Recently, Nokia released a new firmware update ^[1], version 40.0.005 for Nokia 5800. The latest firmware update comes with the much awaited kinetic scrolling and many new features such as a new home screen similar to that of Nokia 5530, contact & music widgets and so on. Check out the complete change log, screenshots and videos below.

Nokia 5800 Firmware v40 Changelog:

• Kinetic scrolling
• Home style widget with Nokia 5530
• if you rotate the phone horizontally, it automatically activates the QWERTY keyboard
• Refresh Icons “Sharing Online”, “Configuring Accessories”, “Configure Phone”
• Improved application “Updating Applications”, which also renames Upgrade SW
• The application “Data transfer” was also implemented in “Settings”
• Real Player Updated
• Touch more responsive
• Slide to Unlock during call
• Improved stability
• New contact & music widget
• Kinetic Scrolling is not available in main menu, application menu, browser.
• Home Screen similar to that of Nokia 5530
• Removed the alphanumeric keypad in landscape version, now when we turned the phone alphanumeric portrait changes to full qwerty
• New screen alarm, but only when the screen is locked
• New screen incoming call, also only when the screen is locked
• Ovi Contacts installed
• In the settings menu there is a new icon for ‘Phone Switch’

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