Brilliant news for N95-1 users this today. An eagerly awaited firmware update has hit NSU that brings some pretty killer features to the device; autoscreen rotation, share online on the active standby screen, Maps 2.0 and faster startup time to mention a few. V30.0.015 is available now on NSU for some product codes- and that’s the classic N95-1 only. N95 8GB users can expect a v30.0.018 update available shortly on NSU- for now, a trip to your local (hopefully you have one) Nokia Service Center should square you away with the update. If you’re an N95 user that has neither of these devices- ie a North American product- my crystal ball says you can get in line with your waiting shoes and dream about the features our global brethren will start using today.
At any rate, the forums are a buzz with this news today. Ricky first caught the news from P@sco who has the changelog- and I’ve been reading all about it from some very excited N95users at the forum there where someone has posted some initial observations and thoughts from crazyk @ Nokia Discussions-
- first thing i want to mention – startup time decreased to 15-16 sec.;
- on the desktop there is “share online” option, under WLAN scan;
- added 5th theme, dark one;
- BUILT-IN AUTOROTATE. works fine!;
- renewed standard icons (some are changed, some – just got smaller);
- some camera improvements. colors of the picture are closer to original;
- youtube video works fine, meaning update for flashlite3;
- maps 2.0.
- VoIP client is still there))
Faster bootup time is always welcomed by me- and auto screen rotation is a great addition as well. It has been noted that ASR isn’t as quick to respond as RotateMe, and you don’t have the ability to display both orientations of landscape- if that matters to you. Either way, it’s a nice feature to finally be added to the device. You will need to activate it in the settings as it’s left off by default. The setting can be found in Settings>general>personalisation>display>rotate screen.
It has also been reported that the demo Ngage application is now the full app after the update. There’s also a surprising, if not odd revelation that the N95 8GB will become a Comes with Music device as the changelog lists ‘enablers’ for the feature in the v30.0.018 update…
So if you’ve loaded the new firmware already, let us know how it’s working out while Ricky and I (ahem) patiently wait for the new features on our beloved N95-3s.
