Verizon’s FOTA & Its Dangerous, Dirty Little Secret
The G’zOne Boulder is Verizon’s first phone to receive Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) updates. Verizon began testing FOTA earlier this year, making it the last national carrier to adopt some form of over-the-air updating. The idea of FOTA is simple, to work like the software update function on a computer. When an update is […]
Verizon Releases Visual Voicemail, Firmware Refresh for LG Voyager
LG Voyager owners will be the first to take advantage of Verizon’s free Visual Voicemail service. The software is integrated into a new “refresh” of the LG Voyager VX10000 phone. Visual Voicemail was previously announced by Verizon as a free offering that would be integrated into popular phones. Both Visual Voicemail and the LG Voyager […]
New Motorola Software Update Breaks on Vista SP1
Motorola has issued a new update for their Motorola Software Update utility. Version 01.11.21 has no noticeable changes, but does add a new installer. The installer runs an additional check to make sure a key Windows Vista hotfix was installed. The hotfix remedies issues with USB support, and low-level USB interaction necessary for Motorola to […]
Motorola Pulls All iDEN Firmware Updates
In a rare move, Motorola has removed all firmware updates for their iDEN phones. The Motorola iDEN Update page gives the following message: “Motorola Upgrade Utilities are currently unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience, please check back at a later time.” Motorola’s iDEN Update service was revolutionary when first launched, offering the first consumer downloadable […]
Apple Updates iPhone SDK, Adds Open GL ES for 3D Development
Apple has updated the iPhone SDK and related 2.0 Firmware Beta once again. The biggest addition to the SDK is the inclusion of OpenGL ES graphics libraries, runtimes, and an emulator to debug and test applications built with the graphics platform, along with more fixes to the beta firmware for those lucky enough to receive […]
Sprint Novatel U727 Firmware Updated, Fixes Mac Issues
Novatel has issued a new firmware update for the U727, and PhoneNews.com asked Novatel what they had changed. The update was pushed to Sprint Connection Manager (now SmartView) late last month, and is available by running Check for Application Updates. Oddly enough, the update actually fixes issues with Mac OS X. Novatel representatives could not […]
Apple Updates iPhone SDK, Beta Firmware 2.0
Apple has updated their iPhone SDK to version 3 and has also released another update to Beta Firmware 2.0 for selected application developers. This new version does not have a changelog available, but is expected to build upon the prior release which added a visual user interface editor for applications, as well as fixes for […]
Verizon Updates BlackBerry Pearl, Samsung Juke, LG Chocolate
We’ve received a few reports from readers over the past week of new updates for a few Verizon Wireless phones. Research in Motion issued an update for the Verizon Wireless version of the BlackBerry 8130 Pearl. The update fixes Bluetooth disconnect issues, among other changes. You can get the update from Verizon’s BlackBerry Update Site. […]
Today is Update Your Phone Day
Today, we’d like you to update your phone. Or, if you’re savvy enough to already be on top of updating your phone, spread the knowledge and update a friend or family member’s phone. The goal of this is to spread industry awareness about consumer interest in maintaining phone software. Having to purchase new hardware just […]
Motorola Updates Verizon Q9m & K1m, T-Mobile W490 Firmware
Motorola has issued three new firmware updates, all of which are available for updating via the internet. The first, and largest update, is for the Verizon version of the Motorola Q9m. The update is not detected by the standard version of Motorola Software Update. Users must go to the MSU web site (linked below), and […]