[stevetaz]

Hi xion:

I hope all is well with you. I am excited you were adventurous and tried 4.5 and keep in mind, it IS beta. Vodaphone and a few other foreign carriers have released their official versions, but here it is not officially released. A few thought/comments/questions:

Originally Posted by Xion

I have a CDMA 8330 Curve on Sprint. It works very well. I have just completed the upgrade to version 4.5.0.33 supposedly beta. I first updated desktop to 4.5 then downloaded and installed the new device hardware. Took about 3 hours. When all the dust settled there was very little difference from the 4.3 that that was originally on the device. However, here is the important point for this post. I did have to re-register with the corporate BES. I noticed my device had been quite that morning (not usually a good sign) then checked for wireless sync option in address book (Thanks stevetaz, this tip came from you in a previous post) then I checked i options/enterprise activation and it stated not connected. Everything else, including contacts and proprietary Sprint media software reloaded and operate great.

I think I warned someone about this. Maybe you? When the OS is altered you will have to reregister.

Originally Posted by Xion

Documents to go (D2G) works well. However it is less than expected coming off of same product on my previous Motorola Q using WM5. It will allow you to view documents that you have copied over wile device is attached to computer. It also initially only loaded word and power point. I then chose the 30 day demo of the premium edition ($69.99 after demo). this gave me Word, Excel and PowerPoint and the ability to create and edit documents. this is the real benefit. However I have not been able to use D2G for any attachments on any email either via my BES or 5 BIS mail boxes.

You need to be on BES 4.1.5 or BIS 2.5 to get the download feature fully functional. I believe RIM upgraded their systems this past weekend, but I am not sure if Sprint did yet. I will look around.

Not sure why the device has to be connected to the computer to view documents with the basic version. How did you copy them over? I would think you could use a reader and transfer to the micro SD card (you have one, right?) and then view on the handheld. The way around the inability to create a document is to email one (or a blank) to yourself, open on your device, edit and do a save as to the card. It must be nice to save documents and data to the card and I am looking forward to that.

Sheets to Go is available. If you follow the link in "Documents to Go" to download the trial of the premium version, it's part of it. You can use Sheets, Docs, and Slides as a standard/free version after that. You have the option to start using the premium as a trial, but I would keep it as the free version myself.

Originally Posted by Xion

On a side note, I have also not experienced the HTML viewing. It is my understanding that both of these features will not work until both BES and BIS are upgraded. I did read a post that BB BIS was to upgrade on 6/28 however I am still receiving plain text emails but have not retested D2G.

RIM did do the upgrade. Try resending your service books and it may take a couple of tries. Do keep this in mind about external images in HTML mail also: For security reasons, externally linked images must be manually retrieved using the menu key.

Originally Posted by Xion

My data connections seem to run faster, especially while utilizing Opera Mini. Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store, All IM clients, imbedded playing of YouTube from BB Web Browser, GPS features worked great. All of which where on 4.3

Good to hear....

Originally Posted by Xion

Two issues I have had:
1. BlackBerry Web Browser runs much slower. Randomly disallows selection mode. I will be typing in a password field and then it cuts of and starts using web shortcuts (b goes to bottom, T goes to top etc). I have to clear mem on browser and reboot.
2. I cannot select multiple messages any longer. Pressing "Alt" in message inbox does nothing.

Hope this helps.

#1 - I haven't heard this before. Did you recheck your settings?

EDIT: Could the memory have been getting low and needed the battery pull?

#2 - Do you mean hold SHIFT and scroll to select multiple messages?

SteveTaz