News has just come through that the venerable Nokia N86 has just received it’s latest firmware update, this time to V21.006.

As usual, this will be a staged rollout of the new firmware, and is only available to certain product codes and regions.  Whilst the exact details of which regions are available, it would seem that the UK country variant devices are, as always, not in the first round of availability.

My white UK CV N86 running product code 0587709 does not have the update available, however, it is understood to be available for 0580406 and 0580669.

Operator branded handsets will not have the update ready just yet, as they usually have to get cleared for release by the supplying operator.

Initial feedback would seem to suggest this is only a minor update, stability bug fixes and speed improvements being the most likely outcome.

The N86 does have UDP (User Data Preservation) onboard, so updating should keep all your data intact, however, a backup beforehand is always recommended.

Clinton over at zomgitscj.com has got the update downloaded to his device, so head on over there to check out the improvements he finds first hand.

Is the update available for you?  Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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