OK then, can I beat up on them? I agree, this is a lousy way of doing the updates, I cannot suggest this device to anyone if every time there is an update, all applications have to be re-installed!! Why can't the update take a proper#full backup to a flash card, dump a list of applications, and after the flash, re-install the latest updated applications? It would have to be possible to overide, since some applications would need to be updated, and it should be possible to tell the device to go aheah and wipe everything out, but what where going to have here soon is many devices out of date because people don't want to go through with the update and then 2 - 4 hours of re-installs. That's not only dangerous but very lousy for the reputation of the device. Gary Baribault Courriel: gary at baribault.net GPG Key: 0x4346F013 GPG Fingerprint: BCE8 2E6B EB39 9B23 6904 1DF4 C4E6 2CF7 4346 F013 Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: > Thanks, John. I shouldn't have lost my cool. If you go to the regular > update site, this 'fix' wasn't listed. If it is just a minor fix (major to > some folks), it makes even less sense to completely flash the device. > > Ok, I'm going to stop beating up Nokia now and do some work... :-) > > Nick. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Acadia Secure Networks [mailto:acadiasecurenets at aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:55 PM > To: Dr. Nicholas Shaw > Cc: maemo-users at maemo.org > Subject: Re: 4.2007.38-2 available > > Nick, > > I share your pain and I wholeheartedly agree. The product will not find > traction in the business market (if that is a market in which Nokia has > interest for this product) unless this problem is fixed. > > Also it would be helpful if Nokia would clearly specify ALL of the > changes in this release. Is there any reason not to? > > Best Regards, > > John Holmblad > > Acadia Secure Networks > *serving the SmartDigital^TM home, entrepreneurial enterprise, and > emerging network service provider markets*** > > * * > > > Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: >> I can't believe that Nokia still expects its users to reload >> everything in order to install a patch. This has got to be the most >> poorly designed OS I've ever encountered. Fixing this should be their >> #1 priority. >> >> I'm sorry to vent but this makes no sense. Many, like me, held off >> updating the last 'update' so bugs could be worked out. I waited until >> almost mid-August before updating and it took me a few hours to >> re-install all the applications I had before. To expect us to do that >> every time a new release comes out is absurd. I've done this twice >> now. No way will I install this patch and go through that headache >> again! *Nokia, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET THIS FIXED???* >> >> After the first release a message went out saying the next release >> would fix it. I bought my N800 the day it was released and here we >> are, three releases later, and still no fix in sight. L >> >> Nick. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-users mailing list >> maemo-users at maemo.org >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >
