Friday, March 13, 2009

T-Mobile Blackberry Pearl 8120 to finally get OS 4.5


And we thought AT&T was slow! News is now trickling out that T-Mobile pack rats are in for a treat this coming Friday. Apparently, OS 4.5 for the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is fiiiiiiiinally going to be released. We don’t exactly know why it took so long for RIM to put together a build that T-Mobile would approve but given the age of the handset, we’re sure it wasn’t exactly a priority. So, 8120 owners, here’s what you’re in store for:

New Features:

Music/video streaming (e.g. YouTube)
Free/busy calendar lookup
Remote search for e-mails on server
Attachment download and document editing
Wireless software upgrades
myFaves 1.5
New browser start page
Updated UI
WAP 2.0 (Wireless Application Protocol) better downloading, games and applications
Voice IT policy controls on International Dialing and more.
BlackBerry Maps enhancements (points of interest, saving directions, graphical improvements)
GSM/EDGE toggle
HTML e-mail for BlackBerry Internet Solution (BIS) account
Fixed bugs:

UMA performance
myFaves icon sync
myFaves activity log
myFaves icon appearance
myFaves birthday/anniversary pop-up
Uncaught Java exception errors when downloading certain audio files
Device rebooting when on a Belkin Router or certain N type routers
So, 8120 owners, head on over to t-mobile.com/bbupgrade this tomorrow, March 13th for some OS 4.5 love.

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