If you use Windows in your computer, we're pretty sure you've been bugged by that "Windows Update" notice so many times. Don't you just wish that it could do that automatically without grabbing any attention away from your WoW or QJ reading? Now imagine that your cellphone maker can update the firmware in your cellphone as you're taking a picture of your cat. With the Firmware Update Management Object (FUMO), it's possible.

The Open Mobile Alliance has published its FUMO. This is a standard which allows cellphones to be updated over the air, without disturbing your sudoku. However, there will be some technical problems that need to be sorted out first. The memory to hold the new update is an initial problem. Slow connectivity in certain areas, may require the cellphone owner to go to a licensed store to download the new patch. The reliability of the over-the-air updates may also be a problem compared to a USB cable.

There seems to be a chicken-egg problem when it comes to the network operators and handset developers. No network operators will buy servers to distribute firmware upgrades unless the handset makers support the new operations and no handset developer will support network operators without the servers.

With the standard published, the testing can start, beginning September this year. Next year, hopefully, the handset developers start following the standards. So what do these company want to do with our phones in the first place? They may want to change the menus and interfaces to make it look better, especially for premium paying customers.

Let's see what they 'll do next year, eh?