N900 – Firmware update PR1.2 – At Last

N900 PR1.2 firmware is ready for UK users and from tomorrow will be ready for Global users.

This is not a joke, unlike the one made in April which fooled everyone he he he he read here. This might sound funny but one of the best things about this release is that all the millions of threads and online posts of people complaining about the delayed release of this firmware might finally stop.

I had problems trying to find the update using NSU so decide to go OTA.

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The download as you can see is 113.6MB so if you don’t have a 3G data bundle I recommend you wait until you can find a wifi access point.

Some of the new functionality that I have looked at and liked so far:

  • The main UI menu has changed so there is now no “more” button which is cool because everything is on one screen and you can edit the position of your apps.
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  • I’ve seen the option to do video calling but have not yet had the chance to try it out so watch this space.
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  • Portrait mode when web-browsing is now in and is very cool (I love it).
  • Many more screens now have the ability to search by typing in letters from the keyboard (e.g App Manager).
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  • At long last the long press for use of the symbol keys is in place, this is awesome :-)
  • Ovi Maps now loads slightly faster and the GPS lock is extremely fast the UI has also changed.
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  • The UI does seem faster at first glance and apps generally seem to open up much quicker which is also great.
  • I also noticed that there is a user guide for the N900 on the device (2nd icon Top right in the image below)

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Here are few things that have bugged me so far:

  • I still find that I had to delete the birthday smart calendar and then added it again to get it working, this has happened after every firmware update and most people don’t realise.
  • I had some big problems trying to get Nokia Messaging working again with the default email client in the end something changed and started working again. Sorry I don’t have a solution here.
  • Most people are find things running faster but my App Manager is still a little slow.

I’ll do my best to test and try out more of the changes/fixes over the next few days.

I’ve done some reading over at Nokia Conversations and it turns out that on the 27th May that OVI will finally go live with changes for the N900 and we can expect some new games such as:

We can also expect some new apps coming through OVI such as:

Thanks to the Talk.Maemo.org  wiki for all the below information regarding the Changelog:

New Features

  • Qt 4.6.2 is now preinstalled on the OS.
  • Changes for the video recording in the Camera Application.
  • Video calling can be accessed through contacts.
  • Can dial USSD Codes.
  • No more “More” menu in application launcher, and is rearrangeable.
  • Virtual Keyboard has been modified and now looks different.
  • File Manager is now able to share any file and/or folder.
  • Typing in Application Manager starts a search (like it is in Contacts or Media Player).
  • Status area is now reachable in portrait mode
  • Portrait mode Virtual Keyboard for browser. *Not yet confirmed* (Source)

Resolved bugs

Please note that this list is not necessarily complete.

See this query for more accurate/up-to-date report.

maemo.org Official Applications:

Browser

Calendar

Chat & Call & SMS

Contacts

Desktop Widgets

Email

Games

Images and Camera

Map

Media player

RSS feed reader

Settings and Maintenance

Utilities

maemo.org Official Platform:

Connectivity

Core

Desktop platform

Location

Multimedia

Synchronization

System software

Telephony

Translations

UI Specification

Updated packages

  • +alarmd 1.1.16+0m5
  • +apt 0.7.20.2maemo13.1+0m5
  • +base-files 3.1.osso2+3.1.10.osso25+0m5
  • +bash 2.05b-2-26osso8+0m5
  • +bluez 4.60-0maemo1.4+0m5
  • +browser-eal 0.5.5-6.1+0m5
  • +cairo 1.8.8-0maemo1+0m5
  • +clinkc 2.0-0osso17+0m5
  • +clutter 0.8.2-0maemo66+0m5
  • +dbus 1.2.14-0maemo4+0m5
  • +dbus-glib 0.78-0maemo7+0m5
  • +desktop-file-utils 0.12-2osso7+0m5
  • +dnsmasq 2.45-1+lenny1+maemo3+0m5
  • +dosfstools 3.0.1-1maemo6+0m5
  • +dpkg 1.14.25maemo3+0m5
  • +dsme 0.60.44+0m5
  • +eds-backend-telepathy 0.4.62-1+0m5
  • +evolution-data-server 1.4.2.1-20100226+0m5
  • +farsight2 0.0.17-0maemo13+0m5
  • +gcc-4.2 4.2.1-4maemo12+0m5
  • +gconf2 2.16.0-2osso6.2+0m5
  • +gdigicam 0.3.5.1+0m5
  • +glib2.0 2.20.3-1maemo4+0m5
  • +glibc 2.5.1-1eglibc23+0m5
  • +gnome-menus 2.23.3-2maemo+0m5
  • +gssdp 0.7.1-0maemo2+0m5
  • +gst-openmax 0.10.0.6~1-0maemo17+0m5
  • +gst-plugins-bad0.10 0.10.14-git265-0maemo10+0m5
  • +gst-plugins-base0.10 0.10.25-0maemo14+0m5
  • +gst-plugins-good0.10 0.10.16-git276-0maemo14+0m5
  • +gstreamer0.10 0.10.25-0maemo4+0m5
  • +gstreamer0.10-plugins-camera 0.79-1+0m5
  • +gtk+2.0 2:2.14.7-1maemo29+0m5
  • +gtkhtml3.14 3.24.4-osso18+0m5
  • +gupnp 0.13.2-0maemo2+0m5
  • +gupnp-av 0.5.2-0maemo2+0m5
  • +gupnp-igd 0.1.4-0maemo3+0m5
  • +hal 0.5.12~git20090219-0maemo7+0m5
  • +hildon-application-manager 1:2.2.60-1+0m5
  • +hildon-application-manager-l10n-public 6.0+r7611+0m5
  • +hildon-control-panel 1:2.2.27-2+0m5
  • +hildon-control-panel-l10n-public 6.0+r7640+0m5
  • +hildon-desktop 1:2.2.135-2+0m5
  • +hildon-fm-l10n-public 6.0+r7483+0m5
  • +hildon-games-wrapper 1.9.4-5+0m5
  • +hildon-home 0.3.66-2+0m5
  • +hildon-input-method 1:2.1.46-1+0m5
  • +hildon-input-method-framework 1:2.1.56-1+0m5
  • +hildon-input-method-l10n-public 6.0+r7520+0m5
  • +hildon-libs-l10n-public 6.0+r7510+0m5
  • +hildon-status-menu 0.3.34+0m5
  • +hildon-theme-layout-5 0.15.0-1+0m5
  • +hildon-thumbnail 3.0.44+0m5
  • +ke-recv-l10n-public 6.0+r7611+0m5
  • +kernel 2.6.28-20100903+0m5
  • +libcanberra 0.14-0maemo4+0m5
  • +libcomapp 1.8.03-01+0m5
  • +libconbtui 1.4.3+0m5
  • +libconic 0.24+0m5
  • +libdsme 0.60.30+0m5
  • +libexif 0.6.17-1maemo3+0m5
  • +libffi 3.0.7-2maemo2+0m5
  • +libgtkadi 0.7.13-1+0m5
  • +libgtkmozembed 1.8.7-2.1+0m5
  • +libhildon 2.2.15-1+0m5
  • +libhildondesktop 2.1.40+0m5
  • +libhildonfm 1:2.28.17+0m5
  • +libhildonmime 2.1.5-1+0m5
  • +libical 1.43-101+0m5
  • +libmafw 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
  • +libmlocknice 0.1+0m5
  • +libmodest-dbus-client 4:3.2.5-0+0m5
  • +libnice 1:0.0.9-0maemo8.0rtc+0m5
  • +libosso 2.31-1+0m5
  • +librtcom-telepathy-glib 0.1.49+0m5
  • +libsoup2.4 2.26.3-0maemo3+0m5
  • +libunwind 0.99+git20080421-2+0m5
  • +libwidgetutils 1.4.1-6+0m5
  • +libwww-perl 5.803-4osso1+0m5
  • +loudmouth 1.4.1-0osso10+0m5
  • +maemo-af-desktop-l10n-public 6.0+r7640+0m5
  • +maemo-maf 5.0+3+0m5
  • +maemo-mmf 5.0+3+0m5
  • +maemopad 2.6-3
  • +maemo-version 5.0update5+0m5
  • +mafw-gst-renderer 0.2.2010.07-2+0m5
  • +mafw-iradio-source 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
  • +mafw-shared 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
  • +mafw-test-gui 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
  • +mafw-tracker-source 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
  • +mafw-upnp-source 0.2.2010.07-2+0m5
  • +matchbox-window-manager-2 0.2.89-1+0m5
  • +mce-dev 1.8.17+0m5
  • +microb-eal 2.9.5-1.15+0m5
  • +microb-engine 20091230-1.9.2-6.8+0m5
  • +mini-rc 0.2.67+0m5
  • +modest 3.2.13-3+0m5
  • +obexd 0.18-0maemo5+0m5
  • +ohm 0.1.2-0maemo33+0m5
  • +osso-af-utils 2.12-1+0m5
  • +osso-app-killer 1.33-3+0m5
  • +osso-filemanager-l10n-public 6.0+r7611+0m5
  • +osso-games-startup 1.7.49-1+0m5
  • +osso-gnome-vfs2 2.16.3-2osso11+0m5
  • +osso-gwobex 0.64+0m5
  • +osso-rss-feed-reader 1.8.03-3+0m5
  • +osso-rss-feed-reader-applet 1.7.03-1+0m5
  • +osso-rss-feed-reader-lib 1.8.01-1+0m5
  • +osso-system-lock-l10n-public 6.0+r7585+0m5
  • +osso-uri-l10n-public 6.0+r7510+0m5
  • +pango1.0 1.24.2-0maemo4+0m5
  • +pixman 0.16.2-4+0m5
  • +poppler 0.4.5-5.1etch3maemo1+0m5
  • +posix-locales 2.7.2-1maemo7-binonly0+0m5
  • +pulseaudio 0.9.15-1maemo38+0m5
  • +qt4-x11 4.6.2~git20100224-0maemo1+0m5
  • +rtcom-eventlogger 1.3-4+0m5
  • +rtcom-eventlogger-plugins 1.4-1+0m5
  • +rtcom-eventlogger-ui 1.4-2+0m5
  • +sapwood 3.1.1-10+0m5
  • +sqlite3 3.6.14-1maemo3+0m5
  • +telepathy-farsight 0.0.13-0maemo5+0m5
  • +telepathy-gabble 0.8.11-0maemo2+0m5
  • +telepathy-mission-control 5.2.7-0maemo6+0m5
  • +tetex-bin 3.0-30maemo2+0m5
  • +tiff 1:3.8.2-11maemo5+0m5
  • +tinymail 1.1.90-svn4193+0m5
  • +totem-pl-parser 2.27.2-1maemo2+0m5
  • +tracker 0.6.95-25maemo1+0m5
  • +upstart 0.3.8-64+0m5
  • +wpeditor 3.53-1+0m5
  • +xkeyboard-config 1.5-2maemo15+0m5
  • +xorg-server 2:1.6.99.1-0osso20090208.108+0m5

So have you update your Firmware?

What you have found different?

Do you love and hate about PR1.2?

  • +xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.4.0-180+0m5
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