My Blackberry Curve 8320 came with OS version 4.2, looks like there was never a 4.3 released for it and 4.4 has been skipped for some reason? So I decided to go searching for the latest OS for my 8320 which turns out to be 4.5.0.42 beta version. I grabbed the file, backed up my Blackberry and upgraded it!
I'm impressed. The new OS has some really nice touches, some of which are:-
- Much improved layout of email messages.
- Ability to connect to more than one calendar.
- I can now use the camera for recording video too.
- Much nicer web browser.
- Nice improvements to the calendar interface.
- Media player is able to stream video (not got this one working yet via wi-fi)
- Many other small enhancements.
I'm sure there has been a lot of changes behind the scenes too. Once such change which I've not been able to test yet is the ability to view html emails. This requires either BIS 4.5 or BES 4.5, both of which are just around the corner I hear.
The only problem I noticed with this beta version so far is that it made my phone go low on memory on one occasion. I removed the battery and all was well again. Perhaps I'll notice this one again in a few days.
2 comments:
How did you do the upgrade? I downloaded and installed desktop manager 4.6 that works fine. i downloaded os 4.5 and installed also but when i launch desktop manager and search for the new os file to install it never shows up. am i doing something wrong?
thanks
bill
Hi Bill, there is a vendor.xml file locate in something like c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader , make sure you delete that. Then connect your BB and run the desktop manager, it should ask you if you want to upgrade.
Mike
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