Thread: Why are UK firmware updates delayed?
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-10-29 , 12:59
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Originally Posted by andygee View Post
On the N900 they dont add much I think possibly they add Voice mail preset and disable the Skype Function..

Possibly with a lot of the Networks in the Uk clamping down on the Data Usage or at least charging for it. They want to ensure some functions are restricted ie video calling and add others I dont know possibly Data counter (Just me guessing no fact to back it up) as plenty of N900 users in the Uk may not use the extras and non default repostries due to the device being sold online and in the shops as a Iphone type phone..
Skype is exactly the same as in the generic firmware - the only place I've heard of it being disabled is India.

From looking at the global & UK firmware, there looks to be a number of config changes (things like internet radio stations - though I don't actually look to have the UK ones, so I'm not certain on this) and some extra scripts/config around WLAN. If I find time, I'll go through the diff and see what actual changes there are (there's a lot of gconf changes which come out just because the modified timestamp is different). A number of the changes look to be just cleanups/text clarifications which really ought to be in the global firmware anyway, so perhaps the UK team isn't actually speaking to the global team (which would explain a lot).
 

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