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Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 18:02
If anyone has a blackberry watch out for the next software upgrade :thumb2
I ignore most of the "there is new software for your phone available" warnings if everything is working ok , but the latest one, certainly from Voda, takes you from OS5 which is good enough , to the brand new OS6 as in whats on all the new phones.
It really is fantastic.
Its like going from Windows Me to a properly working windows 7 :D
lacroupade
13-02-2011, 18:04
If anyone has a blackberry watch out for the next software upgrade :thumb2
I ignore most of the "there is new software for your phone available" warnings if everything is working ok , but the latest one, certainly from Voda, takes you from OS5 which is good enough , to the brand new OS6 as in whats on all the new phones.
It really is fantastic.
Its like going from Windows Me to a properly working windows 7 :D
But I assume its only for those tarty touchscreen jobbies? :nenau:lol
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 18:11
No its not :thumb2
Folk of my acquaintance who have the tarty torches love it but mine is a 9700 non touch screen so Id not really concerned myself and putting it on mine hadnt even crossed my mind.
Suddenly up pops this info box, hello do you want os 6.................wtf of course I do :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol
It is really well thought out and so far (a week in) running swish AND using less battery than the OS5 :thumbs
blackberrys suposed to be very secure? more secure than i phoney things? sticking with keyboeard type is good!
lacroupade
13-02-2011, 18:19
No its not :thumb2
Folk of my acquaintance who have the tarty torches love it but mine is a 9700 non touch screen so Id not really concerned myself and putting it on mine hadnt even crossed my mind.
Suddenly up pops this info box, hello do you want os 6.................wtf of course I do :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol
It is really well thought out and so far (a week in) running swish AND using less battery than the OS5 :thumbs
is this just out of the blue or did you have to be connected via your lappy and the BB Desktop?
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 18:23
I sync it regularly so calendar/contacts are up to date and with me (long story but the works phone is crap for doing it so I use my own)
I thought Id switched off the update software bit until the "theres an update available" popped up.
If you install or use blackberry desktop and sync up that'll do the checks for you and let you know or somewhere in options I think theres a do it wirelessly button :thumbs
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 18:26
blackberrys suposed to be very secure? more secure than i phoney things? sticking with keyboeard type is good!
I was led to believe they are more secure than most :thumb2
Im with you regards keyboards. The BB has surprised me, its the first phone Ive ever had that Ive been 100% satisfied with in every respect.
The only one Id swap it for would be the Torch and I am well happy to wait until renewal to do that (the torch has the same keyboard as the bold and a decent touch screen so you have the choice and best of both worlds plus os6 :thumb2 )
lacroupade
13-02-2011, 18:29
I was led to believe they are more secure than most :thumb2
Im with you regards keyboards. The BB has surprised me, its the first phone Ive ever had that Ive been 100% satisfied with in every respect.
The only one Id swap it for would be the Torch and I am well happy to wait until renewal to do that (the torch has the same keyboard as the bold and a decent touch screen so you have the choice and best of both worlds plus os6 :thumb2 )
don't start me on that touchscreen garbage LOL:lol
ive been thinkin of gettin one them motorola waterproof,shock proof thingy me jigs,i prefer a bogo phone though esp a nokia
(RIP) PLANK
13-02-2011, 18:42
I'm with jace, if ever i go for a 'a smart phone' it will have to be a waterproof shockproof model or it wont last five minutes :nenau
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 18:43
I'm with jace, if ever i go for a 'a smart phone' it will have to be a waterproof shockproof model or it wont last five minutes :nenau
Or do what I do and have a nice tough bouncy case for it and a practised empty the water quick and dry it out technique :D:D:D
lacroupade
13-02-2011, 18:45
Or do what I do and have a nice tough bouncy case for it and a practised empty the water quick and dry it out technique :D:D:D
Didn't work when wifey fell in the river (8 feet deep) with hers in her pocket while trying to rescue one of her stupid dogs.....:lol:lol:lol
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 18:46
Didn't work when wifey fell in the river (8 feet deep) with hers in her pocket while trying to rescue one of her stupid dogs.....:lol:lol:lol
oops, this BB has had condensation on the inside after a rainy day out but not been drowned yet :lol
I run a pda for sat nav, gps, small computer. (windows mobile)
then use a normal mobile phone for calls/texts. I got a sonim xp1 for £20 2nd hand from ebay. Works very well and it's shock proof, water resistant (probably waterproof) and pretty strong.
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(RIP) PLANK
13-02-2011, 18:50
I'm usually outside most of the time ( though the way things are going it's getting less and less, when it rains I'm usually so wet i have to wring out my socks! I would spend all day emptying the case. And i would probably only ever use it as a phone anyway so I think I'll stick with what I've got :thumb2
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 19:09
Another thing it has is a much more flexible homescreen set up than the old os so if like me you like modifying aka farting about with it you can :lol:lol
This is how mine is until I next get bored :D
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_tkcS_SvyMiQ/TVgd4Uo3LfI/AAAAAAAAB0U/-2rlPxqQwAU/BlackBerry_pictures_QL_1121360429.jpg
Any other interesting screens out there?????
lacroupade
13-02-2011, 19:11
Another thing it has is a much more flexible homescreen set up than the old os so if like me you like modifying aka farting about with it you can :lol:lol
This is how mine is until I next get bored :D
Any other interesting screens out there?????
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how did you do the screen cut n paste Maestro?
(Thats the British Leyland car by the way, not the genius LOL).
Deleted account DD
13-02-2011, 19:15
Just call me metro then ;)
I did a screen capture then shifted it across to the computer :thumb2
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