Good news comes down the pipe towards the owners of a Nokia N900, as the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just released the first software update for their handsets. According to the company, this is only a small firmware update for the device, yet it is meant to become available for all users of a Nokia N900, no matter their location.

“Nokia N900 owners rejoice, as a (small) software update rolls out today across all territories (where the N900 is sold) and across all variants. The software update will be available as an over-the-air update or with the Nokia Software Update app on your PC, globally within the next 24 hours. Nokia N900 users connected to the Internet will receive a notification in the device’s Status Area that a software update of Maemo 5 is available. This software update prepares the Nokia N900 for opening the Ovi Store – watch out for a separate announcement for the store opening shortly,” a post on Nokia Conversations notes.

As many of you might remember, Nokia already announced that the owners of N900 would soon be able to access applications developed for their handsets via the Ovi Store, and it seems that the company is already taking the first steps on this direction. “This software release includes Ovi Store, which lets you download new applications for your device,” the new software version 1.2009.44.1 for Nokia N900 is described on the company's support page.

Those who already purchased a Nokia N900 will be able to download the new software solution for their devices either through the Nokia Software Updater (www.nokia.com/softwareupdates), or will have it sent to their N900 over the air. For the time being, there are no details on what other enhancements the firmware update includes, yet the entire list of changes should emerge in the near future, so stay tuned to learn the news.