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lma	2009-07-07 , 19:52
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Originally Posted by Architengi

I want to know about the upgrade experience on N810. How many firmware updates did you have since N810 was released?

I have these in my firmware downloads directory:

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RX-44_2008SE_1.2007.42-18_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
RX-44_2008SE_1.2007.42-19_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
RX-44_2008SE_2.2007.50-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
RX-44_DIABLO_4.2008.23-14_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
RX-44_DIABLO_4.2008.36-5_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
RX-44_DIABLO_5.2008.43-7_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

How is Nokia updater software for NIT?

There's a Windows flashing tool but I've never used it. The command line version is documented here. You can also upgrade in-place (the so called SSU updates) which is theoretically easier but there have been problems in the past and if you upgrade by flashing the binaries are pre-linked and load faster.

How easy is to install/remove an application - do you have a sort of "Control Panel Add/Remove App" or like "AppManager" in Symbian?

Yes, it's called the Hildon Application Manager, but more importantly the underlying technology is apt, which handles dependencies and such automatically for you.

What is the compatibility between Maemo OS versions because the compatibility of Symbian OS versions is simply awful?

Could be better. So far every new major release meant programs had to be recompiled, and certain parts of the code (mainly UI) "ported" to the new version. Maemo 4.x to Maemo 5 is going to be a large break in compatibility, and Maemo 5 to Maemo 6 a huge one.

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