Seeing is Believing: The Proof Your BlackBerry Curve Can Record Video (plus a peak around OS v4.3.1)
Posted in News & Rumors on 02 Nov 2007 20:46 by Kevin Michaluk | 84 comments

Just incase you're still skeptical that the Camera in your BlackBerry Curve will be able to record video... the following video provides the proof and also takes a quick look around some of the easily noticeable improvements to OS v4.3.1.

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By: DearFloyd | Date: Fri, 11/02/2007 - 20:09

Nice review Kevin. I was getting ready to bad mouth you for not having a better theme but after watching more, I understand its the new "L" theme. You got us all itching to get our hands on 4.3 now.

By: MrEastwood | Date: Fri, 11/02/2007 - 21:30

This is great, i am a newbie to BB Curve and have loved it since i got it a few weeks ago, now you guys are telling me that it is only going to get better before the end of the year??!!! You are looking at one guy who is happy he DIDN'T go the iPhone route. :-)

By: mlinchik (not verified) | Date: Tue, 01/15/2008 - 10:51

I don't know why you feel better about not getting the iphone...you can watch youtube videos, watch any video/movie/tv show for that matter, email, text, record video, take great pictures and edit them, etc, etc on the iphone. And when you surf the net, it actually is the net, not some tiny screen version. Everything looks and feels exactly like your laptop/desktop. I wish my job would get me an iphone instead of a blackberry...

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Thu, 01/24/2008 - 19:03

actually the opera mini web browser for blackberrys is just as good as the iphone browser. Opera displays the whole page in tiny font and you choose which section you want to zoom in on. And its not a watered down Ive had both. I actually returned my iphone and went back to a blackberry. So with this browser, and now that it will do video, which the iphone cant (not to mention the iphone cant even do normal MMS)I would say blackberry takes the cake between the 2.

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Wed, 04/16/2008 - 16:51

i know its a blackberry site and all, but having owned the iphone and the blackberry... i miss the wifi and widescreen of the mac, but the functionality of the BB is unparalleled

cant wait for flash, video, html email, and video though

=)

if they'll ever let it go
=(

By: SoldatCrinale | Date: Fri, 11/02/2007 - 23:32

Kevin, you are the man! I cant wait for this OS to get released. my mouth is watering right now! C'mon Tmobile get on the ball and release it already..i want to start video recording and editing my word docs lol.

By: fonefreak101 | Date: Sat, 11/03/2007 - 00:48

so when is this rolling out?

By: Kevin Michaluk | Date: Sat, 11/03/2007 - 01:03

should be available before the end of the year!

By: mattmarenic | Date: Sat, 11/03/2007 - 04:01

Videos, videos, videos...

By: Chris Barnett | Date: Sat, 11/03/2007 - 04:01

I can't wait. 4.3 is exciting!

L theme + video capture = ftw

By: Darkstar3D (not verified) | Date: Sat, 11/03/2007 - 11:21

Very cool. I am amazed at how fast your browser is. On my wife's Curve and my 8800, browser takes much longer to initialize, and the download is much slower, even when bars are full.

By: CarBob | Date: Sat, 11/03/2007 - 16:32

Hey Kevin,

This is simply fantastic!! Since I didn't go on the internet during the last two days, what terrific news to come back to.

As you said, "this is so cool."

RIM is really rocking!

Keep up the great reporting.

- CB

By: hyedipin | Date: Sun, 11/04/2007 - 13:48

Thanks for sharing this with us. It looks great, I am not very thrilled about Video Recording, it is OK, but I love the home view changes, and I hope that a few things in addressbook have been updated, such as looking up contacts as you type. Windows Mobile has always been superior in contact management, and I hope BB catches up to that. Otherwise, I LOVE that it now enables you to open documents directly from the menu. This is great, I have been asking about this for a long time and it is there now! :)

By: hyedipin | Date: Sun, 11/04/2007 - 13:50

OH AND your Curve is incredibly fast. Why? Is it just so fresh that you just updgraded and have no software installed? My curve just keeps waiting sometimes, for no reason, yours is incredibly FAST! Not just BROWSER.. I am talking about overall.

By: jolea (not verified) | Date: Sun, 11/04/2007 - 15:11

So the video recording will not be coming to the pearl???

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Mon, 11/05/2007 - 06:38

Yayyyy! This is one of the reasons I was kind of sceptical about buying the curve! Now I dont have to be! Yeayaaaaaaaa!

By: Conceptr6 | Date: Mon, 11/05/2007 - 16:39

I cannot wait!! Can I use the new desktop manager 4.3 for my 8300 curve?

By: Bemon (not verified) | Date: Wed, 11/07/2007 - 00:47

I just wanna know how long you can record for, in the video it looked like the limit was 33 seconds

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Sun, 11/11/2007 - 15:04

I wanna use it on my pearl!

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Mon, 11/26/2007 - 20:16

Hi, couldn't find a website to download the latest version of Blackberry handheld OS v4.3.1. Your feedback would be appriecated! Thank you

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Tue, 01/01/2008 - 19:21

Do we have an expected release date? Now that its the new year, and its not available yet? hoping this month...

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Wed, 01/02/2008 - 11:45

JA, JA, JAAAAAAAAHHHH. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE RIM ISN'T INTERESTED FOR OLD PRODUCTS.
THIS VIDEO IS FUNNY BUT NOT REAL !!!

By: CHRIS PITAOULIS (not verified) | Date: Wed, 01/02/2008 - 21:46

HI THERE
I JUST BOUGHT THE BLACKBERRY CURVE 8310 AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW I CAN I GET THIS UPDATE AND HOW CAN GET STREAMING VIDEO ON THE INTERNET TO WATCH YOU TUBE
I HAVE 30 DAYS TO RETURN IT PLEASE SEND HELP I DONT WANT TO RETURN THIS
CHRIS

By: John K. (not verified) | Date: Thu, 01/03/2008 - 15:14

You will know when OS 4.3.1 has arrived. It will be on blogs all over the Blackberry Internet as well as on Blackberry.com's site. Flash Player is possible for the Curve in the near future or some other way Blackberry decides to do it. When Blackberry sees everyone on the Net talking about wanting to view videos on You-Tube and many other locations they will certainly start working on it. It may be awhile though. Then you will have video clip recordings as well as pics and some version of Flash Player for viewing videos on all the known site.

Hope this helps you, John K.

By: Jason101 (not verified) | Date: Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:00

Chris,
The new OS 4.3.1 for the Curve is not released yet, I'm not sure when it will be released (I'm assuming sometime in the first quarter of 2008) so could be in next 30 days or after, but you will get this update.

For youtube videos (given you have a data plan) just go to www.google.com on your Blackberry and search youtube, it will automatically detect your on a mobile device and offer you content for your phone. A warning will pop up recommending you have an unlimited data plan. Since youtube is very data intensive for downloading video.

By: LJ (not verified) | Date: Thu, 01/03/2008 - 18:40

does the update work for the curve 8320 please hit me back

By: John101 (not verified) | Date: Thu, 01/03/2008 - 21:59

The Blackberry OS 4.3.1 update is for the 83xx line which includes 8300 / 8310 / 8320.

By: 8320 (not verified) | Date: Sat, 01/19/2008 - 17:05

so wheres this great upgrade? I guess we can't hold our breath. I'm thinking of getting the new hp phone.

By: Anonymous | Date: Wed, 02/06/2008 - 20:32

Does anyone know if the new upgrade will include FULL SCREEN picture ID instead of the ridiculous thumbnail image?

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Sat, 02/09/2008 - 10:54

when and where can we get the upgrade?

By: GlobalNet (not verified) | Date: Sun, 02/10/2008 - 11:29

what is available for mac users. i see that the upgrades are for the pc machines. any thoughts?

By: sharrington553 | Date: Sat, 02/16/2008 - 13:34

I've just got a new 8310 Curve (AT&T) and saw the video and downloaded the 4.3 desk top software to my laptop.

How can I get it sync'd to my device? I went thru the syncing, etc. but in the "about" are of option it's still indicating that I have the 4.2.2 version of the OS.

Any help on this is appreciated!!

By: Shai (not verified) | Date: Fri, 02/22/2008 - 14:54

I'm having the same problem i downloaded the 4.3 version as well but it doesnt give me the video feature on my phone. please help !!

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Sat, 02/23/2008 - 17:37

Its's the OS that is being upgraded

Desktop manager has nothing to do wit the OS.

By: egruetz | Date: Sat, 02/23/2008 - 17:58

I want to get my hands on the Beta version, does anyone know where I can get it? Do i have to become a RIM partner? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Sun, 02/24/2008 - 01:49

too bad att versions still won't have 3G...

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Fri, 02/29/2008 - 00:25

Is it at all possible for a phone company to rollout upgrades to phones to support 3g? Its faster then edge right?

By: lalalalalala (not verified) | Date: Fri, 02/29/2008 - 12:25

Ok, it's now way past the end of 2007 (someone said this OS would be available before the end of the year). Where is this new OS??? And why doesn't T-Mobile yet have 3G as promised (in 2007, also late)....and why can't we stream any videos? Those of us with the new Curve can't even use the new "Videostreams for Blackberry" that was released because it's only for the Pearl. I can't even listen to audio books with Audible because they don't support the Curve. This Curve is nothing more than a glorified BLAH PDA.

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Mon, 03/03/2008 - 17:32

Please tell me good news :) :), What about Pearl 8100. ALso where to get the beat for or latest OS for pearl 8100

Much appreciated

By: blackjack96_22 (not verified) | Date: Thu, 03/06/2008 - 19:23

Will this new OS allow a Sirius subscriber to stream from the web site?
That would be a real bonus

Thanks

By: Qi (not verified) | Date: Thu, 03/27/2008 - 09:10

When is this version going to be available for purchase. I just purchased my Blackberry Curve 8310 this week and would like to purchase the software so that I can record video asap. Please let me know when it is available or if it has become available as yet. Thank you.

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Tue, 04/01/2008 - 04:13

Here the link to download the os http://www.box.net/shared/s6ko7ntic0

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Sat, 04/12/2008 - 23:33

Did anyone try thelink that someone posted? Was it succesful????

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Mon, 06/09/2008 - 19:07

yes IT WORKS!
im recording!

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Mon, 04/14/2008 - 04:42

I have to second that one regardin what was said about the features the iphone lacks, one other feature the iphone lacks is the inability to use the song downloaded from (itunes only by the way) as ringtone where as the curve can be downloaded from any pc and the full song is able to play ur next rington. I am a retention specialist for T-Mobile and after pointing out features the bb curve has over the iphone then lettin them know how much the iphone is over the bb curve, they turn curvy on the iphone.

By: Feizal (not verified) | Date: Fri, 04/18/2008 - 02:27

It all depends on what the user is looking for. I have both the Iphone (unlocked) and the BB Curve and I would not use anymore the Iphone because the BB is ment for work, not for playing around. I you only need internet and play music then get the Iphone. But if you need it for hard work, get the BB. Trust me.

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Tue, 04/22/2008 - 17:49

my blackberry cant record hopw come and i have a blackberry curve 8300

By: Anonymous (not verified) | Date: Thu, 05/08/2008 - 22:39

yes i can be able to find that file to up date my BB to OS verison 4.3.1 so i can enable the camera as now also a video camera etc...

i would like if you can post it please the link where i can down load it ...

By: Shai (not verified) | Date: Sat, 05/17/2008 - 10:58

I have the OS 4.5v update message me "OS 4.5 please" and i'll send it to you!!
PIN: 24439E54

By: gmikbabe | Date: Wed, 05/28/2008 - 17:38

pls send it to me, my number is my email add is fransign@tmo.blackberry.net

 
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