Third Internet Tablet spotted on FCC - Page 4 - maemo.org

zerojay | # 31 | 2007-09-26, 20:35 | Report

Originally Posted by slider View Post

where? vancouver? toronto? whitehorse? details plz. thx.

Almost all of Canada is covered.

sjgadsby | # 32 | 2007-09-26, 20:37 | Report

Originally Posted by cairn View Post

...but we all already know they're going to release an update "sometime soon".

Tuesday of next week is looking likely.

zerojay | # 33 | 2007-09-26, 20:44 | Report

Sounds good to me. I wonder if this will just be a fix for the memory card issue, a new version of Bora or the first version of Chinook.

krisse | # 34 | 2007-09-26, 20:46 | Report

Originally Posted by zerojay View Post

I might be wrong, but I thought it was the following format:

release number in current year.current year.release week.build number?

I could be wrong.

That makes sense, week 34 was near the end of August which is when the device was tested for the FCC.

cairn | # 35 | 2007-09-26, 20:47 | Report

Originally Posted by zerojay View Post

I might be wrong, but I thought it was the following format:

release number in current year.current year.release week.build number?

I could be wrong.

Good catch, I didn't think of the week number. The format is w.xxxx.yy-z and my guess is that w is the release number, xxxx is the year and/or OS version, yy is the release week (as zerojay pointed out) and maybe "-z" is build number. So I wonder if the "0." in the firmware for this new tablet means that it's an alpha firmware? Did the N800 ship with "1.2006.yy-z" firmware with "2.2006.51-6" being the second firmware (first firmware update after release)?

Mara | # 36 | 2007-09-26, 20:54 | Report

Originally Posted by zerojay View Post

Sounds good to me. I wonder if this will just be a fix for the memory card issue, a new version of Bora or the first version of Chinook.

It is primarily a hotfix for the memory card issue. The Chinook is coming later...

Texrat | # 37 | 2007-09-26, 20:58 | Report

Interesting discussion.

Milhouse | # 38 | 2007-09-26, 23:41 | Report

Originally Posted by cairn View Post

Good catch, I didn't think of the week number. The format is w.xxxx.yy-z and my guess is that w is the release number, xxxx is the year and/or OS version, yy is the release week (as zerojay pointed out) and maybe "-z" is build number. So I wonder if the "0." in the firmware for this new tablet means that it's an alpha firmware? Did the N800 ship with "1.2006.yy-z" firmware with "2.2006.51-6" being the second firmware (first firmware update after release)?

I've always understood (not sure why) that the dates are based on the build rather than release dates, but I could be wrong.

In which case xxxx is the build year - and it's completely unrelated to the OS version, which is an unfortunate (but incorrect) coincidence in most cases. w.xxxx.yy-z is really just a unique file naming convention and not a version number as such - any relationship to the IT OS naming system (OS 2006, OS 2007, OS 2008 etc.) is purely coincidental and most likely unintentional (I assume it's uninentional as it's bl00dy confusing most of the time!)

I'd agree that "0." represents unreleased or early "alpha" firmware - the N800 shipped with 2.2006.51-6 (though some units had 2.2006.51-8 which was never made available for download).

"0.2007" sounds like it's a new firmware which is incompatible with the current N800, otherwise they might be using "5.2007.yy-z". The full firmware filename includes the device code which allows Nokia to reset the version number for the new device, eg. the full filename for the N800's 4.2007.26-8 firmware is

Code:

RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.26-8_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

I'd take a punt and say this new device firmware is

Code:

RX-44_2008SE_0.2007.34-9_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

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Garage Battle | # 39 | 2007-09-27, 00:44 | Report

http://www.gottabemobile.com/NokiaAn...WiMaxDeal.aspx

is that news?

Rebski | # 40 | 2007-09-27, 09:59 | Report

There is a bit more detail here
http://www.reuters.com/article/compa...00582220070926