You can check the version of your N80's firmware by typing in '*#0000#'

The firmware version on my N80 IE is:

V 4.0632.0.38 13-10-2006 RM-92 Nokia N80 (03)

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The Nokia N80 IE I ordered from Proshop yesterday arrived today.

 

The product package contained:

• Handset
• CD
• 256 Mb MiniSD card
• BL-5B battery
• HE-23 headset
• CA-53 USB data cable
• N80 manual, N80 IE "add on" manual and a quick start guide

 

So far I have been mostly messing with WLAN connectivity and it seems to work pretty well. If you do not broadcast the SSID of your network you have to remember to set network status to "hidden" when you add the connection to the phone ("Tools" -> "Settings" -> "Connection" -> "Access Points" -> "Options" -> "New access point"). If you fail to do so (I did) the phone will be unable to connect to your network.

You probably need the handset's MAC address at some point and it's actually printed on the front label of the product package. Look for the line that reads "WLAN: #####" - this number is the MAC address. Before figuring that out, I looked through the manual and found out that the handset will display the MAC address if the following code is typed in: '*#62209526#'

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Proshop today notified me that N80 Internet Edition handsets were in stock.

I went ahead and ordered one and I hope it ships real soon…

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I have now been on maternity leave for a whole week. It's hard work (which is why I have not had the time to blog about it), but it's great fun to get to spend so much time with Anna.

I'll be on leave until mid-january so I hope I'll be able to write a bit about what it is like.

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Just a quick heads up:

N80 internet edition (N80 IE) handsets are now in stock at the Danish online retailer MonaTel.

BTW: At nokia.dk I signed up to be notified by email once N80 IE became available. Even though N80 IE has now been moved to 'current' handsets from 'upcoming' handsets, I have not been notified. Strange…

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This is a follow up on my effort to track availability of the Nokia N80 internet edition (N80 IE).

As reported by the Norwegian handset release tracker site, lanseringsguide.amobil.no, two Norwegian retailers now have N80 IE in stock. The retailers are:

• mamoz.no (N80 IE priced NKR 600 ∼ $100 above "plain" N80)
• netshop.no (N80 IE priced NKR 300 ∼ $50 above "plain" N80)

Shouldn't be long before these handsets also reach Denmark!

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Availability of the updated N80 internet edition (announced for "mid-september release" [sic]) has turned out not to be just around the corner. As you can see in my previous post, retailers have for the past couple of weeks been pushing the release date into the future.

On the bright side there does seem to be a few encouraging developments:

• Nokia has put up a N80 internet edition support site that features software downloads, manuals, user guides and so forth.
• The N80 internet edition page at Norwegian lanseringsguide.amobil.no has expanded and now lists several retailers. These retailers seem to converge on a N80 internet edition release for somewhere between November 13th and November 20th.
• Several country specific Nokia sites (e.g. Denmark, Sweden, Germany) now lists the N80 internet edition (N80 IE) among handsets to be available shortly.

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