Grand Illusions

I upgraded my N80’s firmware recently from version 4.x to version 5.x the upgrade was painless using the Nokia Software Updater. I couldn’t reinstall the programs I had been using before, I was using S60 Spot On and NSysInfo, I think I’ll have to re download them.

But anyway I’ll try list some of the changes I have noticed:

• Active Display now displays WLAN scanning. (It’s easy to turn scanning on and off now, it only takes one click of a button, this is great!)
• The everyday use of the phone is now faster.
• The clock feature where you set your alarm seems to display extra date and location information
• The battery is lasting a lot longer, I am very impressed by this.
• New Internet Tel. feature
• WLAN Wizard
• In the Send menu for images, etc. There is now a Web Uploads option, which allows you to set-up service providers to upload your images to.
• I received a MMS and it seems the phone auto-retrieved it, before I had to select retrieve to get the actual picture or media.
• When using Go To a web address the phone automatically adds ‘http://www.’
• The phone seems to be more stable, I have not had any crashes or reboots since.

While there are not many new apps or new features, the usability has improved. This firmware is definitely worth upgrading to.

Tags: firmware, n80, nokia

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