N95-1 Firmware Officially hits 21.0.016

Looks like the service center distrubuted firmware has finally been made public, offering Flash Lite 3 and Web runtime support. The firmware, labeled 21.0.0.016, was first seen almost two weeks ago at select Nokia repair centers; and offers numerous improvements including enhanced browsing experience, better Java performance, along with other application (Music Player, Nokia Maps, and Gallery) improvements. Be sure to check out the thread over at N95Users regarding the new firmware, and also be sure to backup your data via PC Suite before launching the Nokia Software Updater. 

As for the "other" N95 users, I won't even begin to ask why we haven't seen the N95-3 firmware update; as that is just becoming played out and hopeless. For those of you did purchase the N95-3, maybe now would be a good time to switch to the N95 8GB NAM -as you may actually get Flash support and demand paging out of the box. 

 Follow the jump for v.21.0.0.016 the changelog...

Source: All About Symbian  

New features
* Flash Lite 3 support added
* Widget (Web runtime) support added
* Default year changed to 2008

Improvements
* General stability improvements.
* Pre-defined access point kept after switching to different type SIM card.
* Localization improvements.
* Standby time improvements.
* Improvements to BT headset interoperability.
* Improvement to Calendar data restoring.
* Switch from landscape to portrait mode & screen rotations improvements.

Browser
* Improvement to long text writing to web page text boxes.
* Browsing from WLAN wizard improvement.

Media Player
* Localizations improvements in Music player.
* Windows Media Player recognizes device as Nokia N95.

Gallery
* Image rotation improvement in album view.
* Gallery & Slideshow performance improvements.

Messaging
* Improvement to SMS reception.

Java
* Midlet installation improvement.
* Improvement to Java application start.
* Java midlet certificate checking improvement.

Navigation
* General improvements to Maps application.
* Localization correction to Search in Maps application.
* Improvement to Navigate To -function when started from search application.

SIM
* Contact names with accents and more than 11 characters can be copied to SIM card.

Changelog via SymbianFreak 

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as an n95-3 user
written by davidm, March 27, 2008

Why would I buy the n95 8GB NAM when I know Nokia doesn't provide follow up support? Am I supposed to have brand loyalty after being ignored like this?

The n95-3 has a nice camera. That's all I can say about it after a few months of use. I'm tired of the camera stopping working (requiring a device reboot), the phone being slow to operate, the browser quitting on some pages I visit, the GPS app can't handle accented characters, and numerous other bugs that could easily be fixed, as well as other improvements we should receive as they are rolled out for the product line. I can tell you Nokia has not gained my loyalty here.

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written by Maciek, March 27, 2008

Brandon. I feel your pain. Nokia is really starting to get on my nerves. Here we're spending a shitload of money on the device and Nokia just plain doesn't give a f..k about the "-3" users. I for one will not be spending any more money on a device that most likely will be ditched within six months from the support site. Maybe a class action suit against nokia would kick them on their behind and treat all users within the same device range equally... If they give a one year warranty on a certain device, shouldn't it include regular updates? I'm sure Nokia would come back with something like "firmware is released when an update is required and since N95-3 runs fine we feel there's no need". Well Nokia - F-U to that way of thinking. If you plan on being the major player on the US soil' then be prepared to treat Us like you should. We're not Nokia bastard children. We are a FULL paying clients. I doubt ANY single operator pays Nokia $660 for N95. In my opinion we have the F-KING right to DEMAND - not beg...for the firmware updates that are on par with N95-1, -2, -4.

Maciek
www.symbiosis60.com

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written by Brandon, March 28, 2008

@davidm - It was a bit of sarcasm . It just appears Nokia would rather us upgrade our device instead of waiting for new firmware.

@Maciek - I hear ya. North American users typically have to go out of our way to get a decent Nokia in our hands, as we are forced to purchase online without any form of carrier discounts. It feels as though (even though I love my N95) we were possibly a 'test' of some sort.

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written by Maciek, March 28, 2008

Usually it feels good when I get screwed but the way we got screwed by Nokia does not feel good at all.

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