Today Nokia has announced the release of firmware PR 1.2 for the N900. This awaited update has a ton of bug fixes with a few new features, listed below. This major release is avaliable Wednesday 26th May worldwide with a UK release today (Tuesday) though as of yet I have not seen any indiction on my phone of an avaliable update. I’ll just have to wait. If you want to check if your able to download the update get yourself over to the App Manager then Update. There is also some bad news as well. It was rumored that the upcoming MeeGo operating system from the collaboration with Intel was going to be avaliable for the N900 but this has been squashed by Nokia stating the new operating system will be developed on the N900 but never released to the public and has stated that it will continue to support Maemo for the N900 for the foreseeable future.

List of Improvements:

  • Longpress to enter numbers/symbols on the keyboard.
  • A revamped virtual keyboard.
  • The ability to rearrange icons,  no ‘more’ button in the menu.
  • Changes to the camera UI, and a night mode for both photos and video.
  • Qt 4.6.2 is now pre-installed.
  • Video in Skype and Google Talk.
  • The web browser now features a button to activate the portrait mode and a few more option while in the portrait mode.
  • The browser benchmark also seems to have shot up from 8687 to 10141 with this leaked release.
  • USSD codes now work.
  • Type to search for apps in the Application Manager.
  • Another addition is an email widget as well for the desktop.
  • Updates to the Ovi Maps application, but no voice navigation yet.

Source: Nokia Conversations