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The launch of OS 5.0 appears to be nearing, so you might be wondering if your device is eligible for an upgrade. RIM won’t release the OS for every device, but it will offer upgrades for all of its latest generation handsets, plus one older model — and for that one I’m grateful. After the jump, a list of the eligible devices, plus a hint of when we can expect OS 5.0 to become officially available.
The list:
- BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8200 series
- BlackBerry Curve 8330 (yay!)
- BlackBerry Curve 8350i
- BlackBerry Curve 8900
- BlackBerry Bold 9000
- BlackBerry Storm 9500 series
- BlackBerry Tour 9630
The cut-off, it appears, is for devices with more than 64MB of internal memory. That would exclude the original generation Curve devices, plus the Pearl 8100 series and the 88xx series.
Good news: the Verizon Storm 9530 update is live now. So does this mean that other OS 5.0 releases will be coming shortly? We’ll keep this updated, and also make sure to check out the Twitter feed for the latest on OS 5.0.
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9 Comments ↓
I think you have your time messed up, according to the url, and I downloaded it an hour ago.
Downloaded and installed 5.0 for my Storm and the process went very smoothly. Already seeing more responsiveness, more typo suggestions, and WAY MORE available memory (as checked in Options/Memory: Application Memory Free Space.
Hah, I’m an idiot MrJackson. I wrote this last night before the Yankees game, and totally messed up the “tonight.”
[...] to my feed or subscribe to us on Twitter!As we mentioned earlier this morning, RIM is starting to roll out BlackBerry OS 5.0. If you have a BlackBerry Storm on Verizon, you can plug your device into Desktop Manager, on [...]
I installed OS 5 on my Curve 8330. The only issue I’ve had is if I install Ubertwitter on my phone, my BBM stops working. App work will not work either.
Downloaded 5.0 for my storm yesterday… upgrade went smooth.. Finally seeing the performance I expected when I purchased it last Feb. Also happy to see an explorer app (Files) to search through all files on bb.
how do you fix jum error 513 reset on blackberry curve
@jennifer The problem you are having is caused by a corrupted install. You will have to wipe your device and reinstall the OS.
Read here for the steps to take:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Curve-BlackBerry-8300/Blackberry-Curve-8310-JVM-Error-513/m-p/106005
i just recently bought a Sprint Curve 8330, will i be able to update officially?
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