Recently, Finnish mobile phone maker, Nokia, released a new firmware update for its popular business handset, Nokia E71. The new version 400.21.013 can be easily downloaded from Nokia Software Update.The new firmware comes with a wide range of fixes and a pre-installed version of Ovi Contacts. Check out the complete changelog below:

NEW FUNCTIONALITIES:

• Gimlet v9.5 (v9.5.3.72)
• Quick Office 5.3
• Ovi Store 1.5 (v1.5.2)
• Ovi Contacts – Preinstalled
• Mail for Exchange 2.9.176

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:

• Email Setup Wizard update
• WLAN Corrections
• Internet Radio v1.16 – Increased functionality
• Camera functionality improvement
• Incoming call hang issue fixed
• Turkish SMS character input improvement
• Many functionality and Stability improvements in MfE
• Support for Russian and Ukranian keymats
• Phone activation Baseline updated
• Yahoo account hack fixed

GENERAL

• Stability and functionality improvements
• Email and WLAN functionality improvements
• Increased robustness in handling SMS and incoming calls
• Memory leak fixes and crashes
• Email and WLAN functionality improvements

CALL HANDLING

• Fix for Incoming call hang issue and fast call crash
• Fix for making emergency call when the phone is locked

CALENDAR/CLOCK

• Minor Functionality improvements
• Time display correction when the phone is locked

CONNECTIVITY

• WLAN functionality Improvements and fixes for crashes
• Improvement in WLAN authentication
• mVPN authentication improvements and general functionality improvement

CONTACTS/PHONEBOOK

• Functionality improvements for search functionality

EMAIL

• Email setup wizard updated
• Fix for Yahoo account hack while setting up Gmail account through Nokia Email
• Fix for mails getting duplicated after restoring backup
• Mail for Exchange upgraded from 2.9.158 to 2.9.176
• Many functionality and stability improvements in MfE
• Robustness and functionality improvements in email items.

INTERNET RADIO

• Improved functionality
• Increased application stability

QWERTY KEYBOARD

• Usability improvements
• Keyboard mapping corrections for Russian and Ukranian keymat

MESSAGING

• Improvement in Turkish SMS characters input
• Fix for delivery report for SMS with more than 22 characters
• Increased robustness in handling SMS

[ via. Daily Mobile ]