firmware

Rogers and Bell have officially launched OS 4.5 for their Canadian customers.

Rogers released the new OS for the Curve 8310 and 8320, while Bell for the Curve 8330 and Pearl 8130.

Go for the update it you own one of these. Visit the BlackBerry Software Download section and find Bell Mobility and Rogers Wireless links in the very bottom of the page.

Owners of the Nokia N82 can now update their handsets to the latest firmware version (v30).

It includes updated Flash Lite, Maps 2.0, new music player, less sensitive automatic display rotation, as well as other performance improvements and additions.

 

That's odd, Nokia N96 has started selling just recently, and has already got a firmware update.
The new firmware (version 11.018) is currently available for European models, and besides applying a number of bug fixes and stability improvements offers nothing new to be considered important. We say don't rush to update just yet...

The complete change log can be found here.

Yes, it's true, and we hear a lot of guesses what the iPhone 2.2 beta 1 would actually include. The ideas are various, from full LTE and WiMAX support to the ability to run Google's Android in emulation. However, those are just presumptions and cannot be taken seriously until we hear some words from the officials.

In case you didn't know, the iPhone Dev Team has recently pwned the iPhone 2.1 firmware, and the PwnageTool and QuickPwn for the 2.1 build are already available for download here.

Briefly: Apple has released the iPhone 2.1 firmware update today. Here are some the changes made over the previous version:

• Improved battery life management;
• Reduced backup times to iTunes;
• Improved email reliability (especially for getting mail from POP and Exchange accounts);
• Faster app installations;
• Fewer call setup failures and call drops;
• Faster text messaging, loading of contacts and more;
• Improved accuracy on the 3G signal strength display;

etc.

The new iPhone 2.1 software update is coming soon for iPhone (3G) and iPod touch. Some of its main improvements are fixed crashes, longer battery, and faster backups, but there was no word on the copy/paste function. Oh well, we'll see it on Friday. Be informed, that owners of the iPod touch will have to shell out $10 to get their player updated.

According to Modace, Samsung has released an official firmware update for its Omnia handset. The new ROM with the version number DXHH1 can not be installed via Samsung Service Centre’s, instead you can easily find the download link in the Internet. Some of the improvements supposedly include:

More haptic feedback, including for

Nokia has released the new software update version 30.0.018 for the Nokia N95 8GB handset. The update should be installed from a PC and can be downloaded here or here (US).

See the change log below:

New features:

• Maps 2.0 (e.g. Pedestrian navigation, Traffic info, Multimedia city guides, satellite imagery);
• Full N-Gage support;
• Nokia Search 4.

Apple has released the new iPhone 2.0.2 firmware update. It is available for download now through iTunes and supposedly fixes some bugs, which Apple didn't name.