Topic: I <3 Crackberry
msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:41 AM
Edited by msmyka on Mon 03/23/09 11:41 AM
Yes, Blackberries are actually as addictive as crack
(not that I've ever done crack, but you see where I'm going with this...)

I have personally owned 4 different models of the Blackberry and have worked with several more in the past 5 years I've worked in IT.

Either you love em or hate em... this thread is for the Blackberry lovers!

Feel free to ask me questions about using a Blackberry as I have had tons of experience with them.



For all you Verizon users waiting for a new blackberry (that doesn't completely suck like the Storm) here's something to get excited about:

http://crackberry.com/blackberry9630review

Riding_Dubz's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:42 AM
Edited by Riding_Dubz on Mon 03/23/09 11:44 AM
the storm gets two thumbs down, even the camera isn't that great takes almost 30 seconds to take a pic,

i can text way faster on the Q then the storm,

msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:44 AM
Agreed, my mom got one at work and I told her to take it back for another model.

tngxl65's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:45 AM
Getting ready to upgrade my OS on my 8310. Wish me luck. I suspect I wil be reloading many of my personal apps.

Riding_Dubz's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:46 AM
MAKE SURE U BACK THEM UP


can't stress that enough ,

msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:50 AM

Getting ready to upgrade my OS on my 8310. Wish me luck. I suspect I wil be reloading many of my personal apps.


Is is a major upgrade? Usually apps will continue to run on smaller version upgrades.


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Mon 03/23/09 11:57 AM


Getting ready to upgrade my OS on my 8310. Wish me luck. I suspect I wil be reloading many of my personal apps.


Is is a major upgrade? Usually apps will continue to run on smaller version upgrades.




4.2 to 4.5 on the berry. I've been hesitant because I'm told it slows it down a bit and the non-native apps often (usually?) don't make it throught the upgrade. But the only one of those I'm worried about is my password keeper, keepass. Made a backup of my data and we'll see how it goes.

Riding_Dubz's photo
Mon 03/23/09 11:59 AM
Edited by Riding_Dubz on Mon 03/23/09 11:59 AM
Don't do it is sooooooooooo SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 12:04 PM
Good luck with that, let me know how it goes.

I'm currently running 4.2.2.196 on the 8830 from Verizon but I don't think I'll do the OS upgrade as I hope to be replacing this device with a 9630 (which will be on 4.7) by the end of May :banana:


msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 12:04 PM
Do you guys use Blackberry Messenger?

Riding_Dubz's photo
Mon 03/23/09 12:06 PM
4.7 blows my @ss and that's not being negative that's being real. flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou

msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 12:10 PM
LOL Well I'm hoping by the time they release this new 9630 they will have those issues worked out.

tngxl65's photo
Mon 03/23/09 12:11 PM

Do you guys use Blackberry Messenger?


We can only use BB messenger internally because of of encryption decisions made on the install of the BES server years ago. I can only use the blackberry messenger with AES encryption. I'd change our default on the server, but I'm afraid it would cripple every blackberry on the network.

Thankfully AT&T finally started allowing the yahoo messenger app to run on it's blackberrys. At least I can use that now.

is 4.7 available for 8310? I didn't think it was.

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Mon 03/23/09 12:20 PM
Ah yes I do believe we have had this discussion before. I wouldn't go making any changes to the BES server unless you schedule downtime with your company. Do you have support for your BES server? You can always call and ask them how that change will effect the rest of the users.

4.7 is what they are loading on all the new devices coming out. I don't think it is available for download on the older devices yet.

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Mon 03/23/09 01:40 PM
Well, my upgrade went pretty smooth. Had an hourglass during the update that lasted about 10 minutes, but I had been warned to wait it out.

All of my 3rd party apps came over except for facebook. I think it came over too but there was no icon. When I reloaded it it asked me if I wanted to load over my old version. I just let it reload again.

I do like the look of it and the ability to record video if I want to.

msmyka's photo
Mon 03/23/09 03:02 PM

Right on, sounds like it was pretty painless.