Nokia Users

Just a quick heads up on yet another update from Nokia.  This time, Nokia PC Suite gets a minor update, bringing stability fixes.  This will bring PC Suite to V7.1.30.9

Just launch your PC Suite on your Desktop, and if not prompted to download the update, click on "Web" in the toolbar, and select "search for updates".

Thanks to NokiAAddict, and ZOMG it's CJ have brought us news that the E71 and E66 both have now received a new Firmware Update, bringing the latest version to V300.21.012 on both handsets.  You can grab the update via Nokia Software Updater, and if you have not used NSU for a while, you maybe prompted to update that too.!

As usual, the Nokia Beta Labs team really do know how to keep us all on our toes, and now, they have just announced that Ovi Maps 3.0 is finally out of Beta, and the final version is ready to be downloaded to your compatible Nokia handset.  Over to Kee from the Maps team...

On behalf of the Maps team we are pleased to announce that Ovi Maps for mobile has now graduated from Beta Labs. It has been a long old journey since we first launched it to Beta Labs back in December last year and we now feel that the product is finally ready for the public.

“Lessons learnt” – we would like to take this opportunity to mention a couple of the key learnings for us all within the Maps team – the management of the discussion forum and communication. Within Beta Labs, the Ovi Maps for mobile page was clearly the most active and we were completely overwhelmed with the number of discussion threads. For the future, we already have some good ideas to improve the structure of the forums so that there are clear sections/areas in order to avoid duplications – in turn, this will hopefully improve the communication between yourselves and the Maps team.

Im afraid you will have to resort to your PC/Laptop to grab this final version, so Please download the latest Maps Updater and Map Loader from www.nokia.com/maps

Ovi Contacts from Nokia Beta Labs gets updated, bringing Touch Support for the N97 and 5800XM handsets.

With Ovi Contacts, you can let your friends know what you are doing and where you are. You can also check your friends' status messages to see what your friends are up to. Ovi Contacts is all about keeping in touch with people who matter.

If you have used Nokia Chat you will find Ovi Contacts mobile application familiar. Key features: (note: supported features depend on the platform)

• Presence: Let your friends know if you are available, busy or on the phone. Check your friends' availability.
• Enhanced presence: You can share - or hide - your favorite places with your friends. You can also let your friends know what you are listening.
• Chat: Get in touch with your friends with chat. Convey your messages with emotions and share your location on the map via chat.
• This update allows you to show your fav contacts presence right there on your N97 homescreen too.!  For full details, download instructions, and compatibility see here.

Today the Nokia N96, and N97 RM-507 both received firmware updates, the N97 - V11.0.021, and the N96 - V30.033.  Both of these updates are available FOTA (Firmware Over the Air), or NSU (Nokia Software Updater).

N97 V11 full Changelog is still available here, on NokiaUsers, however, at this time of writing, there is still no Official changelog for the N96 new firmware.

If you own a UK variant of N97 like myself, RM-505, then it looks like we are in for a wait, as V11 is not yet available OTA or via NSU at this time.  I have been checking pretty much each hour today, and its all been in vain.

I will let you guys know though, as soon as V11 is available for your UK N97 handsets.!

Simple video from myself here on Nokiausers, showing the actual size of the N97 device compared to other NSeries handsets.

Just a day before Nokia said they will be releasing V11 Firmware for the new N97, an Official Changelog has surfaced.  Thats right, an Official Nokia Changelog.  There is hoax changelog doing the rounds, mentioning Multi-Touch would be implemented, but as said, this was a cruel hoax.  Anyway, moving on, and the Official Changelog can be seen below, and although there are many bugfixes, thats pretty much all there is, but this is indeed a very welcomed sight giving the N97's really buggy released V10 firmware.  Us early adopters are all too familiar with early releases.

USB detection error fix
-PC does not detect N97 or USB charging connection not detected.

Widget
-Home screen online/offline widget crash fix
-Fix for “Alphabetical and Number input are mixed in facebook until end key is pressed.
-Widget UI improvement – New facebook widget fixes a problem of Home Screen background visible on soft-key area.
-Browser fixes to improve widgets stability.

MfE related fixes
-Partial fix for Messaging/calendar entry lost.
-Mail for exchange calendar entry synchronization error fix.

UI transition error fixes

-(Portrait <-> landscape transition, there is a home screen corruption.)
-UI transition (Slowness and bad effects)
-Slow Touch UI response
-Picture of the device lock appears half of the screen when transitioning the UI sometimes
-Landscape: in some cases the soft buttons on touch (right hand) show the Home Screen in background (install maps.google.com)

Photos thumbnail performance and stability improvements

-Device performance deteriorates when lots of content in the device - especially photos
-Partial fix no display backlight illumination when unlocking lock-key – CAP Genius reported already
-New version of Accueweather to improve the “Connection error” situation
-Device reset when browsing with high speed packet access (for Malaysia)
-“Browser soft key UI doesn’t work after putting Chinese character with qwerty keyboard”
-Java fixes (TCK, Pre-install app disappearing, *#7370#*)
-Operator fixes (CMCC, Hutchson and Telefonica, Vodafone)
-Ovi store client now embedded in the core image

Source AAS via Serie N

Nokia Beta Labs team have contiuned with their hard work developing new, and wonderfully usefull applications for our Nokia devices, this time, they have just announced a new Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 (JRT 2.0) is a totally re-written Java mobile execution environment for Nokia S60 devices. It gives you several usability and performance improvements, including:

Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 (JRT 2.0) is a totally re-written Java mobile execution environment for Nokia S60 devices. It gives you several usability and performance improvements, including:

• One-click application installation
• Improved application launch user experience
• Improved execution performance

These improvements will make it much more fun for you to enjoy the thousands of games and apps available in Ovi Store and elsewhere.

In addition, there are major changes under the hood. From now on, Java Runtime will be developed and released independent from S60 releases. This means that you will always get the latest version directly to your phone, using the built-in Nokia S60 Software Update functionality.

Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 beta is compatible with S60 5th Edition, tested with following devices:

• Nokia 5800 XpressMusic software versions 20.x.xxx and 21.x.xxx
• Nokia N97 software versions 10.x.xxx and 11.x.xxx

Download Java Runtime 2.0 and share us your thoughts!!