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Mike Temporale
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:30 pm    Post subject: Everything You Wanted to Know About AKUs Reply with quote

http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/ar...wm-aku-en.shtml

"Updating and enhancing of any operating system are the things that seemingly will never stop. Groundbreaking changes get introduced in case a company is about to shift up the version of its OS, like it happened to Windows Mobile 2003 upgraded to Windows Mobile 5.0. However, when various fixes are many, but at the same time they cannot constitute a new version, already existing operating system obtains a suffix, indicating its advanced capabilities – for instance Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Minor tweaks tend to pop up frequently and aim mostly at patching up actual version of operating system. In Windows Mobile’s case such updates go by the name of Adaptation Kit or Adaptation Kit Update (or simply AKU abbreviation, which we will use throughout this review) – they usually patch up existing bugs and enable several new features. Each newly released AKU pack retains fixes found in previous versions of AKU, so in order to emphasize the most crucial fixes carried by AKU, the company sometimes turns to Feature Pack (FP) term, adopted from S60 platform. Significance-wise, Nokia S60’s FP and Windows Mobile’s AKU are on a par with each other, thus FP term applied to Windows Mobile has more of a marketing move rather than actual necessity in it."

If you've been confused about AKUs and what they mean, then this article will help shed some light on things for you. The article lays out the different changes made by the various AKUs released for Windows Mobile 5. I'm not sure if this is a 100% of the changes, but it might help you decide if you should apply the last ROM update to your phone or not. Wink

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, how exactly does one update their smartphone to have the latest version? Confused
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can't. Wink It requires the device manufacturer to release the AKU to their customers. While AKUs are released by Microsoft on a reqular basis, but the device manufacturers don't always release them to the customers. You can always check the website of your device manufacturer to see if they have released an update.

Updates are almost never released to the consumer.
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