Tech at Play

I installed the latest BlackBerry OS, or Device Software v4.5.0.37 over the weekend. As you can see from the absence of new posts, I was busy giving it a spin and restoring my BlackBerry Curve 8320 back to its former shape.

I would consider some of the features in this release to be significant.

• Utilize the full capacities of micro SD HD memory cards (Tested up to 8GB)
• Default inclusion of DataViz’s Documents To Go Standard Edition
• Ability to download attachments as native files (Subject to BES-side upgrade for enterprise users)
• Ability to read HTML email (Subject to BES-upgrade for enterprise users)
• Various other really useful applications such as Video Camera and Voice Notes Recorder

[Updated: 12 July 2008]

• Improved Web browser that now comes with a pointer
• Media player comes with forward and backward controls on UI
• You can finally see the time from inside the media player too
• Improvements to the browser; comes with mouse pointer now
• Implementation of S/MIME
• Spruced-up look and feel across built-in applications such as Tasks, MemoPad, Calendar
• Ability to define the “Outline Colour” of your mailbox based on whether they are Enterprise Messages (BES) or Other Messages (BIS)
• Ability to set your BlackBerry to perform autonomous memory scrubs

The ability to support multiple calendars appears to have been quietly added as well, though I admit I used BES exclusively in the past – it could have been there all along. Anyone care to comment?

As usual, you can check out this BlackBerryForums page for the latest software updates. The usual caveat on the risks of upgrading firmware applies.

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