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Service break on Wednesday January 2 @ 8:00 EET (UTC+3)

Starting at 8:00EET (UTC+3) on Wednesday, January 2 we'll have a service break at Nokia Beta Labs to make some updates to the site. We expect the break to last up to six hours, but we'll try to keep the downtime to a minimum.

During that time the site content, forum, and blog will be unavailable, but we'll post status updates on Twitter@nokiabetalabs.

Improvements to how we gather and organize feedback at Nokia Beta Labs

Hi,

Like the trials we host at Nokia Beta Labs, we are also looking for ways to improve on how we manage trials in general. A lot of feedback we get from the community and from the product teams we work with has to do with managing feedback. Reducing duplication and increasing responsiveness have been the two main requests.

We are delighted to finally be making some updates to our feedback forums to address these issues.

Service break on Wednesday June 27 @ 9:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Starting at 9:00 EEST (click to convert to local time) on Wednesday, June 27 we'll have a service break at Nokia Beta Labs to make some updates to the site. We expect the break to last up to six hours, but we'll try to keep the downtime to a minimum.

Service break on Tuesday April 17 @ 9:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Starting at 9:00 EEST (click to convert to local time) on Tuesday, April 17 we'll have a service break at Nokia Beta Labs to make some updates to the site. We expect the break to last up to two hours.

During that time the site content, forum, and blog will be unavailable. Our apologies for any inconvenience this causes.

- John, Community Facilitator @ Nokia Beta Labs

A few changes at Nokia Beta Labs

After today's service break, there are a few changes to note at the Nokia Beta Labs website. Behind the scenes we deployed a number of updates to improve the publishing capabilites for developers and a few things for our moderators too, but these are the most visible items for you:

New at the site: "My recent activity" and "My starred items" help you keep track of contributions

After today's service break we've got a few things to share with you to make it easier to keep track of previous contributions here at Nokia Beta Labs. We hope you like them.

My feedback threads

Many of you have asked for an easy way to browse all posts you have made here at Nokia Beta Labs. Now it's here, and it's called "My feedback threads". In this view you can browse all of the threads in which you've posted (i.e. created or commented). Those are sorted by date of latest update to the thread.

Maintenance break today at 13:00 EEST

[Corrected time, was 12 earlier, correct time is 13]

We have a maintenance break at 12 13:00 Eastern European Summer Time, and it may last up to 2 hours. Thank you for your patience.

- Beta Labs crew

Nokia Beta Labs updated design: New. Blue. You.

Like the trials that we host, Nokia Beta Labs itself is always trying to improve based on the feedback from the community and from developers running trials here. Today, we have unveiled a new "look" for our site, designed to make the experience of participating in beta trials more personal and more enjoyable. Thanks for your patience during today's service break.

New. Blue. You.

First, we've cleaned up the not-signed-in homepage dramatically to clarify to any first-time visitors what we're about and what kinds of trials we host here.

Service break on Monday, March 28 @ 10:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Starting at 10:00 EEST (click to convert to local time) on Monday, March 28 we'll have a service break at Nokia Beta Labs to make some updates to the site. We expect the break to last up to two hours.