For all of you that have been on the fence about upgrading to 5.0 wait no longer. The phone is extremely responsive with the latest upgrade, even more than the previous .191 version.
If you’ve never used 5.0 before the first thing you’ll notice is an extremely sexy black background with “Blackberry” in silver on the top, and an actual status bar for the boot up process. Once the phone is on, you’ll see the transitions between different apps. RIM has also added a feature we’ve all been waiting for since the release of the storm: Flick Scrolling.
For those of you that have used 5.0 you’ll notice that the social networking apps work. AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Blackberry Messenger (4.7 at this point) all come pre-loaded, and work right after install.Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and other apps will have to be downloaded again, but you can get them straight off the Blackberry website.
Sounds like this is a big step in the right direction for RIM and the Storm, although I would have loved for them to also have AppWorld work with 5.0, but it does give us something to look forward to for the next update.
Here are the links and instructions for the new software, enjoy!
You will need to install 5.0.0.191 first, then 5.0.0.230 on top of it.
Don’t forget to go to control panel and delete RIM Internal Tools, as well as C:/Program File> Common Files > Research In Motion> AppLoader and delete the Vendor file before installing on your device.
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