On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Michael Wiktowy wrote: > Reality is that they are much closer to the resource constrains of a > cell phone and I don't know of a single cell phone that doesn't just > wipe everything that isn't on the SIM or external memory card on a > firmware update ... Sorry, not true. All (recent) S60 devices are firmware upgradable, backup before, flash new firmware, restore and all applications are available. (Somehow they forget to save/restore the bluetooth pairing information, but everything works just fine) > All that being said, I am not sure how many apps you have but reloading > my IT after a firmware update has never taken me 2-4 hours. Having to reinstall is a pain. Enabling blue pill mode for some packages. Resetting the root password after install of sshd. It is not cool to have to do every OS upgrade. Regards, Jac --- Jac Kersing Technical Consultant The-Box Development j.kersing at the-box.com CISSP RHCE http://www.the-box.com
