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New BlackBerry Storm OS Could Fix Everything

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 7:25 AM

For the thousands of people who were dissatisfied with the BlackBerry Storm’s performance after nabbing one from Verizon, it might be time to take a look into the clandestine world of leaked OS updates. Version 4.7.0.75 purportedly fixes a lot of the lag with the camera and accelerometer response. Now, if the press had this update before launch, maybe there wouldn’t have been such a rash of poor reviews, but obviously carriers and RIM wanted to get the thing out the door and selling before Black Friday. If you were on the verge of retuning your BlackBerry 9530, try out this update – it may wisk all your woes away. Not sure how to update your BlackBerry OS? Check out this how-to for the full explanation. Just keep in mind that this is an unreleased OS, so if you’re jumpy, you might want to wait until things get good and official. BlackBerry OS 4.7.0.76 looks like it could polish things even further

Download OS 4.7.0.75 Platform 4.0.0.94 for the Verizon BlackBerry Storm here.

[via Don Nguyen]

Hit the jump to see a video of the new OS in action!


Verizon BlackBerry Storm 9530 Running OS 4.7.0.75 from CrackBerry on Vimeo.

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Simon Sage

Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.