Thread: New N800 firmware proof (coming along slowly)
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2007-06-27 , 14:44
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Originally Posted by TTgowings View Post
Um, so lets get this straight, this Earhlink app "had/has" been around since the last firmware update, but now just recently Earthlink or others are hyping it up again as a "new" app/update trying to get some shall anyone dare say put 'wings' on it this time ? with Maye a 2nd or possibliybly 3rd gen attempt thistime? But the big questiion would be will it run under a tethered sys, a 3G, WI-FI, or WIMAX ? Has anyone anyguess ??
LOL... sounds like the Rhapsody announcement (which I bit on) all over again.

But, no, that's not what I consider an update at this point.

Sorry again to be so "elusive", but I really can't come out and provide anything too concrete. However, suffice to say many concerns will be addressed in the next release, which is already late and should be released *soon*. Some aspects will be important to developers only. Some, however, will make everyone happy. But there will still be gaps, and hopefully they'll be addressed in a future N800 update. I don't expect that the tablet offerings will ever please 100% of the crowd 100%.

Originally Posted by zerojay View Post
Why would a 3rd party company need to know about the update? It won't change anything for them.
It's still *possible* that even an incremental update might break legacy code. We've seen it happen already, so I'm surprised at the doubt. In fact, my VPN client won't work on the latest official release, but does on those before and unreleased versions after.

It's also possible that an update could enable features that were "hidden" before (a la FM radio) or introduce a meaningful upgrade to, say, codecs or file format support. :evil:
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