N82 and “user data preservation” around the corner

Those who have used Nokia Software Updater at least once know that restoring the previously backed up data after a firmware update is quite painful. Add to that the nightmare of installing and configuring many applications. Now this may become history at least for the N82.

The first N82 firmware update (which is to become available soon) introduces a feature called “user data preservation”. It refers to the fact that as updating is over, everything should remain intact. Of course, backing up data before a firmware update must always remain a number-one priority for all.

At any rate, it wouldn’t be uncommon to see this feature making its way into other S60 handsets. Imagine a day when your screen reader immediately speaks after a firmware update. Are you optimistic? Nokia has something to surprise us daily!

N73 ME new firmware update

I’m sure many of you know the popular N73. Here I also have an N73 Music Edition and do love the device. Although not yet available to my region, the N73 ME firmware was updated to V4.0750.31.2.1 a few days ago. While I currently don’t have access to a ChangeLog, I’ve heard that the new firmware makes the device much more responsive. It may well have been equipped with Demand Paging! Anyway, I’ll be posting the ChangeLog here as I get it. And, BTW, it’s nice to see Nokia not forgetting older devices which used to get the limelight a while ago.