In the old days, you’d hook your smartphone up to your PC and sit back helplessly while a 100MB download was written all over your data disk, followed by a tedious data and app re-install. In 2009, it’s quick, easy and you get to keep everything!

The promise of being able to update the Operating System inside your smartphone Over The Air (i.e. using Wi-Fi or 3G data) has been there for a while in the Symbian OS world, but it has only become real since S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (devices like the Nokia N79 and N85).

An additional technology, UDP (User Data Preservation), first appeared in the N82 and this too helps make firmware upgrades painless.

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The BlackBerry Desktop Manager suite of applications is designed to help you manage the link between your desktop and smartphone. Although the primary role of this full-functional, integrated suite of applications is to enable you to sync your PIM data (calendar, contacts, tasks and memos), the BlackBerry Desktop Manager can also be used to update or remove applications.

Read on and we will show you how to use the Application Installer component to update your firmware, operating system components and third-party applications.

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Most smartphone manufacturers will, from time to time, release updates for the phones in order to fix bugs and even add new features. However, these updates are not always well advertised and even if your phone is brand new it is not always …

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