Nokia announced three new smartphones, which will run Symbian Belle.  Photo: This Is My Next.

Nokia hasn’t quite completed its transition to Windows Phone 7, so it’s still got a few Symbian phones up its sleeve … even if Symbian is all but dead here in the United States.

Nokia announced three new handsets Wednesday, each with a specific claim to fame and running Belle, the latest version of Symbian OS.

The Nokia 600 is the cheapest of the bunch. It features Nokia’s loudest speaker to date, which can blast tunes at 106 phons, and an FM transmitter. It also is said to have a 60-hour battery life.

The Nokia 700 is Nokia’s tiniest smartphone. The third model, the 701, is said to have the brightest display on the market (even in direct sunlight): a 3.5-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display. It also sports an 8-megapixel camera capable of shooting HD video. The 700 and 701 both feature a 1-GHz processor.

Earlier this year, Nokia announced it would abandon the Symbian OS in favor of Windows Phone 7. That stunned a lot of people and left Symbian developers feeling alienated. Following the announcement, Nokia said it had a 12-month timeline for the OS swap, so we won’t be seeing Nokia WP7 devices until 2012. The company said it would release about 20 Symbian smartphones in the interim.

All three models announced today have NFC capabilities, which makes it dead easy to wirelessly share photos and videos, connect to accessories like speakers, or share contact information with Nokia-toting friends.

The 600, 700, and 701 are each available in a variety of hues, ranging from metallic gray to eye-popping flamingo pink, and will be priced at €180, €270 and €290, [$260, $390 and $419] respectively.

via This Is My Next