The last we saw of the BlackBerry Torch 9850 / monaco was on a Sprint inventory sheet alongside the BlackBerry Bold 9930. While the BlakBerry Bold 9930 had a date at that time, the BlackBerry Torch did not. Now though, that inventory documentation appears to of have been updated and looking at the list now shows the BlackBerry Torch 9850 as arriving in 8/21/11. In some related information, we've also been hearing that the device most likely will turn up without those physical buttons we saw previously but that's not 100%. Alas, dates can and often do change but we've got our fingers crossed.
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Official OS 7.1.0.580 for the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 from Sprint
Sprint had previously released OS 7.1.0.580 for the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 as OTA updates and now both are available for download from their site. While this is an official release, remember to use caution when updating your device. If you need help along the way, you can head into our help forums or check out some of our BlackBerry 101 articles including How to Install or...
Official OS 7.1.0.580 for BlackBerry Torch 9850 from Sprint available OTA
Sprint has officially released OS 7.1.0.580 for the BlackBerry Torch 9850 via OTA. While this is an official release, remember to use caution when updating your device. If you need help along the way, you can head into our help forums for more information. As this is an OTA release, it will take some time to go ahead and download directly from Sprint so be patient. Discuss more in the...
Official OS 7.1.0.163 for the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 now available from Sprint
If you were hesitant to take the OTA update to BlackBerry 7.1 for either the BlackBerry Bold 9930 or Torch 9850, you can now download the official desktop installer files. Of course, with their release that also means any CDMA user can grab these files and install them on compatible devices provided the vendor.xml file is removed. If you're looking to get the installer, hit up the...
Sprint now rolling out BlackBerry 7.1 for the BlackBerry Torch 9850
As expected, Sprint has started to roll out BlackBerry 7.1 to other compatible devices as well and next in line is the BlackBerry Torch 9850. Many users after reading the news of the BlackBerry Bold 9930 reciving its update checked their devices as well to find BlackBerry 7.1 waiting for them. Still not listed on the Sprint BlackBerry downloads page but that will come eventually. Either...