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Windows Mobile 6 ships with a Windows Update feature we all know and love...
Anyway, Kris Kumar over at SmartphoneThoughts asks the question, is this feature going to see any action.
No.
I thought about ending just there.
It won't because the carriers won't allow it to, or they will but will take a year to test the updates (you know, by walking around the US with their phones saying "can you hear me now?").
There is a slight possibility that if there is ever a change to Daylight savings again, that this feature might see some action. Why? Cause the last Daylight savings change was a freaking FIASCO.
The bad news is if you own a Windows Mobile Device. Apparently it's up to the maker of said device to issue an update. What are the chances your carrier will release an update? I don't know; what is their track record for doing so up till now? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Microsoft ended up releasing a CAB update anyway due to the fact that this was just plain silly.
But I'm not expecting any updates while I own my device.
The way updates work in the cell phone business is called:
iPhone being the notable exception so far.