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T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Getting OS 4.5 Update Tomorrow

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 6:21 AM

tmo-8120Folks running the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 on T-Mobile will be pleased to know that a very much needed OS 4.5 update is coming soon… When exactly? From reports I’ve read the OS update should be available tomorrow, March 13th. The download will be available from t-mobile.com/bbupgrade. New features and updates to watch out for are below.

New Features:

  • Music/video streaming (e.g. YouTube)
  • Free/busy calendar lookup
  • Remote search for e-mails on server
  • Attachment download and document editing
  • Wireless software upgrades
  • myFaves 1.5
  • New browser start page
  • Updated UI
  • WAP 2.0 (Wireless Application Protocol) better downloading, games and applications
  • Voice IT policy controls on International Dialing and more.
  • BlackBerry Maps enhancements (points of interest, saving directions, graphical improvements)
  • GSM/EDGE toggle
  • HTML e-mail for BlackBerry Internet Solution (BIS) account

Fixed bugs:

  • UMA performance
  • myFaves icon sync
  • myFaves activity log
  • myFaves icon appearance
  • myFaves birthday/anniversary pop-up
  • Uncaught Java exception errors when downloading certain audio files
  • Device rebooting when on a Belkin Router or certain N type routers

Again, the update is coming down the tube at t-mobile.com/bbupgrade tomorrow. Get ready for it!

[Via: BGR]

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