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

The date was updated to the 26th. One day later.

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.

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.

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 knew it. Since wireless update was acting up them suddenly dissapeared I knew it was coming out real soon

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?

[IMG]http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w99/seanren78/10-26.jpg[/IMG]

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....=(

See. Told ya. That's why wireless update was acting up. And guess what my wireless update option came back. See.....

was just about to update to 323. I'm gonna wait ! Yay!! Can't wait!

http://www.bbhybrids.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7045#post7045

This will be my first os upgrade with a BB. I receive email from my employer via Enterprise, and personal email via POP. Will I need to contact my employer IT department, or will the new os installation preserve my Enterprise info?

Thanks!

i cant wait to try out this os

Just Updated my phone to .323 10 minutes ago... No complaints. Had a feeling the official updates would be out sometime soon.

Don't know if we can attribute the acting up of Wireless Update to this...if you read carefully it states that OTA update will not be available...

Dear Ian, say or press oops.

Where's the update for all the other blackberry devices??? No love for the Tour??? that's wack!!!

Have been spending too much time in my local Verizon store trying to get a replacement Storm that had a good screen. A couple days ago, one of the reps in there told me that Verizon was releasing the new 5.0 software for the Storm at the same time as the release of the Storm2.

While in there today, another rep started to ask me if I'd downloaded the new operating system yet, then stopped herself and said that she forgot it wasn't coming out till the 26th.

Kind of an odd coincidence.

I can't wait for this! I keep reading how fast .323 is and hope that .328 amazes me!

All we need now is a 9500 release date and i'm good.

I was in the local Verizon store and I heard the manager talking with one of the sale persons, and said that the software was indeed coming out on Sunday.

well idk about yall but when all the storm 2 hype started poppin up i think it just threw the OS 5.0 under the rug and we all forgot about it...but 25 or 26 i dont care we waits a million days for it (well it felt like it) whats the big deal about one more day....but wont b surprised about the 26th cuz BBM 5.0 or whateva u guys wanna call it drop the 8th not the 7th as buzzed...all in all i just need this OS to drop cuz im tired of my storm frezzin and having to do battery pulls

So this is gonna finally unlock the hidden WIFI options on the Storm 1 right.

Downloading NOW!!!!

Now maybe this has something to do with the wireless update timing out today. Got .323 on mine and no real complaints for a beta. Can't wait for the real deal to drop! My District Manager did mention that we got the STORM2 on order to be received by next week and the update for the Storm 1 is said to be coming out this Sunday. We shall see......

Nothing for the Tour. Awesome, thanks RIM.

I guess my only question is:
Why don't they just release it now!?

I am really impressed with the .323 currently, so I can only hope the official one is just as good or better!

IDK!! looks like it just might be 323!!

http://www.theblackberryzone.com/forums/images/S50Upgrade.pdf

.328 must be dabes if its going to trump .323 its the best leak ever. Im in love with my storm again.

so which day is it the 25th or 26th?

This is great news for Storm 1 owners.. Hope this fixes the few little bugs i have on it... other wise its a good phone for me. im not available for upgrade until Aug of next year, so this will be great for me until then ....

I had BBM 5.0.0.8 & App World working with OS 4.7.0.167 and I just installed OS 5.0.0.323 and I cannot get BBM 5.0.0.8 to work - so I had to put on 5.0.0.33 - which is inferior and App World's icon keeps disappearing.

Also, I got QuickPull to work a few times and now, it's just stopped working.

What gives?

Storm still going to suck!
Come on iPhone to Verizon!!!!!

this is great.. although i must say, i have no complaints with .323... making it official, hopefully will only make it better :-)

Aside from FLick Scrolling, what else do we get in this forthcoming update? I have a major issue with memory management limiting number of apps installed and it slows this device down so much to the point it cannot be used. Will this be resolved by allowing use of running apps from SD card?

My wife's first comment - and she is absolutely non-technical, in the extreme - was, why bother to buy a Storm 2 at all? Not a bad point, assuming this new OS works even half as well as advertised.

this os probably bricks your storm so u have to go buy a new storm 2 at full price a few days later

Short blurb for storm download tomorrow.

http://www.phonenews.com/verizon-rolling-out-blackberry-storm-update-tom...

I made the mistake of contacting Verizon yesterday about an issue that I was having with Desktop Manager (DM). Any as usual, you have to remove and reinstall it to get it to work (the standard help desk mantra). When I uninstalled it, it blew away every BB file and directory on my computer (in My Docs too). I ended up restoring my computer to get everything back, but after a 1.5 hour ordeal I loaded the most recent DM back and it wanted me to update to a newer version of 4.7 (the usual DM error crap). The Verizon didn't understand why I was getting that message and looked up the latest release.

He told me that .328 was released to Verizon on the 22nd, and will be out for us to download on Sunday, 25th between 10-11pm.

I know, never trust Verizon reps, but I think he felt so bad about screwing up my computer that he had to give me something. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I just talked to verizon it will be out after 6:00 pm tomorrow!!!!!! YAAAAAAA

The anticipation is killing me inside for the update!!!

Anyone else notice the persons name on the updated screen shot? Will they get in trouble?

Was just in the Verizon store yesterday in Federal Way, WA, changing my bricked Storm for a "new" one. Mentioned the new OS and Storm 2 release dates I had heard here, and the tech at the store said he hadn't heard a thing about either one!

Good thing I get my info from you guys!

good luck

Should I re-update if I have already installed the leaded .323?

It will be nice to have a faster browser.

I don't see the reason for update with the new storm 2 phone coming... I think verizon is up to something lol

YA IT'S THE 25TH NO UPDATE AS OF VET STILL EARLY YET BUT I BET THIS IS BULL BUT WHO KNOWS?

I'm running .323 the leaked version and i woke up this morning and visual voice mail showed up on my phone. Did this happen to anyone else?

Confirmed, available after 10PM EST tonight (Sunday, 25th). Still not clear if it will be 323 or 328.

I want to get this like this instant... I can't wait... I feel like a little kid again, also is this 10 PM Tonight thing accurate??? :|

all i know is leaked 230 was better than 323.. if its 323 or 328 that official , then the bugs in the leaked one better be fixed... in 323 there was no pop up text like 230 had..seemed a lil slower too..

I have .323 leaked on my storm1, and it honestly will make you NOT want to get a storm 2....that's how good it is. Everything is on point and its so snappy, its ridiculous...

This is a bad business move for Verizon, and it will slow their sales....I can't see them releasing this before the storm2...they know better....

i agree i dont know why they would release this before storm 2.. i guess there hoping people will buy it for the extra features like wifi, new surpress..etc.. not cuz of the OS.. and i guess this is a "favor" for the storm 1 owners who got screwed..

storm 2 will also have more on board memory and the sure press screen is a newer technology. Most that got the storm 1 when it came out are not eligible yet for upgrade. This will keep most happy

this is suppose to be available by 6PM from what i heard...

if im not mistaking if you use themes in landscape mode the sides are white so i hope they fix that

I just plugged my Storm in to my computer and it came up with an update for the "BlackBerry 5.0.0 Core Applications", I have leaked .323 on my storm already

my storm does the same but it did it since the day i installed the .323

So I plugged mine in hoping for the best and it said something about updating my 4.7 core applications- do I need to bother with this? My thought is no and just update later with 5.0... I am running the last approved os from Verizon. 4.7.148.

so then don't bother with the 4.7 first?

So I have read this post multiple times, I guess I just want to make sure I am on the same page. So I put the leaked .323 when it came out. I pulled up DM and it read that there is a 5.0 core app update. I thought that was the new update. I then plugged my wifes storm in which is still running the last official OS and it said there is an update available so I put it on her phone. After reading the most current posts I was wrong in thinking this was the new official OS update? Thanks for any constructive help!

the best way to do it at this point is on blackberry.com/updates dm wont untill th 26th on the website it will show ut current os n if theres an upgrade it will show whats new

the best way to do it at this point is on blackberry.com/updates dm wont untill th 26th on the website it will show ut current os n if theres an upgrade it will show whats new

the best way to do it at this point is on blackberry.com/updates dm wont untill the 26th on the website it will show ur current os n if theres an upgrade it will show whats new sorry typos on the first

I checked my DM and it doesn't show the leaked 5.0 OS that I downloaded last week. I decided to see what would happen if tried reinstall the 4.7 OS.
The DM said that I had a newer OS and if I installed the 4.7 I would be downgrading. My questions is why doesn't the leaked 5.0 show up in DM. Also does anyone think its better to downgrade to 4.7 before installing the new 5.0 when its released.

I am going to wait until the official release comes out. This leaked 5.0 works great with although it has some flaws. I am hoping they are worked out with the official release.

i have blackberry desktop software 5.0 and Blackberry device software updater in my add/remove programs list... Do i keep the Blackberry device software updater??

Patches says it's .328. I believe him! He says he's already using it.
We'll see!!

Does the new 5.0 OS have treaded text messaging now?

Yes it does have it...

Just went to the blackberry site and no update yet... I guess I will have to keep waiting... So my question is will it be release on Eastcoast or Westcoast time...

This better not be a sick joke!!!! :P

have blackberry desktop software 5.0 and Blackberry device software updater in my add/remove programs list... Do i keep the Blackberry device software updater??

I called Verizon and the rep said it should be available as of today....as in, right now. But where is it? I want it!

Will this update have SMS threaded text? I read a few websites and forums on here and didn't see anything on threaded sms.

Here I am at 7:01pm EST with no PIN message and still completely unsure as to whether it will be .323 or .328. The *Update* says "And .323 it will be" but the article is still titled with .328. Also the link to the BlackBerryZone website has an article with .328 in it. Am I missing something? Or is this all just garbage and it's not going to be released until later.

Do I need to register my PIN w anyone in order to get the notification?, cuz I didn't get one when there was an update to 4.7.0.148 available.

It says .323 on the blackberry site, just checked.

Now I really think its going to be 10pm not 6pm. I will keep my laptop on all night if I dont get this soon. I'M OUT OF MY APARTMENT @ 5:30 AM.

If you read the article it is saying Monday the 26th. Do we all really think it will still be today?

Kennydillon, would can post a link to this article please?

Do you still get alerted if you have the leaked .323? how would you get the official .323, just download it and install if from your computer?

I talked to a Verizon Tech Support today and he read the email to me. It said it would be released today at 6:00 pm. It said you need to go to blackberry.com/storm/update I have been in their several times now and still no update.

ok my friends. for what its worth. i just got off with verizonwireless and when i ask the tech when i could update my stome1 he read from a script that said 5.0.0.323 would be avalible after 6 pacific sunday. Hummm! more drama for the storm

The folks over at the BlackberryZone have a posting that says...

"New software has been approved for the RIM Blackberry Storm (9530), and will be available effective 10/25/2009 at 7 PM PST for customers."

Now what's interesting (or intriguing) is that they say "PST". Now we all know that most of the country is on daylight time so does this mean it'll be released at 8:00 PM PDT (which is equivalent to 7:00 PST)?? This of course would translate to the other time zones as well (except for the oddballs in Az and parts of Indiana).

The plot thickens....

VZW better not drop .323. In all fairness, .323 is very good, but the keyboard is absolutely killing me. I hope to see .328, or I wouldn't be a happy texter.

I fee like we are all in the same boat being taking for a ride by verzon..... but at the end of the day we will have a new OS.
*I have another quick question so if I am on the .323 beta system what do I do to make sure I get the update, anyone?

I really hope they are not seriously considering dropping .323 as an official update, it's nice and all but the thing is racked with issues. text message text run off screen, event sounds don't play properly and the browser often breaks down to name a few. I mean i would really like a 5.0 release, but damn! Hoping it's .328

i called vzw today to complain about my storm.. rep said tonight after 10 pm...

Like the other guy said. The official OS will be available by 7pm PST.

I read somewhere that the storm 2 and 1 will be almost identical. The question was droid or S2. But now I'm wondering if. I should just stick with my S1?

Downgraded and ready to go :( drop it drop it

IS IT GOING TO MAKE A DIFERANCE IF I'M RUNNING 4.7 DM WITH THIS UPDATE? OR SHOULD I INSTALL 5.0 DM?

I want threaded sms! THat's what I miss most aobut my Palm Centro...without it seems like text messages are scattered everywhere, BB is so dull.

Anybody got anything. Nothing but bullshit over here...WTF

nothing but BS

ITS UP!!!!!!!! .328

CHECK IT OUT NOW

ITS HERE...............

Using DM to update now.

...and it's 328

I think we are on a bs trip lol

FINALLY!!!!!Udating now!!

yessssss

Finally available!!

SAME HERE NO UPDATE SO IT LOOKS! TYPICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Checked for update via DM starting at 10:00. Finally at 10:07 it showed up. .328 here we come!!!!!

GOT IT .328

im downloading now!!!!

It's here! Can't wait to be finished installing.

i am so excited. its like christmas

downloading now...how come this has BBM 4.7 instead of 5.0???

Installing as we speak! .329 and not .323 like most were reporting!

Installing as we speak! .328 and not .323 like most were speculating!

the new boot up page is cool...better than that old blank screen and annoying clock =P

my storm started booting up and it has been @ like 65% for the past 10 mins any one else?

thanks srobens i was getting kinda worried....mine is up and running =) im so excited

Restore in progress now.

object already exists ? it gave me that error message what does it mean ?

IM ABOUT TO UPGRADE FROM LEAKED .323 TO .328 GUYS SHOULD I DOWNGRADE FROM THE LEAKE OS OR JUST UPGRADE OVER IT????

IM BACK UP AND RUNNING

This is AWESOME!!! Can't believe how much better it is! It's like a totally different phone!

quick pull not working

I'm at 264 of 297 modules and have been there for over 20 min.

i keep getting an app error 200 when it is doing task 11 of 12. anyone else having this problem?

where is bbm? its missing ? anyone else having issues with quick pull...did a battery pul and still cant find it

im etting the white bars on the sides when you rotate the screen

It's working for me now!

just copped it. the scroll is much much smoother and generally the system is running quicker with less hesitation. i like the improvement on the easier text messaging features with auto complete. very nice upgrade. about time though.

OK I'M AN ADICT, DROVE 10 MI. TO WYFY TO DOWNLOAD AT 10:30PM

I GOT 337 FOR A COUNT

...are much slower.

this new os thats supposed to be so great screwed up my phone. now i gotta wait til tomorrow and go get a new one. this sucks.

Why do i have white lines on the side of my screen? I cant see anything on the side...Come on......

when i go to options and go to add on->applications->addon it listsBBM and facebook but they are nowhere to be found on the phone. anyone else? help? thanks otherwise the OS is great pretty sick

I'm havin the same problem, I reloaded both bbm and fbook and even got 'The App was installed successfully' screen, but cant find either on the phone. Where are you fbook and bbm?!?!?! I'm lost w/o you!!

I've found the folders for both bbm and fbook under Applications->FIles->File Folders->Device Memory->Blackberry->app_world->downloads->*my PIN*, but there are padlocks once you open each of them and it just tells me that he file could not be displayed. HELP!!

by far the best this phone has seen..... For the first time, let me say well done!

when is it coming to telus?

i just got a message from verizon telling me to go dl it...before i did that i checked the dm and it said there was no updates..then went to the site and dled it, its still loading to my phone, its been about 30 min now..i hope this is going to be worth it and hope for no trouble or lost stuff like some people i am reading about.