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Why doesn’t my E90 come with a 400 quid Windows XP computer?

I am absolutely seething after finding out that the Nokia Software Updater has stopped working with Vista.

They turned off support for this yesterday.

Yesterday.

What?

So what do I do now?

Sit and stare at my now, by default, piece of shit handset?

Where is the button to order a Windows XP computer on Nokia’s site?

I mean, if they can’t get their shit working, why bother? What is this software architecture team busy doing with itself? Fingers stuck up buttocks? Pissing into the wind smiling whilst singing their very best Leona Lewis tracks at full volume?

WHY did they turn off Windows Vista support?

I’m not using Vista because I love it. It came preinstalled on my computer. YEARS ago, Vista came out. SODDING YEARS.

What, Mr Brain Surgeon, am I supposed to do about upgrading my phone now? Whilst you sod about taking fingers out arses?

Sit and stare at the wall?

“It’ll be ok,” I’m sure one of the suits in Finland explains during the software strategy meeting, “We’ll just turn off Vista support in the new upgrade. So when they log in and update their Nokia Update Software, then heh, we’ll just turn off support.”

I wonder, was there a brain cell in the meeting who pipped up, “Er, right but those who DON’T have Windows XP or anything OLDER than that?”

“Screw’em.”

That was the effective decision.

It’s not as if Vista came out yesterday. Or 20 minutes ago. There are EIGHTY EIGHT MILLION COPIES of Vista on the planet (So reckons ZDnet in October last year).

What?

I really have to climb down off the desks at SMS Text News Towers and stop feeling like I want to pull out my hair.

What PLONKER authorised this?

You just.. wake up morning and revoke support for the PRIMARY operating system of MILLIONS?

Oh, and it doesn’t work on Apples either.

This is BASIC. ULTRA BASIC stuff.

No wonder the sodding N81 is such an absolute nightmare (the upcoming podcast will explain all). Nokia have absolutely lost the plot.

Lost it.

You have to be a pretty rubbish software chief to allow this sort of ridiculous behaviour.

WHY isn’t there an explanation?

Why wasn’t there a personal note from the head of Nokia’s software on the SODDING SOFTWARE MESSAGE? TELLING ME WHY? AT LEAST EXPLAINING?

Set my expectations?

Anything?

Hello………?

I’ll get my coat…

As a reminder, here’s the screen I got:

screenshot

This what it should say:

13 COMMENTS

  1. Agree about the N81…. But anyway, just run NSU in an XP compatibility mode under Vista. NSU won't know the difference. 😎

    Having said that, of course Nokia should fix this right NOW – it's unacceptable to have regular users fiddling with compatibility modes….

  2. Your missing the point… why should you need a computer to update in the first place?! If the phone is an “appliance” then it's rubbish because I have plenty of other appliances that can update themselves from a remote server or storage device (games consoles, dvd player voip handset etc) but if the phone is a computer (as Nokia would have us believe) then it's even worse!.. When the new version of OSX came out I didn't have to connect my Macbook to another computer to update it I just shoved a CD in and rebooted! incremental OS updates? it handles it internally!

    So, Nokia. if you're going to tell us that your S60 devices are “Multimedia computers” then do it properly! you already have OTA updating handsets!, make that the standard across the range!

    On the other hand, if your phones are just appliance-like devices… give them a sensible bootloader that can upgrade the firmware from a memory card!

  3. Ouch; that's just sucky. Then again, if S60 could do firmware updates from a memory card OTA that would help in these situations. I really wonder what that is not possible/done these days.

  4. hit the nail on the head. there should be zero reason we need another computer to update our “multimedia computers.” (even thought the E90 isn't an Nseries, it still runs S60)

  5. With more Linux devices coming to the market, hopefully we'll see an end to this “big bang” software update mentality. If the browser needs to be updated, that doesn't mean that the whole software stack needs to be wiped, does it now?

    Hmmm… I wonder if T9 recognises “apt-get”… 🙂

  6. With more Linux devices coming to the market, hopefully we'll see an end to this “big bang” software update mentality. If the browser needs to be updated, that doesn't mean that the whole software stack needs to be wiped, does it now?

    Hmmm… I wonder if T9 recognises “apt-get”… 🙂

  7. With more Linux devices coming to the market, hopefully we'll see an end to this “big bang” software update mentality. If the browser needs to be updated, that doesn't mean that the whole software stack needs to be wiped, does it now?

    Hmmm… I wonder if T9 recognises “apt-get”… 🙂

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