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Ok I think I get it now, thanks guys.
Now I understand the concept of the OS and device taking memoury... But why wouldn't it still just show 90MB of total memoury, in my case, and 64MB in the case of other users?? I mean, why just show the memoury as being essentially non-existant?
Does that make sense? I tried to word it the best way I could.
06-17-08 01:46 PM - Probably because the OS cannot see memory taken by the firmware. (i.e. OS limitation in how it reads available memory) Think of the amount of memory being taken up as being the same as "shared memory" on a PC. When the BIOS on a PC takes 16MB from 512MB of RAM to give to the Video Card on systems with integrated video w/Shared Video Memory, the OS (Windows) will report max memory as 496MB.But why wouldn't it still just show 90MB of total memoury, in my case, and 64MB in the case of other users?? I mean, why just show the memoury as being essentially non-existant?
Does that make sense? I tried to word it the best way I could.
BTW, there is no 90MB of memory on the Curve (8330). It's 96MB!! It's multiples of 2, that's how memory works. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, (96), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, etc...06-17-08 02:01 PM - Somehow I'm misunderstanding your question. Or perhaps it's because I'm thinking your question is basically the same as "Has no one figured out how to make the US government not tax us?"
The answer to both is... Sure, it can be done, but only by the people (i.e. RIM and US Gov respectively) responsible for it.
Do you honestly believe consumers, even smart ones, are going to whip out the soldering gun, slap on some larger memory chips, rewrite the OS to support it, and have a fully functional and warrantied Blackberry? And here I thought I was living in a dream world.
RIM just needs to get off their *** and make it where we can use Memory Cards to expand internal memory, just like WinMO devices can. Even the new Bold doesn't have more then 128MB of internal memory that can be used for apps. How fracking lame is that?Last edited by JRSCCivic98; 06-17-08 at 11:03 PM.
06-17-08 11:01 PM - I would think someone would have whipped out a soldering iron by now. Would the OS really need to be modified to take advantage of more memory? There is likely a ceiling to capacity, but do you think it is right at the default installation? I'd bet not.Somehow I'm misunderstanding your question. Or perhaps it's because I'm thinking your question is basically the same as "Has no one figured out how to make the US government not tax us?"
The answer to both is... Sure, it can be done, but only by the people (i.e. RIM and US Gov respectively) responsible for it.
Do you honestly believe consumers, even smart ones, are going to whip out the soldering gun, slap on some larger memory chips, rewrite the OS to support it, and have a fully functional and warrantied Blackberry? And here I thought I was living in a dream world.
RIM just needs to get off their *** and make it where we can use Memory Cards to expand internal memory, just like WinMO devices can. Even the new Bold doesn't have more then 128MB of internal memory that can be used for apps. How fracking lame is that?
Certainly, it would void any warranty.06-18-08 12:23 AM
