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- The reason that the OS that was shown on the Storm 2 isn't "working" is not because of a bug. That OS is 4.7.0. It doesn't work without the "click". It currently doesn't have an API set for just touchscreen input and selection. Someone must of loaded it. Apparently, it's compatible. I guess that's something to be happy about.
Also, what do you guys think they will add onto the S2?Last edited by Shadow.xXx; 05-25-09 at 07:16 AM.
05-22-09 04:29 AMLike 0 - The reason that the OS that was shown on the Storm 2 isn't "working" is not because of a bug. That OS is 4.7.0. It doesn't work without the "click". It currently doesn't have an API set for just touchscreen input and selection. Someone must of loaded it. Apparently, it's compatible. I guess that's something to be happy about.
The video felt rushed... it felt like the person that had it could only spend about 5 minutes with the phone, so they took some shots and a quick video without really showing much. They didn't try to rotate it so see if the accel works, nothing... just seemed like they picked up the Storm we have now and started touching the screen and were like... "See, it doesn't do anything"... "Oh, you have to press?" You know what I mean? I guess what I mean to say is... THEY DIDN'T TRY VERY HARD TO SEE EXACTLY WHY IT DIDN'T WORK. No investigative work. Heck, it's possible there was no issues with it, but they were asked not to go any further then that and didn't want to show that they could properly hit OK past the message and then cut off the video.... people would have been more ticked then because they didn't dive further into the technology. We could speculate for days on this.05-22-09 10:12 AMLike 0 - Really? So, how then will RIM build OS5 for ALL handsets built around the same CORE... one that implements touch for some devices and not for others...? The same thing could be argued with that.
The video felt rushed... it felt like the person that had it could only spend about 5 minutes with the phone, so they took some shots and a quick video without really showing much. They didn't try to rotate it so see if the accel works, nothing... just seemed like they picked up the Storm we have now and started touching the screen and were like... "See, it doesn't do anything"... "Oh, you have to press?" You know what I mean? I guess what I mean to say is... THEY DIDN'T TRY VERY HARD TO SEE EXACTLY WHY IT DIDN'T WORK. No investigative work. Heck, it's possible there was no issues with it, but they were asked not to go any further then that and didn't want to show that they could properly hit OK past the message and then cut off the video.... people would have been more ticked then because they didn't dive further into the technology. We could speculate for d
ays on this.05-22-09 10:15 AMLike 0 - 05-22-09 10:19 AMLike 0
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- Really? So, how then will RIM build OS5 for ALL handsets built around the same CORE... one that implements touch for some devices and not for others...? The same thing could be argued with that.
The video felt rushed... it felt like the person that had it could only spend about 5 minutes with the phone, so they took some shots and a quick video without really showing much. They didn't try to rotate it so see if the accel works, nothing... just seemed like they picked up the Storm we have now and started touching the screen and were like... "See, it doesn't do anything"... "Oh, you have to press?" You know what I mean? I guess what I mean to say is... THEY DIDN'T TRY VERY HARD TO SEE EXACTLY WHY IT DIDN'T WORK. No investigative work. Heck, it's possible there was no issues with it, but they were asked not to go any further then that and didn't want to show that they could properly hit OK past the message and then cut off the video.... people would have been more ticked then because they didn't dive further into the technology. We could speculate for days on this.05-23-09 12:46 AMLike 0 -
If the Storm 2 is to the Storm as Windows 7 is to Vista... i'll drop the ~$500 right now.05-23-09 01:04 AMLike 0 -
- Honestly , i kind of agree, this is my thinking of it , that someone (engadget ) got the device , it was wiped so they said screw it , loaded the latest 4.7.0.148 software on it , and it didnt work because the storm 2 OS is either based on 5.0 which i most unlikey due to how long the storm 2 has been around , OR it is based on like a 4.7.1.xxx build , not sure .. just my thought is he loaded a 4.7 buid for the storm 105-23-09 06:55 PMLike 0
- Really? So, how then will RIM build OS5 for ALL handsets built around the same CORE... one that implements touch for some devices and not for others...? The same thing could be argued with that.
The video felt rushed... it felt like the person that had it could only spend about 5 minutes with the phone, so they took some shots and a quick video without really showing much. They didn't try to rotate it so see if the accel works, nothing... just seemed like they picked up the Storm we have now and started touching the screen and were like... "See, it doesn't do anything"... "Oh, you have to press?" You know what I mean? I guess what I mean to say is... THEY DIDN'T TRY VERY HARD TO SEE EXACTLY WHY IT DIDN'T WORK. No investigative work. Heck, it's possible there was no issues with it, but they were asked not to go any further then that and didn't want to show that they could properly hit OK past the message and then cut off the video.... people would have been more ticked then because they didn't dive further into the technology. We could speculate for days on this.05-23-09 08:44 PMLike 0 - Going with Madphone's sig, I believe that may be true. Think about the timeline we've been given. The new OS is stated to be released in Q3 of this year, while S2 is stated to be dropped in a matter of weeks. So, it's plausible that OS5 for S1 will be delayed in order to promote the functionality of the new S2. It's a ploy alright, a quite good one at that.05-25-09 05:05 AMLike 0
- @ Posts regarding the programing and OS's being built around the same core.
When an OS has the same core, there are exceptions to hardware equipped in the unit. For example, you can buy two laptops with Vista Home Premium. Alternatively, one laptop is a tablet and the other is not. Both have the same OS, but features built into it to work with specific hardware, similar to 64Bit and 32Bit.
Tablets can use the intuitive tablet features such as recognized handwriting, gesture or key functions from the tablet pen. The normal laptop has this built into it as well, but cannot utilize them.05-26-09 12:01 AMLike 0 - I love the people that 'work' at vzw... 'they are starting training next week.' LOL what a bunch of crock...November maybe we will see the storm 2, and on top of that anyone that actually works at vzw and doesnt feel the need to post a complete lie to be cool, would tell you that there is no training upcoming nothing scheduled, and thus far the only news we know is what you have told us.05-26-09 03:13 PMLike 0
- Probably it's a version specific for the S2? Like a modified 4.7.0 to run on that hardware. They probably just didn't implement an API set for it's version of touch selection. It could of been more of "can it (the device) run stable" OS, rather than a "let's see how the OS runs" version. Or... the hardware isn't as different as we thought?05-26-09 11:32 PMLike 0
- The reason that the OS that was shown on the Storm 2 isn't "working" is not because of a bug. That OS is 4.7.0. It doesn't work without the "click". It currently doesn't have an API set for just touchscreen input and selection. Someone must of loaded it. Apparently, it's compatible. I guess that's something to be happy about.
Also, what do you guys think they will add onto the S2?05-27-09 01:24 AMLike 0 -
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