Nokia has released a new firmware for users of Nokia N95 Classic (not N95 8GB). Presently, this new firmware is available only for users in Europe and Asia Pacific (North American users will have to wait a little longer to update), and is available on Nokia’s website.
Apart from the usual bug fixes, this firmware has two major improvements:

=> Flash Lite 3 Support
Do you often get dead ended surfing through your mobile browser when you reach a video site like YouTube which has flash videos? This new version of the firmware supports viewing flash content right from your mobile’s browser.

=> Support for widgets
Widgeting involves personalization of web apps according to one’s tastes and preferences. Widgets have taken off quite big on the desktop space, you will hardly find a “Web 2.0″ site without widgets but insofar there have not been any specific set standards for widgets on mobile phones; this v21 firmware by Nokia adopts standard-compliant web supported widgets. This should be especially interesting as each phone is a personal expression, adding widget support to one’s personal handset has immense potential.

At the same time, though, there have been several reports across the web forums and blogs regarding incompatibility of some applications with the new firmware, slow response time to navigation button, WLAN problems and random crashes.

So if you are not the kind who likes surprises, it is recommended that you wait a few more days and test the waters on this firmware before installing.

We would be delighted to hear your comments on your experience with the new firmware.

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