Thread: 2.2006.39-14 IT2006 available at maemo.org
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2006-11-04 , 10:40
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#64
Originally Posted by Rocketman
To me, this update added very little in the way of new features/functionality. Roughly half of the "bullet points" in the release notes stated in a very non-specific way:

-improved this
-improved that
Originally Posted by Rocketman
While I have noticed some general improvements in device stability (ie, my 770 doesn't spontaneously reboot every time I sneeze)
That's the whole point of minor releases: critical bugfixes.
Originally Posted by Rocketman
-Lack of support for bluetooth keyboards (most importantly) and other bluetooth profiles
-Current email client is utterly useless. It is an INTERNET TABLET for peat's sake. It should do email and do it well. The poor UI and workflow of this application makes it next to useless for my needs
-Total lack of support for Java and ancient version of Flash.
-Lack of granular control of power management rules out the 770 for many of my desired uses. At the very least, I would like the ability to turn on/off power management at will.
These are all new features. If you buy a phone without java support, do you expect some firmware update to bring it in? Where did this expectation come from?

The email app clearly sucks hairy goat balls, but that's not something that can be fixed in a bugfix release.

The "opensource/poweruser" aspect is more strange. There is nothing stopping anyone from porting any of the dozen email free apps, java virtual machines, minimoz or webkit, and so on. In fact, it is encouraged. Yet people prefer to wait for manufacturer to spoonfeed them with new releases of their propiertary code?

Lets take a more specific point, you complain about lack of bluetooth keyboard support, yet someone already ported such an app for 770 - Why would it preferrable that it would be shipped as part of firmware update?

* too hard to install? - why not ask the application installing made easier?
* current applet is not good enough? - have you contacted the author of applet about your issues?

I'm just trying to analyze the market case of producing hackable devices, if one does not have the resources of Nokia.