Comments on: RIM launches BES 5.0 – What This Means for BlackBerry Users (and their IT Admins) http://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Reesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/#comment-44590 Jason Reese Fri, 08 May 2009 15:04:19 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=28743#comment-44590 Well, timing is everything. Another *very* pre-release version of 5.0 for the Bold and Curve 8900 series (sorry, nothing leaked yet for Storm) is out. Notes: I plan to install this evening. Anyone else installing, please do at own risk. If you've never installed or upgraded your BB handheld OS, I wouldn't do this. If you have, and are comfortable, please please backup your handheld with desktop manager before installing. No one on the interwebs is responsible if you brick your BlackBerry ;-) OS 5.0 Install-At-Own-Risk: http://tinyurl.com/pz6fwx The news break on the latest 5.0 handheld OS leak is courtesy of CrackBerry http://crackberry.com/leaked-os-5-0-0-93-blackberry-bold-and-curve-8900 Well, timing is everything. Another *very* pre-release version of 5.0 for the Bold and Curve 8900 series (sorry, nothing leaked yet for Storm) is out.

Notes: I plan to install this evening. Anyone else installing, please do at own risk. If you’ve never installed or upgraded your BB handheld OS, I wouldn’t do this. If you have, and are comfortable, please please backup your handheld with desktop manager before installing. No one on the interwebs is responsible if you brick your BlackBerry ;-)

OS 5.0 Install-At-Own-Risk:
http://tinyurl.com/pz6fwx

The news break on the latest 5.0 handheld OS leak is courtesy of CrackBerry
http://crackberry.com/leaked-os-5-0-0-93-blackberry-bold-and-curve-8900

]]> By: bbdeveloperhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/#comment-88270 bbdeveloper Thu, 07 May 2009 17:25:37 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=28743#comment-88270 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RIM launches BES 5.0 - What This Means for BlackBerry Users (and ... http://tr.im/kJgP</span></span> RIM launches BES 5.0 – What This Means for BlackBerry Users (and … http://tr.im/kJgP

]]> By: Jason Reesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/#comment-44541 Jason Reese Thu, 07 May 2009 16:15:12 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=28743#comment-44541 @ victore - here are very (VERY) early posts of a *pre-release* 5.0. Sorry, I should have included the links in prior post :) - http://tinyurl.com/3nuhfp - the screenshots of 5.0 don't look revolutionary; but, keep in mind that it does not appear that the user was running their handheld through BES 5.0 either (I'm sure BIS users will see some improvement, but I believe most big feature improvements are reliant on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server setup). :-) @ victore – here are very (VERY) early posts of a *pre-release* 5.0. Sorry, I should have included the links in prior post :)

- http://tinyurl.com/3nuhfp

- the screenshots of 5.0 don’t look revolutionary; but, keep in mind that it does not appear that the user was running their handheld through BES 5.0 either (I’m sure BIS users will see some improvement, but I believe most big feature improvements are reliant on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server setup).

:-)

]]> By: Jason Reesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/#comment-44540 Jason Reese Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:04 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=28743#comment-44540 @victore - you are 100% absolutely correct. That's the rub...BlackBerry 0S 5.0 has *not* yet been officially released. 4.7 is the highest production release for the storm (and I believe 4.6 is the highest for the Bold). There are some "dot" releases (4.7.x.x.x) available with minor improvements here or there -- but no 5.0. I suspect RIM is finishing cooking up the handheld OS, but as you probably know...once RIM's done with it, the wireless carrier's dig into it for proper certification before making it "publicly" available. Usually, the BlackBerry blogosphere has a pre-release available for those that want to try it ahead of time (of course, do so with caution as the early versions do tend to cause JVM errors, and can even "brick" your BlackBerry). While BES 5.0 is out and about, corporate users still won't be able to flag and set reminders on their enterprise BlackBerry emails until the OS is fully cooked and released -- and implemented within their company. Given BES 5.0 was starting to be marketed in February '09 and then just officially announced at WES this May, I'd say it will be a long summer before anyone sees the handheld 5.0 OS popping up. Just a guess. If anyone on any blog (including GD) gets a hold of it, there will definitely be an update. @victore – you are 100% absolutely correct. That’s the rub…BlackBerry 0S 5.0 has *not* yet been officially released. 4.7 is the highest production release for the storm (and I believe 4.6 is the highest for the Bold). There are some “dot” releases (4.7.x.x.x) available with minor improvements here or there — but no 5.0.

I suspect RIM is finishing cooking up the handheld OS, but as you probably know…once RIM’s done with it, the wireless carrier’s dig into it for proper certification before making it “publicly” available. Usually, the BlackBerry blogosphere has a pre-release available for those that want to try it ahead of time (of course, do so with caution as the early versions do tend to cause JVM errors, and can even “brick” your BlackBerry).

While BES 5.0 is out and about, corporate users still won’t be able to flag and set reminders on their enterprise BlackBerry emails until the OS is fully cooked and released — and implemented within their company. Given BES 5.0 was starting to be marketed in February ’09 and then just officially announced at WES this May, I’d say it will be a long summer before anyone sees the handheld 5.0 OS popping up. Just a guess.

If anyone on any blog (including GD) gets a hold of it, there will definitely be an update.

]]> By: victorehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/#comment-44539 victore Thu, 07 May 2009 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=28743#comment-44539 noticed that "Note: These features will require device OS 5.0 as well as the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0". i'm not aware of any devices with 5.0. my storm is only at 4.7. do you know when 5.0 device os will be released? noticed that “Note: These features will require device OS 5.0 as well as the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0″. i’m not aware of any devices with 5.0. my storm is only at 4.7. do you know when 5.0 device os will be released?

]]> By: stevemasonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/05/06/rim-launches-bes-50-what-this-means-for-blackberry-users-and-their-it-admins/#comment-88271 stevemason Thu, 07 May 2009 06:51:10 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=28743#comment-88271 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RIM launches BES 5.0 - What This Means for BlackBerry Users (and ... http://bit.ly/psdKj</span></span> RIM launches BES 5.0 – What This Means for BlackBerry Users (and … http://bit.ly/psdKj

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