It's been on their site t-mobile.com/bbupgrade for a few weeks now. I'm shocked they released it, because it's still very buggy and the memory leak issue has not be resolved.

WTH!!!! This was out in like January...... .461 and .499 came after. Hell man, waste of time.

Nuff said. Thanks anyway.

I am beginning to think that we are not getting the .526 leak for 9700....

Where is the 526 leak???

I was wondering why I woke up and bejeweled was on my phone

I think it's time CB posted something a little more concrete about the abysmal situation of OS6 on the 9700.

We're closing on a year after it was promised, and there isn't any version that's stable. There are no reliable leaks to choose from, it just doesn't work on the 9700.

If this was an update to the iPhone or Android, it would be a scandal. The lack of attention this is getting shows how low expectations are of RIM and how out of touch RIM's management is, hyping a dubious tablet with a new OS while unable to support current devices.

Its hilarious how people have gone TWO DAYS now without getting the leak that all the other OS6 phones have got, and they're LOSING their minds... grow up and learn some patience.

Hopefully that's the reason AT&T has yet to release it. It's not ready yet. I wonder if it will ever be.

I've been running it for about 5 days and it's super buggy. I'm running it on a brand new 9700 and the battery life is terrible. Before I installed 0s6 the phone would run all day with barely a dent in the battery, but with this the battery is drained in about 12 hours.

Kind of disappointing.

I said I never would but I finally did I had been a BB owner and supporter since 2006. After the whole Storm 2 OS 6 letdown and being kicked to the curb. I went to the darkside. I gave my storm to my Son and bought an Iphone 3Gs. Im not being paid by apple just as I wasnt being paid by BB, however in my opinion this phone rocks, AND its the older model. Im just saying dont let your loyalty to BB keep you from making a sound purchase.

IMHO its the best leak to date, I downgraded a couple days ago as soon as I found out. Apparently its been out for a while.

P.S. The latest official BBM realease has working cursor on this build. :)

I pretty much hate this release. It honestly made me contemplate switching to Android or an iPhone.

The only thing that makes it tolerable is this OS 5-ish theme that I found http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?p=6193903#post6193903

Using BB Boss to shrink it sped it up a bit, but it's still laggy sometimes and loses memory all of the time.

I also lost my ability to send emails (from just 1 of my 3 accounts) for awhile no matter how many times I sent service books, etc. I did a wipe, reinstalled and that finally fixed the problem.

I have to be honest. I wasn't too excited about T-Mobile releasing this version either but after a few days and a few battery pulls the version really isn't too bad. You just gotta give the OS a few days to stabilize...

Still running .461 and like it. No problem with the battery and the bbm cursor is there.

Wow T-Mobile. First you sell my beloved company to AT&T and then release updates months late.

I tried .448 a while back through the Beta Zone program in January but since have abandoned it for .461. .461 has been very stable for me for about a month or so with no BBM (5.0.3.13)cursor or major issues with (at least a full days length 8a to 10p) battery power. Go for it if you must because it works but .461 has been a much happier experience.

BTW, if you use the RIM made FB app, it WILL suck your battery into a worthless raisin...

I guess 9300 users don't rate an announcement from T-mobile. I have been using .448 since February on Beta Zone.

With the exception of some initial problems with UMA .448 works extremely well. Have not experienced battery drain or memory leaks.

As far as BB users using OS6 as an excuse to go ahead and buy an Android or iPhone...go for it. You must have more money than brains

I got 499 and my battery will last 1.5- 2 days with normal to heavy usage. I really don't understand how some peoples batt drains after 12 hrs. I have wifi and bluetooth always on. FB 2.0 and twitter always on. Plus google maps pingchat and weatherbug running. Maybe I'm just lucky?

To be honest until RIM sorts out this memory leak business I don't think any OS6 version is even worth putting on your phone, having said that (I know i'm probably going to get slated by a bunch of BB fanboys after this) the blackberry phone itself is a piece of crap. My Bold 9700 is my first ever blackberry and first ever smartphone, and from my experiences with this phone I never want such a device ever again I'd rather use my old Nokia N96 then this brick. I could go on and on as to why this phone sucks so bad and no matter how much you try to defend RIM and their blackberries you know deep down inside you feel the same. Here's a couple of reasons why:

1) The lack of apps available compared to Android/iPhone...seriously c'mon apps is what all the rage is about these days on smartphones, nobody cares if you can send and receive email on your phone.

2) The fact that you have to constantly battery pull just to get the optimum performance out of your phone, and it doesnt even make it better with the LONG ass boot up time that comes with it. Yes I know OS6 is SLIGHTLY faster then OS5 but who gives a toss its like watching paint dry waiting for that damn thing to boot.

3) The user interface; the GUI for OS5 made my eyes hurt and OS6 is hardly any better. Seriously RIM need to learn a few tips from Apple if they want to learn real eye candy.

4) Probably stated this before but memory management especially for OS6, omg dont even get me started on that. The memory leak itself is bad but having half your phones memory taken up by the OS is ridiculous, yes I know you can shrink it but why should anybody have to go through that much hassle just to get the results they want.

In general RIM need to step their game up bigtime, the only reason's why I can say blackberry is somehow still alive in the phone market is because of the appeal it gives to the business folks. Also the only reason why its popular among the young crowd (like myself) is because of BBM thats the only positive thing I can say about this phone, having said that even BBM can be a real headache sometimes when it takes hours for a message to send. I know for a fact if BBM didnt exist alot of their current users wouldnt even bother buying a BB. One more reason especially here in the UK is the contracts that come with it are relatively cheap compared to iPhones because students like myself arent rolling in cash to be able to afford one of those. But if the day comes where the iPhone comes with contracts like it does with the BB then I can soundly say BB will be history here in the UK. Anyways thats my rant over and i'm not just talking for myself I know alot of people who agree with what I just said.

T-Mobile......about---freaking---time!!!

i hope at&t doesn't merge with T-mobile

All I can say is that I waited patiently for OS6 to get officially released by T-Mobile and while I hoped it would have been the .461 version the .448 has been a solid install for me and I truly enjoy using it on my 9700. OS 5.0.0.714 was,IMO,the BEST version of OS 5 that was released and that is why I waited for T-Mobile to "officially" release their OS 6. I tried the first .448 leak for a short period from the Beta team and I reported that the memory leak was a major concern of mine then I reverted back to OS 5 while I waited for the official release. I can honestly say that the memory leak issue,although still present,did improve dramaticly and I have no plans on going backwards to OS 5 again. Plus it seems that a lot of the new apps/themes that are coming out are for OS 6 so in keeping up with progress OS 6 is my OS of choice.

I install the official OS from T-Mobile last night, it was giving me problems all day with frezzing and major memory leaks. Then, I decided to head to a T-Mobile store and the Customer Service Rep who's in charge with BlackBerrys told me that. Is important to install this new OS as a clean wipe not as a upgrade or else you will have the memory leaks and battery drains. He did it to his reps at the store who has the Bold 9700. And it turn out to be okay. Last night with 15 apps installed like Facebook, Twitter, etc. It had 24 MB left until the darn memory leak. 12 hours later, frozen to it to T-Mobile. 5 hours later, got my phone back as a clean install with no backup because if you backup all apps they come from a OS 5 version, always update to OS 6 equilvalent apps. That's why the memory leaks are there due to the incompability of the OS. So again, coming out from T-Mobile, no apps just OS with BBM, Facebook, Twitter, VVM, and Social Feeds. I have 73 MB left, but be caucious when installing apps.

BTW, OS 6.0..0.448 for the BlackBerry Curve 3G for T-Mobile is out...

Which one is better the beta or the official OS from tmobile??