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Re: [OM] Where's the V4.0 firmware upgrade for the E-M?

Subject: Re: [OM] Where's the V4.0 firmware upgrade for the E-M?
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 09:06:19 +0000
Yup, same on my iPhone 4. Frozen at an old iOS version for which app
support* is rapidly dwindling.  And if you find a nice new app you fancy,
it usually just won't install.

 (*support means complete life-support = existence, not bug fixes)

On 15 November 2015 at 00:40, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I too have the iPad 1, and it is just a fraction of an inch from being a
> brick. only reason I keep it is to read our daily paper, which it still
> does, but the idiots that run the newspaper don’t seem to understand that
> not everyone has an Apple device, so no support for my android tablet. Ah
> well...
>
> Apple isn't exactly the warm fuzzy big brother that everyone thinks it is.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Norton
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 3:52 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Where's the V4.0 firmware upgrade for the E-M?
>
> Up to Date Moose wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure where the line is ... on either manufacturer or user sides.
>>
>
> That is a fair question. The old argument that a device is still as
> good as it was when you first bought it is usually true, but not
> always so. Take the Apple iPAD 1 as an example. On several occasions,
> lately, I've had entire apps disappear because the support for them
> has gone away and the publisher has revoked them. The device is slowly
> getting bricked. At some point, there will be no more functional apps
> running on it at all and all that remains is a $500 piece of aluminum
> and glass.
>
>
> I used a Canon 5D for five years, during which time it was rendered
>> "obsolete" by new models. But they offered nothing new that was compelling
>> for my use, so I didn't feel it was obsolete. In the end, it was mostly
>> the
>> promise of less size and weight with no diminution of IQ that moved me on.
>>
>
> In the case of your 5D, it was certainly an example of the user moving
> on. You changed phases of life and the old system no longer fit.
>
>
> If you look at Oly's history with µ4/3 and the Pens, they tended to
>> announce
>> new models with the flimsiest of real changes/improvements. The E-P2 and
>> E-PL6 are blatant examples. The "6" is the worst, with only firmware
>> changes. So I find it a refreshing change of pace that they have chosen to
>> offer free firmware upgrades with really significant improvements for the
>> OMDs.
>>
>
> A new year, a new model. Olympus has always done this with the
> consumer cameras. A given model is produced in a manufacturing run and
> never repeated again. The next run will have a new model number.
>
>
> If you don't need all that hardware change stuff, I can see no reason
>> either
>> to buy a new body, or to feel unloved. ;-)
>>
>
> And then there are people like me....
>
> AG Schnozz
>
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