Nokia Software Updater
Encyclopedia
Nokia Software Updater is a Windows
based application from Nokia
that enables customers to update and recover their mobile device firmware
of a recent Series 40
or S60
device from any Internet
enabled access point.
The full list of supported phones is available in the official site.
Nokia Software Updater beta phase has ended at August 25, 2011. NSU 3.0.495 has now been released to consumers. It can be downloaded from here.
The Nokia Software Updater cannot be used behind authenticating proxies, making it fail in many corporate environments.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
based application from Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
that enables customers to update and recover their mobile device firmware
Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices...
of a recent Series 40
Nokia Series 40
Series 40 is a software platform and application user interface software on Nokia's broad range of mid-tier feature phones, as well as on the Vertu line of luxury phones. It is the world's most widely used mobile phone platform and found in hundreds of millions of devices....
or S60
S60 platform
The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic...
device from any Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
enabled access point.
The full list of supported phones is available in the official site.
Nokia Software Updater beta phase has ended at August 25, 2011. NSU 3.0.495 has now been released to consumers. It can be downloaded from here.
Criticism
The Nokia Software Updater requires at least 256MB of RAM to function. This can be a problem with older systems on which attempting to start the application results in an error message.The Nokia Software Updater cannot be used behind authenticating proxies, making it fail in many corporate environments.