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Old 03-06-2009, 05:48 PM
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Ain't that the truth. Stopped by the VZW store the other day and the rep told me that .90 would be released in a couple days????? She did not even know what OS she had on her Storm.
See, too many people have experienced this. We'd much rather them say "I DON'T KNOW" then to give us false information.
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Old 03-06-2009, 05:53 PM
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Im hoping it does... My guess would be it could be a build that is made for touchscreens from the ground up... Thats really what the storm needs.. not a modified bold OS
Just a note: The Bold and Storm came out far too closely together for the Storm OS to be based on the Bold's. Most likely both stem from 4.5, but were intentionally designed to be similar.
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Old 03-06-2009, 05:59 PM
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I don't understand why RIM wouldn't release the phone with a OS optimized for the Storm. You figure that the G1 and iPhone both have this. If RIM is fighting for market share in the touch screen market this would've been a "must have" for them. Looking at it from a business perspective it's absolutely essential for them to come out with a new OS relatively early in the Storms shelf life span. I have faith they will make right.
Money and time, though the time bit gets back to money.

Software development is a very laborious and EXPENSIVE thing. Creating a custom OS for the Storm would have delayed the release by at least a year, cost hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars and it would have risked alienating a lot of RIM's core customer base who probably are upset enough with the changes in the UI. These are the kind of people who scream bloody murder when something shifts by about 2 pixels. Someone I know calls these people "Maccies" since these people very often tend to gravitate towards Apple products.
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whoa whoa whoa...6.0?? First Ive heard of this!
Crucial said something about a 6.0 in an earlier thread about 5.0... Could have been a typo, could have been an unintentional slip. I don't know, and decline to speculate. If Crucial wants to clear it up, that's up to him.
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Is it possible all these "leaks" are for 5.0? thats why they all seem to have issues?
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Nah, then it would say 5.0.0.xxx not 4.7.0.xxx
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Honestly, the phones OS isnt really bad. I havent had major trouble with it at all. Almost as if I didnt know OS upgrades was possible. I wouldve thought it just stayed like that and still wouldve been happy and impressed with the phone.
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Are you guys talking about this OS 5:

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***Off topic,

Why does the OP show 0 posts?

Weird, since he has to have at least the 1 to start this thread
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***Off topic,

Why does the OP show 0 posts?

Weird, since he has to have at least the 1 to start this thread
I have seen the same thing from other members all over this board....
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I have seen the same thing from other members all over this board....
Posts in this forum do not add to your post count.

Edit: The op started this thread in the OS forum so it looks like when a post is moved here, posts made in this thread while in the other forum are subtracted from your post count....
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... so it looks like when a post is moved here, posts made in this thread while in the other forum are subtracted from your post count....
oh, so 2 + 2 = chair
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There have been many discussions on the forums where RIM insiders have spoken on several occassions that OS 5.0 is under development for the Storm
I have heard this too, and plans for recreating an OS for the storm. I will look for a link to an article about it.
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I don't understand why RIM wouldn't release the phone with a OS optimized for the Storm. You figure that the G1 and iPhone both have this. If RIM is fighting for market share in the touch screen market this would've been a "must have" for them. Looking at it from a business perspective it's absolutely essential for them to come out with a new OS relatively early in the Storms shelf life span. I have faith they will make right.
Because a significant amount of their market are existing BB users. They needed to do something that balanced what consumers want with what BB users expect. I think they did a great job and it will be awesome once they get the bugs worked out.
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So what are the odds of RIM releasing 5.0 as the official release and all these leaks were corporate's way of sniffing out NDA breakers?

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