bold 9700 and the new os 7?

[ssnjimb]

Hi

Newbie here please dont bite me

Will my bold 9700 be able to upgrade to the new os 7 that rim launched this year.

Also Will my G/F's 9105 pearl (3g on orange uk) be upgradeable too.

Thankyou in advance

James

[rrrebo]

No to both. OS 7 is only available on devices that launched with it. The 9700 has half the processor speed and 1/3 the amount of RAM desirable to run OS 7. It would choke on it. The latest OS available for 9700, I believe, is 6.0.0.706. The latest "official" is 6.0.0.668.

[ifraser]

As above it wont run the full OS 7.1 but you can pick up a good hybrid
if you look about,

My 9700 is running Berrylicious for fun hybrid and runs well.

[Rootbrian]

Originally Posted by ssnjimb

Hi

Newbie here please dont bite me

Will my bold 9700 be able to upgrade to the new os 7 that rim launched this year.

Also Will my G/F's 9105 pearl (3g on orange uk) be upgradeable too.

Thankyou in advance

James

No, sorry, you'll need to buy a new blackberry for OS 7. I suggest just updating it to OS 6.0.0.706 (the pearl too), but remember to shrink it after loading it using BB Boss.

[emirozmen]

No it wont unfortunately

[bobbydudeman]

Three words... not gonna happen.

RIM only allows OS 7 on the new blackberry lineup, and the best you could get is OS 6.

Also, the 9790 is coming out around the world, and will have OS 7.

Otherwise, unless you want to be like the rest of us who just wasted God knows how much money on an OS 7 device which is going to become obsolete soon enough, you could wait until Q3 of next year to get the BlackBerry London/Surfboard or a similar BBX device.

If I were you, I would wait another 10 months to get the ultimate BlackBerry, because to be honest, time flies.