Today Nokia released the firmware version 2.1, for the N97 classic and it’s smaller brother, the N97 mini v1.1. Been trying the whole evening to install it but was having problems with my internet connection. After 2 hours of trying I finally managed to update it. Only my N97 mini was updated since my other big N97 is at my girlfriend’s house. Remember that they run the same software.
Been testing it the whole day and so far I have found the next improvements.
1. Better RAM management: This alone is an excelent improvemente. Since the release of the N97, we have been having problems with multitasking. Because it has only 128MB of RAM and just 45MB free after a boot, apps would close without warning losing everything we were doing. A big headache, I know. But I just tested and found that it is now possible to run more apps at the same time. Had web browser, ngage, and msn messenger running at the same time without issues, even the web browser displayed all the images on the site, something that wouldnt be able when running out of RAM
2. A new default theme. Actually not new, the Nseries 2 (black) theme has been modified slightly. The background is now real black and not the grayish, silverish background. The buttons, and widgets are of the same color as before, so you can compare the change.
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old theme
3. Smoother scrolling. Before the update scrolling on the app folder would result in a slugish experience. But now you can scroll smoothly and fast.
As now those are the only updates to be discovered so far, still no official changelog but we will keep an eye on it. A good update, nothing too big, but surely will improve the perfomance and the user experience. If you want to upgrade hook your phone to the PC and run the nokia software updater and it is 161MB, you wont regret. You cant get the update over the air yet, so time to plug it in!
David Castro
