According to All About Symbian, Nokia N95 8GB users can now download the massive v30 update for their phones. Â It does have many new features, but it has a whole bunch of updates and improvements.
Any N95 8GB users get it yet? Â What do you think of it?
Three new phones from LG are coming to Verizon in the near future.
All three look to be pretty good phones.� The LG Dare (pictured on the right) is somewhat of an iPhone clone, the LG Decoy feels a bit like a Nokia N95, and the LG Chocolate 3 is more of a standard flip phone like the Razor.
All three phones support the VCAST garbage and all have decent (but not great) cameras.� The Dare sports a 3.2 megapixel camera, while the other two phones have the typical 2.0 megapixel.
More info about these phones can be found on PhoneMag, and we expect to learn more about release dates and pricing in the near future.
We thought it would be sometime next month, but the updated firmware for the N95-3 has been released today. Version 20.2.011 brings us:
I’ve played with it for a few minutes, and I can certainly vouch for the performance improvements. As others have said, the camera is much faster.
Be sure to perform a full backup before the update, as everything is going to be wiped clean.
More details on Finest Fones and Howard Forums.
It’s long overdue, but it appears that the firmware update for the Nokia N95-3 will be here sometime within the next five weeks.
There’s no word on new features, but it’s presumed that it will have Flash Lite 3, Demand Paging, Web Runtime support, etc. Here is the official word from Nokia:
Nokia N95 US version (also known as N95-3)
Nokia is aware of consumers’ demand for a new software release, and our development teams are working to produce the new software as soon as possible. We estimate that the new software should be available early June.Please note that your mobile service provider, operator, or carrier may not have approved the latest Nokia device firmware available. Nokia produces many different variants of each product (for different countries and languages) and not all variants will have the latest Nokia device firmware. It is our priority to update all variants as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any delay.
Transferring music to my Nokia N95 has always been a pain. With the release of the Nokia Music Client, things should get much easier.
It requires a Windows-based system and a compatible Nokia phone. The list of supported phones:
I’m looking forward to giving it a try. I hope to install it tonight and I’ll let you know what I think. You can get it yourself here.
According to the N-Gage Blog, N-Gage has officially gone live! The software is now available to download, and works on the Nokia N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95-1, N95 8GB and (according to The Symbian Blog) N95-3.
The current games include:
They also have a good list of games “coming soon”, including:
I’ll have it load it up on my N95 and give it a try. For those of you that have already tried it, what’s your favorite game?
Firmware v20.0.016 for the N95 8GB is coming soon, and The Symbian Blog has posted information from the changelog. Some specifics:
And much more. You can get full details at Symbian-Freak.
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, had some wild speculations about features for the original iPhone. He predicted two battery compartments, a slide-out keyboard and some other things, none of which happened.
He’s at it again. Now he’s predicting that the new iPhone coming this summer, which we know will have 3G support, will have two-way video chat using a dual-camera set-up — the high quality camera on the back, and a lower quality camera on the front, similar to the N95. You’ll be able to chat with other iPhone users or anyone that is using iChat on their Mac. This could be a major game-changer, and make sites like Qik seem like old news.
Given his reputation for inaccurate info before, we have to take this with a grain of salt. Still, it’s fun to think about. 
Here’s the video where Kevin makes his prediction:
The update hasn’t been released yet, but the changelog has. Here’s what’s in store for you N95-1 users in the coming-very-soon firmware update:
New features
Improvements
Browser
Media Player
Gallery
Messaging
Java
Navigation
SIM
(via Symbian World)
According to Symbian Freak (via NokNok), a major update to the N95 is coming soon. This update will include support for Widgets (Web Run-Time) and Flash Lite 3, among other things. Very impressive! It’s kind of a shame that you’ll be able to get Flash support on the old version of the N95, but apparently not anytime soon on the iPhone.
It appears the the update coming soon will only be for the original N95, but I have to imagine that it will be released for the N95-3 not too long after that. While I love my N95, but biggest disappointment has been a lack of updates for it. Hopefully this will remedy that.
Other changes in this update include:
It should be a nice update. Let us know when you see it become available.