A final lease of life for the 9300 and 9500?

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Thanks to Arjen for the news that in the last month there's been a major firmware update available (6.27) for the Nokia 9300(i) and 9500 communicators. No online update in this case though, you'll need to visit an official Nokia service centre. Read on for a summary of what's new.

v6.27 includes:

Messaging: the smallest zoom level now shows 4 lines 
Messaging: faster opening of SMS and email messages 
You can now activate the device lock without providing the password
There's a new browser engine
Web navigation to next link by using tab key added 
2GB memory card support added
Improvements in Java application memory handling 
Video/music playing improvements 

Plus several dozen other detailed fixes and tweaks. Highly recommended, although many 9300 and 9500 units will now be out of warranty and you'll probably have to pay the service centre for the upgrade.