VIDEO: Nokia N97 v2.0 firmware nears release

Promises considerable improvements for the device

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2 October 2009 14:55 GMT / By Duncan Geere

Nokia's N97 handset had a difficult birth, with reviewers criticising the phone for failing to adapt Symbian to a touchscreen, and a lack of flair in general when it came to software on the handset. However, Pocket-lint has learnt that Nokia is now weeks away from delivering a software update to rectify the issues.

The v2.0 firmware is slated to arrive in mid-to-late October and includes a number of updates that should make the phone considerably more usable. The headline addition is that of kinetic scrolling, which allows the user to stroke down a list to view more options, rather than resorting to a fiddly scroll bar at the edge.

There's plenty of performance improvements promised, as well as more widgets, bug fixes and the ability to make alternate keyboard characters available with a long press of the appropriate key. Impressively, Nokia has managed to do all that and leave more memory available than previously, which does make you wonder how bad the coding was on release.

The update will be going live within the next few weeks. We're pressing Nokia for a more specific date and will update this post when that arrives.
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Via: allaboutsymbian.com

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