Firmware upgrades over the air! At last.
Published by Steve Litchfield at 11:19 UTC, May 24th 2006
Although technically already announced to developers, S60.com has put up a pretty page (and detailed PDF) looking at not only S60 3rd Edition, but S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 (come on, keep up at the back), featuring built-in support for Firmware upgrades Over The Air (FOTA) - woohoo! This only apples to S60 3.1 (3rd Edition Feature Pack 1). Current devices can not be upgraded to 3.1
"S60 3rd Edition is the newest generation of the world's leading smartphone software. S60 3rd Edition adds a host of fresh features while retaining those from the 2nd Edition. In addition, the 3rd Edition introduces a new level of flexibility and security into the platform, enabling manufacturers to create devices aimed at mass markets. The S60 platform therefore provides an open, secure, and scalable business opportunity to mobile operators and third-party developers.
S60 3rd Edition feature pack 1 introduces new features such as Firmware upgrade Over The Air (FOTA) and a new open-source browser. FOTA enables software upgrades to be performed over the air, initiated by either the user or operator. In addition to these, feature pack 1 also provides a flexible XML-based framework for UI customization and improvements in performance."
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Platforms: Series 60
News Discussion
mob453
http://www.s60.com/business/producti...ons/2ndedition
if you look at s60 2nd edition, it started with the 6600, I never heard of any 6600 having a firmware upgrade to support edge or wcdma or scalable ui.
I'd hazard a guess that the n73 will be FOTA capable, and so will the n93, e50, 5500, etc.
jukkaeklund
As always (in S60 world) Feature packs are not something that could be added to older models. None of the current announced products are FP1, so officially none of them can be FOTA capable.
stuclark
As just stated, Nokia haven't announced ANY products with FR1 installed yet, even though FR1 has been known about for some time. (a Nokia dev. told me about FOTA in FR1 last October).
It'll be at least 9 months before we see any FOTA enabled devices. A bit of a poor show really, seeing as technically it's been possible all along. (as one other manufacturer did)
jukkaeklund
Anything is technically possible :) I haven't seen FOTA in any smartphone product yet, have you? So far only announced Nokia device to have FOTA is 6136, out 3Q/06.
xand
Well, perhaps it's not really FOTA, but WM (and windows smartphone) devices can be firmware flashed by users. That, I think, is the functionality which we desire - not for the firmware to come over the air. Indeed, if FOTA means I need a 3G data plan, it'll be less than expected.
nj7
N93 had been anouced has a FOTA device!
Since it cames out in Jun - Jul, so FOTA is near...
norab
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