“Software” Articles

Norman John over at SymbianWorld has put together a great guide on how to update the firmware on all S60 handsets. This all comes in the anticipation of the new 2.0 Firmware due to hit all N97 users very soon. The 2.0 Firmware is probably the most anticipated firmware update in Nokia history, never before has a firmware update been bragged about by Nokia, and as you all remember it was even showcased at Nokia World 2009. The new firmware will bring along many great features to the Nokia N97 including kinetic scrolling, more allocated storage space and even more widgets. Check out the article which also features a video tutorial to make things even easier to understand.

The Nokia Beta Labs has just announced that the Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta is now Graduated and is going public. They are also working towards placing Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0.0.10 into product CD/DVDs in device sales boxes. Creating new products with this level of complexity is never easy. Last year, Nokia had many different PC application products, like Nokia PC Suite, Nokia Ovi Suite 1.0/1.1, Nokia Nseries PC Suite, Nokia Music, Nokia Software Updater, Nokia Map Loader, Nokia PC Suite Enterprise Edition etc etc, each having different targets, feature sets and design principles. This way of working didn’t lead anymore to any positive outcome, most of the effort was going into maintenance and minor improvements and prevented us from concentrating on new things, improving user experience and supporting other than Windows operating system.

With Ovi Maps you can now get involved by exploring and sharing ‘Good Things’ across the globe, such as where you spotted a famous actor or where to get the best local food. You can also browse everyone else’s good things and make them your favourite, and even sync them with your device.

The Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 has been designed from a clean slate and offers a new, more user-friendly approach to Nokia’s PC software. The completely new user interface gives you easy access to your important files and information, all through one simple window. The new update release of Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta has just been released for you today. So make sure you check for updates next time you log in. If you don’t have Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta installed yet, then you can download it from here.