I’ve owned the Nokia E61 since it first arrived. Probably a bad idea since any Revision 1.0 product has issues but fortunately the hardware has been solid. It’s the firmware (and OS) which has needed improvement.

Although the version 3.06x firmware has been around since last year I finally got around to installing it. I decided to go with a clean install which means no “restoring from backup” and get wonky bits hanging out there. In contrast to user reports at All About Symbian and My-Symbian, the upgrade went flawlessly.

It’s only been a few days but the noticable improvements:

• Speed improvement: the device is a little faster overall
• Faster browser: renders pages faster and downloads faster via EDGE and wi-fi
• VoIP works: Gizmo Project’s SIP configuration works flawlessly; it’s nice to see standards in action unlike Skype
• Contacts: looking up a contact is super-fast unlike previous versions where you could come back five minutes later and it’s still trying to open

That’s a short list but the last three improvements are significant in my opinion.

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