For those who don't know it, the Nokia N950 is the true successor to the Nokia N900 and the QWERTY toting sibling of the Nokia N9. The device features a 4 inch display, 16GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, 12 megapixel camera and is powered by a 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM.Nokia Developers have just posted that the latest Meego Harmattan PR1.2 (3.2012.02-6_PR_RM680) Beta update has been released for the device along with it's change-log.
The new Harmattan 1.2 released for the Nokia N950 comes with a number of user experience improvements. Some of the new features include support for Five new languages, face recognition, enhanced copy-paste, software update notifications and games in the Nokia Store, and folders in application view.
If you have a Nokia N950 Developer Device and hope to update it to PR1.2 beta please note the following:
- No downgrading to Harmattan 1.0 or 1.1(.1)
You cannot downgrade your N950 (or N9) software after you upgrade to PR1.2. You will have to wait for the next version of the software to be released to be able to update your device again. Developers are advised to ensure that their apps work correctly on version 1.0 and 1.1 before moving on to developing for 1.2. Use of remote devices or purchasing additional test devices are suggested to ensure the applications experience is consistent across the various software versions. - Upgrading your N950 to Harmattan 1.2 beta
The update to beta 2 is available as an OCF (One Click Flasher) update and not available as an OTA (Over the Air) update. The OCF update will erase your device. You can use backup-restore from Harmattan 1.0 (1.2011.34-2) and 1.1 (2.2011.39-5) but not from beta 1 (1.2011.22-6 or older) - Included fixes, limitations, known issues etc.
A list of significant bug fixes and release notes are available on bugzilla. A list of known issues, limitations and differences between the Nokia N9 and the Nokia N950 have also been made available.
Changes since Harmattan 1.1
- New languages
- Persian
- Hebrew
- Kazakh
- Thai
- Vietnamese
- Software update notifications for content in Nokia Store
- Face recognition for gallery and face tags for Facebook
- Support for folders in the application view
- Mail for Exchange global address book lookup
- Mail thread support in the Email client
- Extended copy-paste support
- Media sharing with DLNA compatible devices
- Improved browser history view
- Compass support in Maps
- QtWebKit update to version 2.2
- New font taken into use
- Front camera support
- Video editing support in the Gallery application
There are ~122 public bugs fixed in this release. The complete list is available at harmattan-bugs.nokia.com.
Other Improvements:
- MeeGotouch Framework
- Visual hint for differentiating swipe close gesture from normal swipes
- Timestamps shown in notifications
- Notifications sorted by timestamps
- Improvements in Event Feed area
- Music controls in Lock screen
- New feedbacks added to MeeGoTouch theme
- priority2_callbutton_press
- priority2_callbutton_release
- priority2_close
- priority2_close_multiple
- priority2_move
- priority2_popup
- Kernel updated to be in sync with the upstream kernel version 2.6.32.48
- Connectivity
- Android NDEF Push Protocol disabled
- NFC polling enabled in lock screen
- Separate switch for controlling mobile background connections while roaming
- Camera
- Self Timer support
- Composition grid + on/off control
- Calendar
- Better handling of To-Do lists, recurring events and timezones
- Private flag support for events
- Support for read-only events
- Ability to forward/reply/reply-all for received events
- Clock
- Clock alarm becomes silent by flipping the device face down instead of snoozing
- Updated time picker
- Gallery
- People view added to the grid toolbar
- Improved multiple selection indication in grid view
- Music Player
- Audiobook and podcast support
- Ability to create playlists
- Ability to delete music files from music player library views via object menu
- Possibility to see songs that are on the current play queue
- In addition, there are numerous bug fixes related to the implementation of new features, improving the overall user experience and reliability of the device.
source - Nokia Developer