News of an official release date for the UK and a new firmware is revealed for the upcoming N96!

Pocket-lint has the news that Nokia have announced a release date for the UK. The device will land in stores on 1st October!!!

The device will be available through a range of operators and retailers - 3, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Phones 4 U, T-Mobile and Vodafone. This is great news that it won’t be limited to one carrier ‘exclusively’ on its release.