[hdayton]

Can the 8700 software be loaded successfully on the 7290?

[rcbjr]

No, if you're talking about the OS. it won't load, and if it did, you would have a useless device, because it wouldn't run. the device hardware is completly different. Different Chipsets and machine instruction set

Hope this helps.
Rcbjr

[NJBlackBerry]

It can't even be loaded unsuccessfully...

[tsac]

Software realizes the BB and stops.