In an attempt to sort a different problem I downloaded the new Blackberry Desktop Manager last night and it prompted me to upgrade the Core Blackberry software to 4.5. Never one to hold back on the latest of anything I fired it on. Not sure how I missed this upgrade last year but there are some really nice features :-
HTML Email – at long last! Works well on Orange in the UK.
Nicer fonts makes things a bit more readable – default sizes are massive mind you so you’ll probably need to knock everything down a few notches!
WiFi / UMA seems a lot more stable – no real evidence for this apart from the fact that it’s working a lot better now.
Music player multitasking – hooray! Click on the menu button on the home page and go straight to now playing screen.
Voice notes recorder
I did have a bit of a dodgy moment when the device wouldn’t start up and upgrade stalled while trying to restore the app settings backup! Took the battery out for a few minutes, plugged back into the PC and all was well … panic over!
Get it here :-
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/devices/#tab_tab_overview
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