*Update: And OS 5.0.0.323 it will be. Users can expect to start getting deskotp manager and PIN alerts on the 25th, with a fall back day set for Monday, the 26th. New Storms sold on the 26th or later will ship with the upate installed. *
* Update: LOL... See..this is why I say "dates on things like this can change."Â Apparently it already has. An updated photo now shows the date is the 26th instead of the 25th. Looks like they changed it to be Monday instead of Sunday..which does make sense. But heck, we've received more tips saying it'll be 7pm Saturday, and it's version .323 and not .328. I guess we'll know soon either way. *
The title on this post says it all. It looks like OS 5.0, version 5.0.0.328 to be exact, will be rolled out to BlackBerry Storm 9530 owners next week! Another image below looks at some of the VZW training materials. And it looks like another shot of this popped up in the forums to from SpoiledFruit if you want to take a closer look. Pretty interesting. Keep in mind dates on things like this can always change, but now it looks like BlackBerry Storm 9530 owners will have a chance to "officially" feel OS 5.0 on their Storm1 before they head into the store to decide if they want to buy Storm2!
The only other question now is when will everybody else start seeing OS 5.0 on their devices? Hopefully this is a sign that it will be long before year end.
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SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!! Thanks Kevin!!
Awesome. Hope this fixes the Theme bug.
Hopefully with the pop up letters back.
YAY AND I CANT WAIT THIS IS AWESOME NEWS DAYS BEFORE THE STORM2 HITS THE MARKET!!!!!!
right on!
Hopefully bell Canada will follow Verizon and update there blackberry storms.
THERE IT IS............... :-)
i hope this fixes the no circuit issue for us tmobile users
I too have an unlocked Storm with Tmobile...do you know if the BlackBerry DM will do an automatic notification for it? Sorry if that's a dumb question...and do I have to do anything special in order to upgrade my OS? I'm just really excited about 5.0, but probably won't do it if it's too difficult.
Thanks
Jessica
The DM will only announce the upgrade if you are on the carrier whom it becomes official for.
Same thing for the OTA upgrade.
thanks for the information, Dave. I'll just have to figure it out by browsing the forums.
Thanks
Jessica
The date was updated to the 26th. One day later.
are you.The 26th is on a monday when people are at work. Never heard of an official OS dropping on a Monday.
I am looking at the actual web page right now and it now shows 10/26.
Kevin check on this. the first pic shows 10/25. Still not sold on a Monday. But we'll see.
It is still set for today.
And monday stores new stock will have the new software
Now for us Tour users....where's official 5.0?
Nice birthday present to me (this Sunday) woo hoo....
I can't beleive Big Red is going to upgrade the OS with out the Crackberry Nation getting a leak first!!!
nothing has been approved. no internal announcements, no infomanager posts, nothing. you can't have a release without an approved OS. you've all been troll'd.
It drops Sunday.
Wondering what that means for us...hopefully we will see something soon too!
Running .323 and it rocks.
I had a feeling something was up whenever I would go to my options folder and check for updates and it would take forever to request available updates and pretty much time itself out. It is perfect timing for the update to be released on Sunday. I know have a great reason not to accept calls while sitting at home watching the NFL.
Can't wait for 9500 release!!!
I wonder why the Storm gets 5.0 first. There are newer devices out there.
But bear in mind that the Storm, without a doubt, needs it the most.
I've never been one to bag on my Storm, its been great even with all its flaws, but even I believe that this is a well overdue update to fix the Storm.
I'll wait till Sunday
This rocks, just enough time to decide to upgrade or not. Seems like the big difference, surepress and wi-fi.... Might be a liveable situation if no early upgrade oprion is offered for Storm1 users... are we calling it officially Storm1 yet?
they are only doing this to keep storm owners quiet when the new one drops.
This has to be fake.
Look at one of the URLs listed as vzam.net.blackberry. No such thing.
There is a vzam.net/blackberry, but that kind of error wouldn't happen.
Because NO ONE has ever screwed up a URL before?
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG cant wait...but i just put .323 on LOL
Finally!
Dammit! I just went through hell to get leaked version .323 working right and now this official update....the horror...the horror!
When is it comin out 4 the TOUR??
Thanks Kevin. Running .323 best leak up to now.
Is there any indication when Bell well be getting it?
I actually hope Bell waits and goes for a higher build that fixes the landscape screen dim and goofy VAD issues.
I knew it. Since wireless update was acting up them suddenly dissapeared I knew it was coming out real soon
Oh...so that's where wireless update disappeared to?
I am so excited!!! I was just about to install .323 before I got this news. Can't wait to supe up my Storm:)
so i have the leaked .323 version on my storm now. whats different?
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You may want to remove that since it has an employee name plastered on it...
I think it's a bit too late for that...
Thats pretty awesome ... I just installed 328 the other day and its so fast compared to any other OS on the Storm ... I can finally truly like my Storm lol.
and i'm going to hold my breath.
I should be turning a lovly shade of blue by
weeks end
maybe i'll dress as one of the blue man group for
halloween just remember we've heard this before
I'm soo tired of 148!
Never updated my os over the air so if i update my os when the new 5.0 update comes out is it going to erase my contacts n calender events? oh yea n dont have my laptop anymore so dont have anything backed up anymore....=(