The Nokia N97 will see its long awaited firmware update to version 2.1 on February 1st. This date was today confirmed by a Nokia representative on the Nokia Support  board. The update is around 17MB, and the exact version number is 21.0.045/21.2.045.

Nokia N97 software update 2.1
The Nokia N97 software update release 2.1 will be available through the Nokia Software Updater on Monday 1 February. The software version number will be 21.0.045 (RM-505) or 21.2.045 (RM-507) depending on your region, and should be available by 08:00 GMT. The release for N97 China 2G (RM-506) will follow shortly. This 2.1 release offers additional improvements to the 2.0 release made last year.

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[Thanks Omri for giving us a hint]