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Nokia was actively preparing the ammunition to launch counterattacks against its rivals. iPhone, Blackberry, and Android phone line, be prepared! The moment that Nokia will become a turning point, to re-compete is in the Nokia World 2011 event held in London, England, 26-27 October.

Nokia may announce the availability of Symbian smartphones Belle at the launch of the 603 at this event. Nokia 603 is likely to run the Symbian Belle. Reportedly, Belle updates for Symbian phones running on Symbian Anna will also be arriving on October 26, the first day of Nokia World event. Even if Symbian Belle update does not actually arrive on time, the company is expected to make a definitive announcement about the update immediately.

Google updated its Translate application for Android devices on Thursday with support for 11 additional languages as part of a major update. The application will now translate and speak English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Turkish. Google originally launched the conversation feature of Google Translate in January of this year and subsequently added support for Japanese in the wake of the country’s earthquake and tsunami crisis. Users can speak words and then correct them, if there was an error, before the phone speaks them in the translated language. The text translation aspect of Google Translate offers support for 63 different languages. A video of the application in action follows after the break.

Tuesday Symantec launched Norton Anti-Theft, a Web-based service that allows consumers to remotely lock, locate and recover a lost or stolen Windows-based laptop, Android smartphone or Android tablet. The release is part of Symantec’s Norton Everywhere initiative, which extends Norton’s security expertise and technologies to protect consumers everywhere they go, regardless of device or platform.

In addition to the Sneak Peek feature, Symantec’s Norton Auto-Theft also tracks and maps the location of the stolen/lost device when anyone uses it to go online. Subscribers can also securely lock the device to prevent others from using it or seeing the stored information. There’s also an option to display a customizable message to anyone who finds the missing device so that owners can make arrangements to get it back.

GhostGuitar is an app that will revolutionize the air guitar industry. No longer do you have to imagine the awesome sounds that you’re pumping out of your imaginary axe. Instead, you can use your talented hands to pump out actual power chords. As the promo blurb says, “Finally. A real air guitar.”

The app uses the front-facing camera in your iPhone or iPad 2 to track your hands, and then you strum with your right hand whilst fretting chords with your left. Sometimes, you can even pick individual strings.

Nokia announced that it was making Windows Phone 7 its primary Smartphone OS. The company promised that its first WP7 devices would be on the market, We know about the Sea Ray, which was briefly shown off by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop at a private event this past summer, and we know that anyone Nokia shows it to thinks it’s absolutely stunning.

Many of the BlackBerry users wish that they have their BlackBerry device Hot Spot-supported but unfortunately, none of the BlackBerry OS are Hot Spot supported yet. A leaked memo reveals that the new software update will be available in the upcoming months and it will be ‘Hot Spot Capable’. This feature has a great demand. The leaked memo also reveals that BlackBerry Torch 9850 will be getting this most demanded feature really soon. However, the point is not yet cleared.