Comments on: Blackberry Curve FINALLY receives 4.5 software update!

By: jdomgom01

jdomgom01 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:53:26 +0000

Will someone tell me if they are going to release this for the frikin’ Pearl or not? WTF T-Mobile? I have heard rumors it will not be released for the Pearl and I want to know for sure. If they are not I’m going to switch to another carrier as that is beyond lame. At my work people have begun upgrading using other carriers 4.5 and I refuse to do that.

By: markg

markg — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:46:54 +0000

I have the 8320! I have an iMac! I cannot download 4.5 to my Curve because RIM will not deal with Macs!

Thanks RIM, you have given me the final reason to get rid of your lousy phone and move to the far superior iPhone.

Good job, idiots!

By: Mb1906

Mb1906 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:05:48 +0000

I love 4.5…. Now I can wait in peace for the 8900 to make its way on out. This really is a nice improvement for the OS. And my UMA is much more stable.

By: Enigmatic

Enigmatic — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:05:48 +0000

Thinking I was doing her a favor, I downloaded 4.5 for my fiancee’ yesterday and she’s not happy with the new version. Any suggestions on where I can find the last version (sans all the 4.5 goodness)? Thanks in advance.

By: Eddiegtp

Eddiegtp — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:35:40 +0000

Updated the 8320 on my Mac using VMware Fusion. 1st time is crashed, but no harm done to the BB. 2nd time it clicked in.

It did take about 2 hours from start of backup to fully operational device with the latest OS.

The browser is taking a bit getting used to. Wish they had a L and R to navigate like they do for Top and Bottom navigation.

Kewl with the cursor in the browser.

Upgrade does not affect Opera Mini (or seems like it isn’t).

It erases all the preset backgrounds.

Spellcheck and the cleaner interface on email is great!

I removed the dumb apps: Tmobile, facebook, and handango.

Thanks for the info about upgrading Yahoo…

Should you upgrade? If you’re into it, yes. Otherwise, maybe not. If

By: G1 Lover

G1 Lover — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:24:21 +0000

I downloadedwhat they said to and now I cannot get into the desktop software to download the update. Oh well I guess. Too little too late for me. Love my G1. I want to get an andriod tattoo. You think google would pay for it?

By: Krubuntu

Krubuntu — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:12:27 +0000

So, I’ve been using it almost 24 hours and here’s some info that hopefully will help some;

•My updater crashed with the aforementioned error code twice. After the 2nd time, I unplugged it from the USB, pulled the battery, & when it booted back up, it was installed so I just ran the backup app and it restored everything but for some reason I had to reformat my micro-sd card.
•My Faves now has options for birthdays & anneversaries. (I don’t know if this is new or not, I was on a six-month hiatus from My Faves.)
•The video feature is pretty cool. Not the greatest but better than nothing. I really like the option to turn on the camera LED continuously so you can film in the dark…or use it for a little flashlight. (Watch that battery!)
•The Media Player has an equalizer and the streaming video works at http://m.youtube.com (Finally, You Tube Mobile on my Curve!) and the video actually works really well on EDGE here in Western Oregon.
•The Browser is WAY better than it used to be. It still has issues with some pages when it comes to java and some css styles and I still prefer Opera, but if the Curve had this browser a year ago when I bought it, I may not have ever gotten Opera.
•I swear the internet is faster on both WiFi and EDGE using either Browser or any of the Google Applications.The Street View in the new Google Maps for Mobile runs better I think but it may just be me.
•The Documents To Go app wants me to pay for it to edit so I probably won’t be checking that out anytime soon. If I need to edit a .docx file, I’ll do it on my laptop.
@pceee: Go To http://www.t-mobile.com/bbupgrade/ and then select the Curve from the list and follow the instructions. I used Google Chrome but FF or Explorer should work fine.
Hope this helps some people, this will hold me over until my wife will let me get the G-1, especially with You Tube Mobile! Woot!

By: pceee

pceee — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:17:35 +0000

Can someone point me to where I can download the new OS?
I can d

By: Wil

Wil — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:10:06 +0000

Wow, this update takes forever… I never updated my BB Desktop Manager and it gave me options to check off. Docs to Go was one of the options. Not sure if it gave that on the new BBDM…

By: tmoguy

tmoguy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:57:56 +0000

@Bob can you tell me more about ‘tethering’…