Firmware update: Nokia E63/E66/E71 410.21.010

Nokia released new firmware for the E63, E66 and E71 last week. Updating the firmware can be done by downloading the general Nokia Software Updater to download, or else just drop by a Nokia Service Point. Making a backup beforehand is recommended as always. Below is the list of changes made in release 410.21.010:

New functionalities:

Following baselines/functionalities have been upgraded:

• Nokia Messaging IM2.0.19
• Gimlet v9.6.0.16
• Mail for Exchange 3.0.50

Changes and improvements:

• Many functionality and stability improvements in MfE. MFE3.0 has new features like HTML and Subfolders support.
• IM2.0.19 has many localization error corrections. IM installation has been moved to Phone Memory instead of Memory Card. IM response time has improved (Ex: entry/exit/edit/save options)
• Phone activation baseline upgraded

General

• Stability and functionality improvements
• Email and WLAN functionality improvements
• Email application freezes
• Samsung memory reboot issues

call handling

• Fix for phone reboot issue when contact has Internet telephony detail

calendar/clock

• Fix for Chinese characters in Lunar calendar
• Fix for Western Sahara country legal issue

Connectivity

• Improvement in Connection establishment with slow GPRS
• Fix for WLANsniffer scanning enabled in the background when it should be disabled

Contacts/phonebook

• Fix for contact search with space

E-mail

• Mail for Exchange upgraded from 2.9.176 to 3.0.50
• Gimlet updated to v9.6.0.16
• Many functionality and stability improvements in MfE
• Fix for Gmail folder issue in UK and Germany for Gmail/GoogleMail configuration
• Fix for email application freeze

QWERTY keyboard

• usability improvements
• Fix for Backslash character for Portuguese language
• Fix for missing characters in French/Italian languages

Messaging

• Improvement in sending SMS when memory is full
• Nokia IM chat response time improved. Lot of localization errors fixed