The last time BB updated DM to version 7.0 many of us had severe issues which set us back several days! My DM6.1 has again been asking me to upgrade to the new 7.0.0.59 and I was wondering if anyone took the plunge and had comments to share.
I was pretty apprehensive as well. DM has been asking me to update for a while.
I did an couple days ago and it works well. Connects a syncs a lot quicker.
Any other reports? I never tried 7 when it came out (6 was working fine), but maybe one of these days I'll try 7 ...
6 worked well for me also. It just took for ever. 7 locks in with my berry a lot quicker, and syncs a lot faster.
7 seems to give you more sync options as well. I can't think of what they are, tho. (too early) I synced about an hour ago.
I had version 5, uninstalled it and downloaded v 7.1, but windows 7 refused to install it claiming that the certificate was invalid. I had to download and install the certificate as the normal work-arounds failed.
Worth the trouble though, guess if you updated online directly from v6 to 7 the certificate was installed automatically.
Thanks, people. I might try 7. As you say, 6 takes a long time to connect, and it's good news that 7 does that part faster. I guess I'll see if my legacy Windows XP will be able to handle it ...
I just updated to the newest version (7-something), and it seems to be functioning very well on my BlackBerry 6 9650. As reported by someone in this topic already, it opens faster and is generally less sluggish than 6-something that I was using.
I have DM 6.1 sync with outlook 2010 and my BB9900. It takes no more than 2 minutes at the most. Other than the speed issue I haven't heard of one compelling reason to upgrade. I must be missing something, but I'm sticking with what works for now.
I just downloaded the 7.0.0.59 .. smooth as butter and it did sync to my phone really fast! Backup of PB went smooth as well doing a full backup using the radio button for 'Full Backup'
I was hesitant to update to DM 7.0 but I took the plunge (I was feeling lucky). I sync my Torch 9800 with Outlook 2010 on Windows 7. The only issue I had involved some event conflicts (that I didn't really understand) between the phone calendar and the Outlook calendar. I cancelled the sync, deleted all calendar data on the phone and then synced again to repopulate the phone. Now all organizer data syncs just fine and I'm glad did the update.