On the heels of the N85, Nokia has just rolled out a new firmware for the Nokia N79. The v20.175 firmware brings changes similar to those on the N85. The standby email plugin to show your emails on the standby screen makes an appearance, so do turning controls which now allows you to flip to silence incoming calls alarms, an internet telephony set up and an email wizard to setup your Nokia Email or Nokia Messaging also find their way to the device. Full changelog below.
The new firmware is available …

Just a few days ago, the support pages for both the N85 and the N79 had become available on the Nokia Support site and today AAS brings news that Nokia Italy’s online shop currently has the SIM-free N85 listed as “in stock” with a price of 439 Euros plus taxes.
Usually, the appearance of support pages means that the device is close to shipping and today’s Nokia Italy sighting further backs this up. Although this may be a mistake, but we can still get our hopes up for a worldwide release …

First of all, I am absolutely miffed at not being able to attend the virtual launch of these devices as such events are something that Nokia is really good at and second it gives people from all around the world, an opportunity to interact with the people behind the scenes. I really hope at least some of you would have been able to tune in and Nokia makes them a regular feature, at random – just to get the pulse.
Now that the initial euphoria that accompanies every device launch has …

As is usual for Nokia these days, one day before the official announcements, details and watermarked Conversations press photos of the N85 and the N79 are out in the open. Both these handsets are music & camera centric and are successors of the N81 and the N78 respectively.
The N85 bears a striking resemblance to the upcoming N96 and adds another number to the growing list of Nseries sliders. The handset will feature a 2.6 OLED screen, which boasts of a faster response time, lower power consumption and faster refresh rate …

Today is one hell of a leaks day. The iPhone is being drowned by these images. After the N85 and the 5800 Tube, here comes the N79 not in one but two colour variants. Plus there are even more images on the N85 double slider. Details are thin on the N79 but might I say if this thing is really authentic, I am not really impressed. What do you think? More images of the N79 and N85 below.