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PhoneHand · 06-28-2008, 05:26 AM

So guys/girls

I am a apple user and did not really want to download all the things I needed to upgrade to 4.5. I read all the reviews and youtube videos, so then I had to

I am happy to report that this update is working well. I would say that passably one more release and it is ready for final release.

I got the iphone theme downloaded and it works great. The only 1 problem is that the wifi covers the GPRS/EDGE writing at the top, but its not biggie.

So the cons and pros

Cons:
*When taking a picture with the camera it freezes after the shot and you still have to wait for it to save
*I think I have a memory leak but it takes about 3-4 days before it gets down to about 5mb. (after a battery pull I am at 13mb for a few days)
*The thumbnails in the photo album are still very slow to load. I really hate this since I try to show people old photos and it takes forever to get to the pictures.
*Viigo Beta is not working all the time. I had this issue with 4.2 but it seems more frequent with 4.5. I am doing Manuel updates since I am over seas roaming and it does not always update.
*I heard the alarm is updated, but this is not true on my phone.
*When linking from Viigo or another app 50% of the time the browser does not load for some reason.
*Youtube videos dont always play. I click play and it tells me that there is not data connections. I can still browse etc and have a full UMA signal.
*Other videos are not downloadable, I get a to large file for download.

NOTE: I am going into allot of details on the cons so everyone is aware. It really is a very stable operating system and most of these are very minimum. I am a very demanding user that is why I found allot of these bugs.

Pros:
*New layout of Emails
*You can add calender events without syncing them

! (this is cool if you dont want your secretary to view events like golf day

)
*New browser really kicks it
*The OS is very quick and responsive, I mean really quick!
*The iphone theme works and it looks very very cool.
*UMA is connecting very fast and this is a huge plus that did not work well in 4.2

NOTE: Most of you know the good things about 4.5 so listing all of them is just a waist of everyone time. If you have questions just ask away.

And last but most important. Thanks for everyones help. I did find crackberry forums allot more help with information but I am a member here longer so I posted here. If anyone wants to link to crackberry id appreciate it.

dilipc · 06-28-2008, 06:41 AM

Good review, thanks. I am also using the .44 on my 8310, and enjoying it immensely. Btw, where did you download the iPlus theme from?

PhoneHand · 06-28-2008, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by dilipc

Good review, thanks. I am also using the .44 on my 8310, and enjoying it immensely. Btw, where did you download the iPlus theme from?

If you go to theme on your blackberry via options. It ask you to download more themes. Then it will tell you none are available click here and you can buy it from a shop that I think is from RIM. if you can find it I can post a link.