are getting better as they are ageing!!

  • http://eve-c.org EveConnected

    Is there a SkyDrive app for Symbian at the horizon?

  • http://eve-c.org EveConnected

    Is there a SkyDrive app for Symbian at the horizon?

  • http://theycallthislife.net/ Michael

    N8 : ( 

  • http://twitter.com/MoritzJT MoritzJT

    All hail smartinstaller. Thank you Nokia for not providing offline installation packages as that would be waaaaaaaaaaay too hard for us stupid as **** users!

    C SPACE IS MINE! Give me an E Installer Variant ;-)

  • Anonymous

    Thanks a lot Nokia.
    I am happy my Nokia C7 is getting Microsoft Office.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks a lot Nokia.
    I am happy my Nokia C7 is getting Microsoft Office.

  • Anonymous

    Time to say good bye to the sluggish QuickOffice. But, it was quite a useful app.

  • Anonymous

    Time to say good bye to the sluggish QuickOffice. But, it was quite a useful app.

  • Luca

    You said “later” also when first microsoft apps were released, and still not available for N8… Is there any time frame for this later for yor old flagship phone? :(

  • Luca

    You said “later” also when first microsoft apps were released, and still not available for N8… Is there any time frame for this later for yor old flagship phone? :(

  • Luca

    You said “later” also when first microsoft apps were released, and still not available for N8… Is there any time frame for this later for yor old flagship phone? :(

  • Luca

    You said “later” also when first microsoft apps were released, and still not available for N8… Is there any time frame for this later for yor old flagship phone? :(

  • Luca

    You said “later” also when first microsoft apps were released, and still not available for N8… Is there any time frame for this later for yor old flagship phone? :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/zaiddali Zaid Dali

    why N8′s be later???!?!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/zaiddali Zaid Dali

    why N8′s be later???!?!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/zaiddali Zaid Dali

    why N8′s be later???!?!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=701072675 Vishal Raj

    Wow!!! this is great. Thank you Nokia. Will it be released for N8 as well in a later date? Will it be a free download from Nokia Store?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001063184603 Pasha Pishchynski

    great news! trying to install this with Nokia Suite :)

  • Anonymous

    I have 2 Comments.
    1) I love this update, our company has lync sharepoint, etc and all these apps integrate beautifully.
    2) Unfortunately the apps install to C: and the mail storage goes to C and I have only 60MB left after a week, so I am totally unable to utilize the apps. :(

    . 

  • Anonymous

    I have 2 Comments.
    1) I love this update, our company has lync sharepoint, etc and all these apps integrate beautifully.
    2) Unfortunately the apps install to C: and the mail storage goes to C and I have only 60MB left after a week, so I am totally unable to utilize the apps. :(

    . 

  • Anonymous

    put it on nokia store. then we can install in our N8

  • Anonymous

    put it on nokia store. then we can install in our N8

  • Anonymous

    put it on nokia store. then we can install in our N8

    • malerocks

       If they force install to C, downloading from the store will not help as well.

      • Anonymous

        if they do that, they are in a wrong way

  • http://twitter.com/truflexxx Carlos W

    What about N8??

  • http://twitter.com/truflexxx Carlos W

    What about N8??

  • http://twitter.com/Hdrules Hradayesh Nimavat

    Just tried it on my bro’s Nokia 603 and app works nice! Great to see Symbian getting constant updates and apps packages

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001419537390 Hazin Shereef

    WHAT ABOUT S60V5 DEVICES

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001419537390 Hazin Shereef

    WHAT ABOUT S60V5 DEVICES

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001419537390 Hazin Shereef

    WHAT ABOUT S60V5 DEVICES

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001419537390 Hazin Shereef

    WHAT ABOUT S60V5 DEVICES

  • Dinesh Subramaniam

    Thanks for all the comments and questions. Yes, all the Microsoft Apps will come to the Nokia N8 and Nokia E6. We were unable to bring it to these two smartphones (and the Nokia 500) because of their software configuration. Rest assured, Microsoft Apps will come to these devices soon.

    Also, Office Mobile will be available in the Nokia Store in a few weeks.

  • Anonymous

    Totally blows that this wasn’t also made available for Maemo 6 (MeeGo-Harmattan).

  • Anonymous

    I am a N8 user for more than one year. With Nokia BELLE plus the new coming MS Office i ll get almost a perdect smartphone. 

  • Anonymous

    I am a N8 user for more than one year. With Nokia BELLE plus the new coming MS Office i ll get almost a perdect smartphone. 

  • Jimbo

    Now just get MS to update Skype on Symbian, to add in video calling.   Not much point to front facing cameras on most Nokia units, if you can’t video call.

  • http://twitter.com/heendrik25 Hendrik

    Another great application for Symbian Belle – but tell me when I can expect this for my N8? A few days, a few weeks or a few months?

    Another point would really be to update the Symbian Belle’s Skype app with the standard video calling feature – as there are several other agreements with Microsoft now.

  • http://twitter.com/heendrik25 Hendrik

    Another great application for Symbian Belle – but tell me when I can expect this for my N8? A few days, a few weeks or a few months?

    Another point would really be to update the Symbian Belle’s Skype app with the standard video calling feature – as there are several other agreements with Microsoft now.

  • http://twitter.com/heendrik25 Hendrik

    Another great application for Symbian Belle – but tell me when I can expect this for my N8? A few days, a few weeks or a few months?

    Another point would really be to update the Symbian Belle’s Skype app with the standard video calling feature – as there are several other agreements with Microsoft now.

  • http://twitter.com/heendrik25 Hendrik

    Another great application for Symbian Belle – but tell me when I can expect this for my N8? A few days, a few weeks or a few months?

    Another point would really be to update the Symbian Belle’s Skype app with the standard video calling feature – as there are several other agreements with Microsoft now.

  • http://twitter.com/heendrik25 Hendrik

    Another great application for Symbian Belle – but tell me when I can expect this for my N8? A few days, a few weeks or a few months?

    Another point would really be to update the Symbian Belle’s Skype app with the standard video calling feature – as there are several other agreements with Microsoft now.

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

    • http://www.facebook.com/matta.ankit Ankit Matta

      Its not for E6 yet….Very SAD….I am badly waiting for this update…Please let us know the exact date

    • http://twitter.com/alvetica Al Pavangkanan

      I was worried about that.  Thanks for taking one for the team.  My C: drive is just as compromised.  Will avoid.

    • http://twitter.com/alvetica Al Pavangkanan

      I was worried about that.  Thanks for taking one for the team.  My C: drive is just as compromised.  Will avoid.

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://twitter.com/LokiBartleby Michael

    Original MS Office on Symbian handsets? Awesome!
    Oh wait, as usual it is installed on C:, which was just minimized to 42MB on my N8 by that glorious new Nokia Maps Suite (which cannot be uninstalled, not even single components like during the Beta). But as I have an N8, I didn’t even got the 1st Office apps package yet (which I don’t care about, but I do with this 2nd pack).
    So please, please, please – listen to your users carefully. You know what they’re complaining about for ages now? Too less free memory on C:! So everything that’s not crucial or integrated part of  the OS should be installed on mass memory (at least optional).
    I love to see ongoing support for Symbian, I really appreciate all that work that’s still done and I love all the Nokia apps. But what’s the point in making fantastic apps which cannot be installed or used properly due to the memory situation?
    Let users choose a different drive than C: for mails, contacts, etc.. Let them uninstall the Maps Suite completely or at least unused components (e.g. Public Transport) and let ‘em choose another installation drive for apps that don’t need to be installed on C: to work properly.
    And what about those 20MB reserved memory for the SW update? Is that really necessary?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1652490100 Bhargav Teja Anusuri

    I have a Nokia E6 and I love the phone but it didn’t get the update :( When will it be released for the E6 ? :|

  • http://www.locoarts.com.ar/ El viejo viteh

    Yo lo quiero para mi nokia N8!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1374472180 Paul Ivan Daquis

    how much does it cost? do we have to buy a license for it?

  • Anonymous

    As an N8 user this sounds excellent news.

  • Anonymous

    This is great, with Belle the Symbian OS is finally perfect, no more bugs like previous versions and everything runs so smoothly! I hope Nokia will continue to sell Symbian Phones in the future as i really don’t like Windows Phone!

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  • Andelson Marcelino

    I am having a lot of issues, first of all, I lost all my contacts on the device, while the Office Pack ask to sync, even I asking to not delete. After that, my documents can not be edited and doesn’t show part of documents, like pictures, tables, efects. I am really not happy.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/ZL2A4JGOUGFMADSJ5TSFGB3VGI riyaz

    since n8 has 16 GB inbuilt memory,why can’t they let install all these apps on to the n8 E drive (which is the inbuilt and fast memory).Allowing apps like nokia social,chat,quick office,adobe reader to install to this massive (in case of mobiles) will help save some precious space on C drive .Also option to change the default memory location of emails is also requested.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1263966757 Sebastian Hoffmann

    where are the links for downloads? nokia suite does not offer it fpr my x7-00

  • http://twitter.com/Pranjal_K_Das pranjal kumar das

    where is the update for Nokia N8?? could not find it on software update…

  • Sayed Shamsul Alam Reza

    downloaded. but i dont know why it is not signing me in? every time it says error. tried wifi & mobile data. everytime error!

  • Anonymous

    N8 left aside. AGAIN. We’ll never see those ms apps. Nokia will never see my money again.

    • http://www.facebook.com/jackywong810 Jacky Wong

       o c’mon….the apps were developed by microsoft, not nokia. Of course Nokia wants it on the N8 since they probably sold more than c7,x7,500 etc.

  • Anonymous

    N8 left aside. AGAIN. We’ll never see those ms apps. Nokia will never see my money again.

  • Anonymous

    N8 left aside. AGAIN. We’ll never see those ms apps. Nokia will never see my money again.

  • Jeremy Gillespie

    What I would love for someone to tell me from Nokia is WHY are these apps and all Symbian/Meego apps NOT being developed as QT applications…  

    If they were QT then all Nokia phones would benefit, not just symbian and not just particular releases of symbian.  It has always bothered me that even though Nokia said they were switching to QT for all development nokia maps and other betalabs projects stayed firmly with native development very much to the detriment of other QT based platforms such as Maemo and Meego – if QT was actually pushed as the main development platform then today the ovi store for the n9 would have a heck of a lot more applications available (a fully populated ecosystem as a particular ceo likes to talk up!)

    Oh well with the shift to .NET I guess QT for Nokia is no longer as much of an issue…

  • Jeremy Gillespie

    What I would love for someone to tell me from Nokia is WHY are these apps and all Symbian/Meego apps NOT being developed as QT applications…  

    If they were QT then all Nokia phones would benefit, not just symbian and not just particular releases of symbian.  It has always bothered me that even though Nokia said they were switching to QT for all development nokia maps and other betalabs projects stayed firmly with native development very much to the detriment of other QT based platforms such as Maemo and Meego – if QT was actually pushed as the main development platform then today the ovi store for the n9 would have a heck of a lot more applications available (a fully populated ecosystem as a particular ceo likes to talk up!)

    Oh well with the shift to .NET I guess QT for Nokia is no longer as much of an issue…

  • Jeremy Gillespie

    What I would love for someone to tell me from Nokia is WHY are these apps and all Symbian/Meego apps NOT being developed as QT applications…  

    If they were QT then all Nokia phones would benefit, not just symbian and not just particular releases of symbian.  It has always bothered me that even though Nokia said they were switching to QT for all development nokia maps and other betalabs projects stayed firmly with native development very much to the detriment of other QT based platforms such as Maemo and Meego – if QT was actually pushed as the main development platform then today the ovi store for the n9 would have a heck of a lot more applications available (a fully populated ecosystem as a particular ceo likes to talk up!)

    Oh well with the shift to .NET I guess QT for Nokia is no longer as much of an issue…

  • Jeremy Gillespie

    What I would love for someone to tell me from Nokia is WHY are these apps and all Symbian/Meego apps NOT being developed as QT applications…  

    If they were QT then all Nokia phones would benefit, not just symbian and not just particular releases of symbian.  It has always bothered me that even though Nokia said they were switching to QT for all development nokia maps and other betalabs projects stayed firmly with native development very much to the detriment of other QT based platforms such as Maemo and Meego – if QT was actually pushed as the main development platform then today the ovi store for the n9 would have a heck of a lot more applications available (a fully populated ecosystem as a particular ceo likes to talk up!)

    Oh well with the shift to .NET I guess QT for Nokia is no longer as much of an issue…

  • Jeremy Gillespie

    What I would love for someone to tell me from Nokia is WHY are these apps and all Symbian/Meego apps NOT being developed as QT applications…  

    If they were QT then all Nokia phones would benefit, not just symbian and not just particular releases of symbian.  It has always bothered me that even though Nokia said they were switching to QT for all development nokia maps and other betalabs projects stayed firmly with native development very much to the detriment of other QT based platforms such as Maemo and Meego – if QT was actually pushed as the main development platform then today the ovi store for the n9 would have a heck of a lot more applications available (a fully populated ecosystem as a particular ceo likes to talk up!)

    Oh well with the shift to .NET I guess QT for Nokia is no longer as much of an issue…

  • Jeremy Gillespie

    What I would love for someone to tell me from Nokia is WHY are these apps and all Symbian/Meego apps NOT being developed as QT applications…  

    If they were QT then all Nokia phones would benefit, not just symbian and not just particular releases of symbian.  It has always bothered me that even though Nokia said they were switching to QT for all development nokia maps and other betalabs projects stayed firmly with native development very much to the detriment of other QT based platforms such as Maemo and Meego – if QT was actually pushed as the main development platform then today the ovi store for the n9 would have a heck of a lot more applications available (a fully populated ecosystem as a particular ceo likes to talk up!)

    Oh well with the shift to .NET I guess QT for Nokia is no longer as much of an issue…

  • http://www.facebook.com/themancipation Tarfa Adejir

    Leaving Nokia E6 aside again. I thought this phone is one of Nokia’s business phone. Why do they keep on disregarding this phone?

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/WTEWOCKJ575AWB2ZRWJV7F5UV4 Stefan bluhm

       Because E6 is a business phone…Nokia doesn’t care about business. Am returning my E6 this week.

  • http://twitter.com/ramim_leon Ramim Leon

    why not in N8?????????

  • http://twitter.com/ramim_leon Ramim Leon

    why not in N8?????????

    • Anonymous

      its probably because of the size of our C: on the N8 this is a 50mb update and there isn’t that much space on the C:

      Nokia just has to set it so the bulk of the files install onto E:… i don’t see why that’s taking them Weeks to do though when some Nokia fans have already done that within a couple of hours

    • Anonymous

      its probably because of the size of our C: on the N8 this is a 50mb update and there isn’t that much space on the C:

      Nokia just has to set it so the bulk of the files install onto E:… i don’t see why that’s taking them Weeks to do though when some Nokia fans have already done that within a couple of hours

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GJSTI7CSRC22555W3NEUPMBP2M Kenshiro Tanaka

    took more than one hour to download with GPRS and the installer just says “Unfortunately there was a problem getting your updates.” Nokia makes us sad and unhappy recently.

    • Anonymous

      I keep getting the same error message on my 701. Very annoying.
      Sort it out, Nokia!

    • Anonymous

      I keep getting the same error message on my 701. Very annoying.
      Sort it out, Nokia!

    • Anonymous

      I keep getting the same error message on my 701. Very annoying.
      Sort it out, Nokia!

    • Anonymous

      I keep getting the same error message on my 701. Very annoying.
      Sort it out, Nokia!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WF5RDUGP22TCVJZLOWFIKFE3FQ Alin

    Looking at these screen shots, anyone can see that Symbian Belle is much nicer than Windows Phone!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WF5RDUGP22TCVJZLOWFIKFE3FQ Alin

    Looking at these screen shots, anyone can see that Symbian Belle is much nicer than Windows Phone!

  • Martin

    Great apps, but there are two things I’m missing:
    - full SkyDrive support
    - HTML email display for Hotmail when using Exchange for Activesync

  • Anonymous

    works great on my N8 thanks Nokia ;)

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  • Rex Reyes III

    …”and that you’re not introducing any viruses that may linger in third party apps.” – Take that Android! :P

  • Rex Reyes III

    …”and that you’re not introducing any viruses that may linger in third party apps.” – Take that Android! :P

  • Rex Reyes III

    …”and that you’re not introducing any viruses that may linger in third party apps.” – Take that Android! :P

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  • shaik zameer ahmed

    iam using nokia 701 but still i dont have any kind of app from which i can make video chatting, like fring, nimbuzz,google chat no video support for any app, I kindly request nokia to make any convenient way to utilize video chat……i feel this only a disadvantage of my mobile. :(

  • shaik zameer ahmed

    iam using nokia 701 but still i dont have any kind of app from which i can make video chatting, like fring, nimbuzz,google chat no video support for any app, I kindly request nokia to make any convenient way to utilize video chat……i feel this only a disadvantage of my mobile. :(

  • Fikri Ramadhan

    Ah… finally..a true microsoft app, thanks nokia.

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  • Soutiman Das Gupta

    I installed this second update of MS Apps on my Nokia 701 but my mail applications including the home screen widget have stopped working.
     
    The mail app has been replaced with a new app called ‘FreestyleEmailUI’ and it refuses to open when clicked. Another new app called ‘emailwodget’ has appeared which also does not open when clicked.
     
    I need to have the mail fucntions bakc. Can anyone please help?

  • Soutiman Das Gupta

    I installed this second update of MS Apps on my Nokia 701 but my mail applications including the home screen widget have stopped working.
     
    The mail app has been replaced with a new app called ‘FreestyleEmailUI’ and it refuses to open when clicked. Another new app called ‘emailwodget’ has appeared which also does not open when clicked.
     
    I need to have the mail fucntions bakc. Can anyone please help?

    • Anurag Chutani

      Same problem!! HELP!!!

      • Soutiman Das Gupta

        Hi, the problem is finally solved. There was a new update OTA and through the Nokia Suite called FP1. It was around 25 MB. I updated it and now the mail and widgets are working fine. There have been other UI changes and improvements.

        Overall I’m glad that the mail is working fine.

    • Anurag Chutani

      Same problem!! HELP!!!

  • Soutiman Das Gupta

    I installed this second update of MS Apps on my Nokia 701 but my mail applications including the home screen widget have stopped working.
     
    The mail app has been replaced with a new app called ‘FreestyleEmailUI’ and it refuses to open when clicked. Another new app called ‘emailwodget’ has appeared which also does not open when clicked.
     
    I need to have the mail fucntions bakc. Can anyone please help?

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  • Ajit D

    Why not introduce it for Nokia 500 (Symbiam Belle OS)? :(

    • Anonymous

      A version for Nokia 500 and for Nokia N8 is coming in few weeks. Sorry for the wait. Kimmo from Nokia

    • Anonymous

      A version for Nokia 500 and for Nokia N8 is coming in few weeks. Sorry for the wait. Kimmo from Nokia

    • Anonymous

      A version for Nokia 500 and for Nokia N8 is coming in few weeks. Sorry for the wait. Kimmo from Nokia

    • Anonymous

      A version for Nokia 500 and for Nokia N8 is coming in few weeks. Sorry for the wait. Kimmo from Nokia

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3QHRWNJSESXMM26IIDVSNIFRPI krish

    why the nokia ppl not produce any video chat for belle there more n more  apps for video free calling from net viber and everything is easy for Android and I-phone but nokia symbian not any one option for this…

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3QHRWNJSESXMM26IIDVSNIFRPI krish

    why the nokia ppl not produce any video chat for belle there more n more  apps for video free calling from net viber and everything is easy for Android and I-phone but nokia symbian not any one option for this…

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3QHRWNJSESXMM26IIDVSNIFRPI krish

    why the nokia ppl not produce any video chat for belle there more n more  apps for video free calling from net viber and everything is easy for Android and I-phone but nokia symbian not any one option for this…

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3QHRWNJSESXMM26IIDVSNIFRPI krish

    why the nokia ppl not produce any video chat for belle there more n more  apps for video free calling from net viber and everything is easy for Android and I-phone but nokia symbian not any one option for this…

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  • Soutiman Das Gupta

    With the FP1 update after the MS Apps, I feel that my Nokia 701 is almost at par with a Galaxy S2. However a notable exception is the inability to host any video calling app.

    It’s peculiar that the S60 phones can have apps supporting video calls but not the newer S3 OS.

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  • http://twitter.com/telemaxxx thomas theussing

    Hopefully MS do not make the same Failure as Nokia and install there Apps on Drive C:
    I use a Nokia 700 and Drive C: becomes smaller and smaller….

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  • http://twitter.com/lalit_1985 Lalit Naphade

    please release it for Nokia  E90 Communicator S60 v3…eagerly waiting for it. :D

  • http://twitter.com/lalit_1985 Lalit Naphade

    please release it for Nokia  E90 Communicator S60 v3…eagerly waiting for it. :D

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  • Santosh Param Sivam

    Couldn’t find MS Office Mobile update anywhere, neither on SW Update client on device nor on Nokia Suite. Is this update released for all regions?

    • http://conversations.nokia.com Ian Delaney

      Which phone do you have?

  • Santosh Param Sivam

    Couldn’t find MS Office Mobile update anywhere, neither on SW Update client on device nor on Nokia Suite. Is this update released for all regions?

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  • http://twitter.com/its4ajay Ajay Singh

    i lost my ms office suite apps after updating to belle fp1 on my nokia 603… and it doesn’t   show up in software uudate app tooo

  • http://twitter.com/its4ajay Ajay Singh

    i lost my ms office suite apps after updating to belle fp1 on my nokia 603… and it doesn’t   show up in software uudate app tooo

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=514340133 Raj Bhalla

    Microsoft Apps disappeared after FP1 update. I have nokia 701.
    Now neither it shows in pending software update or in OVI store…!

    Pls help on how to get it on 701 after FP1 update?

  • Anonymous

    Video calls are enabled with Nokia Belle; you can make one by simply choosing video call when starting to make a call.

  • Anonymous

    Video calls are enabled with Nokia Belle; you can make one by simply choosing video call when starting to make a call.

  • Anonymous

     Hi. A version for Nokia E6 is coming also. The reason for a later date is the different screen resolution and form factor in this device. We fully agree on the need for this package for the great business device E6 is. Sorry for the wait. Kimmo from Nokia

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000000671121 Muhammad Nasir Talpur

    i tried to find this app on nokia store through my cellfone but did not found it… any problem with the download…i have nokia 603 updated to FP1… 

  • https://launchpad.net/~mheseltine mark

    will it be possible to install this somewhere other than the C drive? The C drive is really full and there doesn’t seem to be any way to make space there.

  • Munjal Savla

    Hey, surprisingly, it is not showing up on my 701. Updated my E7 on the day the apps were launched. Any reason why my 701 is left out? Actually, bought the 701 just 2 weeks back, already got FP1 on it but no Office!!

  • http://twitter.com/LarryCrazy1 Larry Crazy

    Cannot login successfully into my corporate email using Office on my E7 after upgrade. Not really useful to have office that cannot login to corporate email or Lync!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002032825129 Ernest Joyce T. Caraig

    that is SSSOOO AWESOME !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002032825129 Ernest Joyce T. Caraig

    that will be great to the students that’s using this app … so students like me will edit/view their documents while on-the-go … Nokia’s the BEST !

  • http://www.facebook.com/joby.manuel Joby Manuel

    I didn’t see this update for my 701. And one funny thing is last time when I took my mobile to Nokia store for software update, they changed the product code :)

  • Chris Cross

    What about the Nokia N8 users? We didn’t even get Microsoft Apps v.1!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000465613897 Miloš Lazić

    I want ms office for my nokia 701, belle fp1, when will it be available for download

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/UCNTXMOGISUSGAMQWNWTCM7BAY Alexander

    still nothing for N8

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=533445978 Michael Mertins

       did you check the ovi store? I think I saw it there

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1577919425 Jonathan Craig

        Says its not available for N8…

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/UCNTXMOGISUSGAMQWNWTCM7BAY Alexander

    still nothing for N8

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  • http://www.facebook.com/kalathil.rahul Rahul Kalathil

    can i get office on nokia e5

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/WV5CYBGRUR4DFPBJPPCPCPEIQQ Winsly

    ..i cant update my nokia 500 with MS office apps. It restarts my phone when  I try to update using nokia suite. Any help guys,, Thanks

  • Ghe Dragos

    I did check the Store but MS Office is not available any more for nokia 701, only for C7. I wander why? I was able to install it right after the news came out that is available for Belle but that changed. I do not understand why? Discrimination? Anyone from Nokia can answer?

    • http://twitter.com/Tomocapi Tomas Monteiro

      Same here! this dowload has disappeared in the last 4 four days for my N8. It used to pop um every time I connected to nokia suite. not anymore….

  • Rycoh

    Hi_I’ve got a Nokia 700; however, I can’t seem to find the MS Office app for this phone….Please help?!

  • rhoseR.

    i loss my application on my phone can i install it again?? like microsoft word, ppt and excel..

  • shahzaib

    I have Nokia 500, when I m getting this app on my cell phone..

  • Mas

    Error “currently this user cannot be called through viber. To send a free message instead press continue.” When call to Nokia X7 feom Sumsung. Please help.