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OK, so I felt the need to break in the new subforum and post in it.
Here's a bit of speculation for you. Expect RIM devices that release to be able to have the availability be made for 1 generation release of a future OS version. By this I mean. If your BB came with OS4.5, you might get 5.0. If the BB came with 5.0 you might get 6, etc. Now, it's important to realize I mean "released" when I say "came with". So, upon release of the handset to market... use that as a guideline.
What are your thoughts?07-12-10 10:07 PM - PKcable posted this yesterday, I realize it's not "gospel" until proof is shown, but if he's right then some of the newer/older models will still see a version of 6
http://forums.crackberry.com/f217/wi...6/#post533954607-13-10 06:20 AM - Crap, I mis-spoke. My apologies.
A better comparison would be the Curve 8900 and the Curve 8520. Both have 512Mhz processors and 256MB ROM. 8900 came with 4.x, 8520 with 5.0.
I would think it weird if the 8520 got OS6 but not the 8900 as both would be roughly equally capable or not capable of running the same Operating system (based on hardware specs). The current rumors dictate that the 8900 will not get OS6.
And while the 8330 got OS5, the 8110 did not.
Hopefully we'll know soon
What would be nice for the older models is to have an OS6 lite...in short, one without the WebKit browser integration if it will bog down the phone that much.PKcable posted this yesterday, I realize it's not "gospel" until proof is shown, but if he's right then some of the newer/older models will still see a version of 6
http://forums.crackberry.com/f217/wi...6/#post5339546
Of course, when OS6 does come out, if not available for the "older"models, perhaps we'll see some nice custom hybrids.07-13-10 12:16 PM - 8520s ship with 4.6, what have you guys been drinking?
Trackball devices not getting 6 makes sense since RIM wants to be done with the trackball. Wait. 8910 released in China... with trackball? Ok, make 6 for all devices with 256mb.
Doesn't the 8330 have 96mb while all other devices prior have 64mb or memory? Maybe that's why it ended up getting 5.0? I thought this was covered before...Last edited by diegonei; 07-13-10 at 01:49 PM.
07-13-10 01:47 PM - This is what I've been saying for the longest time. It seems like every BB will be entitled to one full OS upgrade to the next version. I'm sure a few will be left out but I would consider this to be fair.
After most of the kinks were taken care of on the 9530 and it went to 5.0, it became a pretty decent device. I knew what I had when I bought it and saw the issues and I was really happy to get that upgrade. If I didn't think it was a good device from the beginning I wouldn't have gotten it. I'm with the people saying everyone shouldn't be entitled to upgrades for years but one large refresh is nice to have.07-13-10 03:47 PM - It's about as good as the 9650 is. Qualcomm hasn't made any newly released chipsets in a while that fit the bill for a CDMA spec'd Blackberry. So, the S1 had the chipset of the 9630 and the S2 should have the same one that's in the 9650. That being said... the 9650 has been indicated as a handset that's due to get OS6. In reality, I think memory speed and size availability were really the big hits for OS6 compatibility rather then CPU speed.So, have any1 confirmed on storm2 processor speed?
07-14-10 01:59 PM
I don't want a slider 
