arjw said:

arjw

Oooh, now that's kinda neat, the N78 gets an OTA update (http://tinyurl.com/4wsqld); FP2 first?

1 year, 4 months ago.

23 comments so far

  • adonisdemon

    Not a first in technology, just a first in S60 application. They finally did an OTA upgrade!!!

    1 year, 4 months ago by adonisdemon

  • bvlad

    WOW!

    1 year, 4 months ago by bvlad

  • CaffeineJunky

    neat

    1 year, 4 months ago by CaffeineJunky

  • arjw

    @cj: shhhh

    1 year, 4 months ago by arjw

  • whatleydude

    Neato!

    1 year, 4 months ago by whatleydude

  • CaffeineJunky

    Radical!

    1 year, 4 months ago by CaffeineJunky

  • adonisdemon

    About time!

    1 year, 4 months ago by adonisdemon

  • palmsolo

    Awesome, just updated my N78 via my T-Mobile USA Edge data connection and it went smooth as silk. Now this is the way firmware updates should happen. Free me from the Windows PC please :)

    Isn't this a first for any mobile platform? I think so.

    1 year, 4 months ago by palmsolo

  • adonisdemon

    @palmsolo: No dude, Sony Ericsson and others have been doing this for a while now (including operators)

    1 year, 4 months ago by adonisdemon

  • rcadden

    @Palmsolo - can you give any more thoughts? Were all of your apps/settings/that sort of thing still in place afterwards? How long did it take over EDGE?

    1 year, 4 months ago by rcadden

  • bvlad

    @rcadden: Well if it's 2MB, as the linked post says, it's even more interesting. Apparently only updated the bits and pieces it needed to, no more firmware re-writing.

    1 year, 4 months ago by bvlad

  • arjw

    This is not a first for any mobile platform. Palm OS devices, yes, those ancient devices have been supporting OTA firmware updates for the past 2+ years (since the last GSM update to teh Treo 650).

    1 year, 4 months ago by arjw

  • adonisdemon

    @rcadden: I'd expect it just fixed bugs and added some enhancements (if any). Bluetooth, music, camera were mentioned.

    1 year, 4 months ago by adonisdemon

  • rcadden

    @bvlad - agreed. I wonder if they picked up anything from Maemo, as the latest update to the Internet Tablet uses this method, as well.

    1 year, 4 months ago by rcadden

  • palmsolo

    Ricky,

    Everything was there just as before, even my Gmail login, standby screen settings, profile settings, EVERYTHING I can think of!

    It took about 5-8 minutes total time over EDGE and was painless for me. I really should have videoed the process and posted it, but I am at work and wouldn't be able to do that until late tonight.

    1 year, 4 months ago by palmsolo

  • adonisdemon

    @arjw: Exactly.

    1 year, 4 months ago by adonisdemon

  • constantine

    Awesome!

    1 year, 4 months ago by constantine

  • steves71

    I seem to remember my n80 having OTA updates until nokia pulled support for it and just went with the regular pc updates.

    1 year, 4 months ago by steves71

  • palmsolo

    What, Palm OS devices can connect OTA? (Just kidding of course). It has been so long since I have used a Palm device that I didn't know they could do this.

    1 year, 4 months ago by palmsolo

  • whatleydude

    Totally bodacious!

    1 year, 4 months ago by whatleydude

  • adonisdemon

    @whatleydude: Who let Bill S. Preston, Esquire in?

    1 year, 4 months ago by adonisdemon

  • jukkaeklund

    @steves71: Right, N80 was the first device to have the feature. Now it's on the platform (S60 3, FP2) so can expect to be more widely deployed.

    1 year, 4 months ago by jukkaeklund

  • Jussi

    I just updated my N78. Nice experience.

    1 year, 4 months ago by Jussi

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