Last week Google pushed an update to Nexus One owners that enabled multi-touch in the browser, maps, and photo gallery applications.

From Google’s Nexus One weblog:

Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experience

Apple continues to be one of the incredibly few, if not only, handset makers that requires you to update the device manually using your computer. The downside is that you have to connect it to perform the update. But, I still think Apple has chosen the right path. Not only can users update their device immediately following availability, you also get the satisfaction of knowing that your iPhone is always backed up before any and all firmware updates.