Taking The Plunge

Nokia N80Reading Jonathan's blog and his experience of updating the firmware on his N95, I wasn't over confident with having a go and doing my N80. However, it's getting really annoying now, particularly the 5 day delivery SMS message, which Orange say ain't owt to do with them. Their recommendation is update the firmware, and then see if it still takes 5 days for me to receive text off friends. So, having got all the IT working in sync, and enough memory in my main PC, I decided to have a go. And the weather means I'm stuck indoors anyway :-(

Everything backed up onto memory card, and PC Suite. Quite scary, if only that the USB cable connection isn't the most stable design I've seen for a connector. I guess with miniturisation it's bound to get to a point where the connector will be just too small. And I think it's reached it for the N80. I notice the N95 has a different style of connection, hopefully that doesn't disconnect when the wind blows, or Spitfire jumps up to give me a hand. Owh, and before I forget, it was a staggering 73Mb file :-O

Can't see much different, other than a few more applications, a new orange coloured icon for the Web app, and a different font for reading text messages. More info on what's what can be found on the Symbian Freak website's firmware page, although I notice reading their forums that the firmware's about to reach version 5!

About Alan Bell

Lapsed: electronic engineer, scout leader, project controller.
Now: Oracle Primavera training consultant, business support manager, occasional website designer.

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