PR 1.1 firmware update for the N8 and C6-01 early next week

Nokia today announced that PR 1.1 firmware update for their new Symbian ^3 devices – the Nokia N8 and C6-01, following yesterday's release for the C7, will be released early next week. The update aims at providing further performance boost and stability improvements.

Most of the updated features are not directly visible to end users, but together, they enhance the user experience of each Symbian device. Both the quality and the stability of the devices is further enhanced. In addition to numerous tweaks and fixes, there's also some new content. Details are as follows:

* Meeting requests can be accepted directly from email invitations

* Maps integration in email, which means people can view the meeting location on the map when the address is mentioned in the location field in the invite.

* New QuickOffice 6.4 editor version on the N8, which offers editing possibilities and allows zooming in & out in Word documents.

* Three high quality games will also be preloaded on new devices – Need for Speed Shift, Real Golf and Galaxy on Fire (in some countries, Need for Speed is replaced with Asphalt 5). For current N8 users, these are available for free from Ovi Suite & Ovi Store.

You will be able to get the update through the SW Update application on your device or using the Ovi Suite. The update may be quite a large download, especially for Nokia N8 users, so make sure you're on a free WiFi service when you choose to update or use Ovi Suite to install it. The standard, non-customised version of the software will come first and country (SIM-free) and operator-specific variants will follow.


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