The next N97 firmware has been released by Nokia, taking the version to Firmware 2.0.

• Improvments include:
• improved scrolling
• updated Ovi Maps 3.1
• Nokia email
• Ovi Contacts and Ovi Store
• VOIP support
• improved overall memory
• better battery performance
• Improved image and video stability

The update is available from the Nokia website (certain countries only at the moment) and will be rolled out to the OTA platform.

For those with a branded version of the firmware you will need to wait for your carrier to release an updated version.

Just in time for the launch of the N97-Mini (anounced today by the Nokia Flagship store as the 23 October, only to be later retracted), the price for the N97 has fallen.

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