The Nokia E71, Nokia’s powerhouse business device, has received yet another version Firmware update today. The new update, which will take the E71 from v.300.21.012 to v.400.21.013, makes some rather extensive changes to the device. For more details about the v.400.21.013 read on after the jump...
Unfortunately, the Nokia E71 doesn’t support User Data Preservation or Over The Air updating, so if you do get the v.400.21.013 update, make sure you back up all your contacts and important information first - this can be done in PC Suite. In addition, the v.400.21.013 update is 107MB in size and will take roughly 15 minutes to install onto your device.
Check out the Nokia E71's full tech and specs
As we said, the update is quite extensive, and according to allaboutsymbian, the following improvements, tweaks, updates, and improvements can be expected:
NEW FUNCTIONS:
* Gimlet v9.5 (v9.5.3.72) * Quick Office 5.3 * Ovi Store 1.5 (v1.5.2) * Ovi Contacts – Preinstalled * Mail for Exchange 2.9.176
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
* Email Setup Wizard update * WLAN Corrections * Internet Radio v1.16 – Increased functionality * Camera functionality improvement * Incoming call hang issue fixed * Turkish SMS character input improvement * Many functionality and Stability improvements in MfE * Support for Russian and Ukranian keymats * Phone activation Baseline updated * Yahoo account hack fixed
GENERAL
* Stability and functionality improvements * Email and WLAN functionality improvements * Increased robustness in handling SMS and incoming calls * Memory leak fixes and crashes * Email and WLAN functionality improvements
CALL HANDLING
* Fix for Incoming call hang issue and fast call crash * Fix for making emergency call when the phone is locked
CALENDAR/CLOCK
*Minor Functionality improvements *Time display correction when the phone is locked
CONNECTIVITY
*WLAN functionality Improvements and fixes for crashes *Improvement in WLAN authentication *mVPN authentication improvements and general functionality improvement
CONTACTS/PHONEBOOK
*Functionality improvements for search functionality
*Email setup wizard updated *Fix for Yahoo account hack while setting up Gmail account through Nokia Email *Fix for mails getting duplicated after restoring backup *Mail for Exchange upgraded from 2.9.158 to 2.9.176 *Many functionality and stability improvements in MfE *Robustness and functionality improvements in email items.
INTERNET RADIO
*Improved functionality *Increased application stability
QWERTY KEYBOARD
*Usability improvements *Keyboard mapping corrections for Russian and Ukranian keymat
MESSAGING
*Improvement in Turkish SMS characters input *Fix for delivery report for SMS with more than 22 characters *Increased robustness in handling SMS
The last firmware update improved the Camera performance a lot . We are still upgrading our E71 as we speak and will let you know the results ! In the meantime go update your firmware or if your lazy upgrade your hardware and get the E72.
Overall, it looks like quite a decent update. Let us know what you’ve found out about the v. 400.21.013 update in the Comments below.