The latest Nokia N96 firmware v12 is now available for North American users through Nokia Software Updater. Changes and improvements made from MCU SW v11 to v12 include:

• Switch 4.0 – improved switch application to transfer user data from/to other devices;
• Still image quality is improved, with fixes for color haziness and motion blur that appeared under certain conditions;
• Improved overall Bluetooth interoperability;
• Now compatible with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Email service (available as separate download);
• If user sets brightness to maximum value, the display backlight now does turn back on after screensaver mode;
• The device auto-lock no longer locks the device while viewing or recording videos;
• SMS no longer gets auto-converted to an MMS message if there are more then 20 recipients;
• Music Player “Refresh Library” no longer hangs if General Settings Date separator is set to “:”;
• Now only one message alert tone is played per synchronization with Mail for Exchange, instead of one per message;
• Fix for issue with alarm snoozing;
• Theme no longer jumps back to default theme after using USB mass storage mode;
• CSHelp texts are now updated to resolves several identified issues