A renowned dutch IT-news site, www.tweakers.net, reports in dutch that Nokia wants providers to block sms messages containing e-mail addresses that are to long. After receiving such a message S60 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 and 3.1 devices are not able to receive other SMS or MMS messages anymore until a full factory reset that clears all phone data is performed.
According to tweakers.net. Nokia does not wish to disclose with which providers it is talking to implement this filtering, but they state that Nokia said that the providers they spoke were happy to cooperate. T-mobile in the Netherlands is reported to be already filtering messages. Though Nokia is reported to be looking in the possibility to solve the bug through a firmware update, Mark Durant of the Nokia head office in Finland has stated to tweakers.net: %26quot;That it is not an effective solution. Many users do upgrade their firmware, but many do not.%26quot;
No doubt a firmware upgrade for the most current phone models will be released at some point. But whether there will be a firmware fix for older models remains still to be seen as well as what are considered older models.
In the U.S.A. the number of monthly sms has topped the number of mobile phone calls. With similar developments in other countries the importance for a mobile user to receiving an sms has increased significantly over the years.
A happy and healty new year to all of you,
Dirk Snoyt