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Number of OS upgrades over time..

3 replies · 2,224 views · Started 16 April 2005

All owners of the 9210 may know this.....
Given that it is several years since the 9210, over the course of that time, how many OS updates came out for the phone.

With this in mind, there is a chance that the 9500 will not be superceeded for a couple of years???
Therefore how many OS updates (currently 4.51?) might we expect to see over time, to iron things out & make user requested changes??

On a similar note, the pre-packaged progsrams (doc, sheet, agenda etc etc..... ) Will nokia provide updates to these as well????

For example i own a Creative Labs media player (now 2.5 years old - but best of breed!) over the course of its product life, Creative really looked after it, & released 4 Firmware upgrades, each one making slight changes for the better. The last one even giving new functionality to the player!!!! - How good will Nokia be to their communicators? I heard that the 6600 had over 6 os revisions!??

Cheers

xoio

There was not a single OS upgrade during the lifetime of that product. In other words, for its whole existence the OS was always Symbian OS version 6.0.

There were a number of firmware updates (I don't know how many) released, to fix something or the other, but the OS didn't change.

Well obviously it is 'firmware' update then that i was referring to!.

So bearing what you say in mind, Do you, (And other people) think that that is fairly indicative of how Nokia will 'look after' the 9500 & 9300?

xoio

The 9210 had a number of firmware revisions and there was a list compiled some time ago. Unfortunately in the UK at least the device needs sending to the 1 site that can perform the firmware upgrades. On a more positive note the firmware updates never really changed anything enough to make it worth sending the device away for an update anyway. As far as I know the only application changes were with the release of the 9210i and then they were minimal.