If you’re one of the early adopters of the Nokia N9, get ready for an update. Nokia has just announced an over the air software update that’s being rolled out within the next few days and should be completed within two weeks.
The update weighs in at 218MB so you would want your N9 to be within range of a fast wifi connection and plugged in to a power source. The process supposedly could take up to 40 minutes in which your phone would not be usable until it’s completed and you’re advised to back it up beforehand.
The current version of MeeGo on the N9 is the PR 1.1 (20.2011.40-2_PR_005), at least on the device I’m holding. The update will be designated 40-4 and is said to bring parity to the N950 developer device.
A number of features are listed on Nokia’s developer blog but it seems rather odd because some of them are already available on my device which I picked up right after Nokia World, namely:
- Music controls on the lock screen
- Multi-language Swype keyboard
- Default swipe down to close an app
- NFC tag reading
- Photo and video shoot with color filter
- Notifications on the standby screen
That’s six of the ten listed new features. What’s left?
- Noise canceling, (can’t say because I don’t use the N9 to make calls)
- More powerful multitasking (it’s kind of slow right now)
- Faster MfE (I have no idea what MfE means)
- Multiple smaller improvements to the OS (can’t tell what these are)
If you’re an N9 owner, have you got those features already or are you looking forward to have them?
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