Eseries

Wow - I'm finding that there are a lot of new (for me at least) firmware updates available for Nokia's Eseries devices. I just updated my Nokia E51.

As always, don't forget to back-up the data on your device before upgrading. 

There is no official news on the Nokia Software Update page about the slew of firmware upgrades for the Eseries so it is hard to know exactly what was updated.

I expect the official page to be updated with information over the next day or so.

Thanks to the excellent site Symbian Guru for the tip 

Thanks to RP_Guy I found out that there is a new (to me at least) firmware available for my Nokia E61i and Nokia E65

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The update process went like a charm! I used the latest version of Nokia's software update tool to update the device. It is amazing how easy and painless this process is.

However, I always recommend that you CAREFULLY read the instructions before you update! Also remember to back up everything on your device since it will be reset and wiped during the process.

One last word of advice - if you are using BlackBerry Connect for Nokia make sure that the new firmware is compatible with BlackBerry Connect BEFORE you update.

Changes made from v2.0633.65.01 to v3.0633.69.00

SB-036/17.04.08

Messaging
* Reading fo SMS time stamp information unified between regions
* SMS sending from SIM Toolkit - Profile 07 improved
* Unicode Handling with Turkish characters corrected
* Correction to fetching email from freemail server
* Intellisync: Searching a contact for the first time improved

SIM
* After the startup, the phone recognizes the language to use from the SIM card
* SMSC is re-read from SIM after switch on

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The Windows Live client for Nokia provides great access to Hotmail, MSN IM and Microsoft Windows Live Spaces. The client, which we previously covered in this blog post, is now available in 7 more countries: Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Poland, Romania and the USA.

The client is compatible with a number of Nokia devices including the following Eseries devices: Nokia E90, E65, E61i and E51.

So far I have the client has shown up in the downloads folder of my Nokia E51 but nothing yet in my Nokia E61i. I assume it takes some time before it shows up.

To download the application do the following:

Go to the "Download" folder

Go to the "Internet" folder.

Choose "Mail,IM"

More information about the client is also available at Nokia's Windows Live site. 

It's true - I'm back!

Wow, judging by the time stamp from my previous post it's been almost half a year of since I updated the blog!

I think an apology to all my friends and readers is in place.

I do apologize to everyone for dropping off the face of the planet. Thank you for all your comments here on the blog and all your email.

There's been some speculation on the blog as to the reason behind my absence. I've also received a number of questions to this subject.

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