Blackberry OS 4.6 for 9000 / 9500 gets detailed

by Darren Murph posted Jun 10th 2008 at 8:42AM

We had heard that the introduction of the BlackBerry Bold (9000) / Thunder (9500) could usher in the long-awaited BlackBerry OS 4.6, and now we're just about ready to believe it. A new listing over at Horizon Wireless Online details the forthcoming operating system, and notes that it will bring along richer browsing (which entails a whole host of improvements), click zooming with the trackball, Music Sync, an option to select Home screen grid size and support for continuous spell checking (among other things). Hey RIM, can we get that "richer browsing experience" on say, the Curve / Pearl?

[Thanks, Peter]

Filed under: Software, RIM, ATT, GSM, EDGE

Tags: 4.6, 9000, 9500, blackberry, blackberry os, Blackberry OS 4.6, BlackberryOs, BlackberryOs4.6, bold, software, thunder, update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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southasianpanda @ Jun 10th 2008 10:37AM

When are we going to get a release date for this phone? I hope that ATT gets it before Rogers cuz my phone is barely functional and im just waiting for this to launch.

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JW @ Jun 10th 2008 11:39AM

Opera Mini is an awesome browser experience, too bad there's still not a way to view flash and java apps. 9xxx would be nice if it handled more video file types.

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wydraj @ Jun 10th 2008 12:33PM

yes, I second that, now that Apple has dropped their bomb. Also an AT&T customer so I would hope to see something before iPhone lands there.

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PhonelessCord @ Jun 10th 2008 10:30PM

Its coming July 25th, I work on the AT&T Mobility side and one of my managers found out as we are both pretty erect about this phone

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ashley @ Jun 11th 2008 12:44AM

what if i really want this phone, but i have an iphone? i can just use my sim card with this and the iphone correct? i am concerned about the package though. since i pay 40 for the "iphone package" (unlimited text & browsing) does anyone know if i will also need to purchase a "blackberry package" or if its just a standard at&t package?

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Joel @ Jun 11th 2008 11:53AM

an iPhone and Blackberry SIM swapping scenario isn't going to work too hot with the iPhone SIM. For a Blackberry to function, the SIM has to be placed on a Blackberry Plan. This makes it so it actually runs on a different network segment than typical phones. So you can use a Blackberry SIM in a regular phone, but not the other way around. I have my Windows Mobile phone registered on the Blackberry network so I can use ActiveSync or Blackberry connect. The iPhone on the other hand complicates things a bit. An iPhone won't work with a SIM unless it's been activated in the phone, or you Jailbreak it. So the only shot at using the same SIM in both phones is with a Blackberry enabled SIM. The only shot of using a Blackberry enabled SIM in an iPhone is by Jailbreaking it.

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Darkest Daze @ Jun 11th 2008 3:51AM

I thought the 9000 was coming out on Verizon but it's not listed...is that only a list of the carriers being released on that date, and the Verizon model will follow a couple months back?