Nokia deploys software-updating service

Nokia Corp. said it deployed a software update application that will allow its customers to update the software on their Nokia phones on their own. The company said its Nokia Software Updater has already been used by more than 750 million people since it was first made available as a trial last year.
The service is available at www.nokia.com/softwareupdate.
“As mobile devices become more intelligent, software updates make it possible for us to provide a better experience for people by adding and updating functions,” said Jarkko Sakki, director of multimedia customer care at Nokia. “The Nokia Software Updater can make it fast and easy for people to get the latest software for their compatible Nokia device.”
The Nokia Software Updater works with some of the company’s best selling 3G devices such as the N70, N73 and E61, and is now available in S40 languages.
Nokia is one of a number of handset vendors that offer software updates to their products. Palm Inc., Motorola Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. also offer such services to their customers.
Indeed, the software-updating craze is also being embraced by wireless carriers keen to make the process simpler. Already in the United States Sprint Nextel Corp. offers an over-the-air software updating service that allows subscribers to wirelessly update their phone’s software.