RIM announces BES enhancements, delays in OS functionality
Research In Motion announced at Lotusphere 2008 some of the previously reported features in the forthcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 Service Pack 5, including Document Downloading and Editing, Remote Search and Retrieval, Free / Busy Calendar Lookup, and HTML email. The previous official roadmap from Research In Motion delivered these new feature enhancements coinciding with the release of device OS 4.3.x and above. According to the press release from RIM today, it seems these features have been delayed to the previously unknown OS 4.5. This OS has been confirmed for release for the entire 8000 series family, including the 8700 series, although it does not currently have support for the unreleased BlackBerry 9000 as far as we can tell.
To say the feature exclusion for the unreleased OS version 4.3.x, which is supposed to be out in the next couple months, is quite disappointing is an understatement. No word on release dates for OS 4.3.1 or OS 4.5.0 or OS 5.0.0, although we have heard that OS 4.3.1 has since been delayed at least one or two months from the previously rumored February release date. We’ve even obtained beta releases of OS 4.3.1 as recent as two weeks ago, but we’re not sure on the fate of this OS release. Honestly, with the new press release from RIM uncovering this new OS 4.5, we have to wonder exactly when we’ll have the ability to use these new features we’ve been foaming over for a few months now. Research In Motion has now officially become Readily Involving Molasses.
Ughhhhhh I want these features on m curveeeee now! Come on rim pull it together! -posted on a Blackberry Curve
I think this is the “security” of the OS causing delays that would not occur in any normal OS. Seems RIM has tough time making changes as they have alot of issues to cover with security.
love to see someone hack the BB security. To me thats like the holy grail…
I can’t even begin to express my disappointment with RIM right now. I switched to an 8320 from a Palm 680 believing that RIM was on the ball and wanting to keep customers up to date.
Frankly, I’m tired of waiting for true threaded SMS, and tired of waiting for a decent built-in calendar program. I loved my curve until I read this article. 4.5 is certainly at least 6 months away, and I’ll consider my Curve obsolete by then and I’ll be eying a windows mobile device after having to suffer the inability to truly customize my device with programs that don’t remind me of Windows 95.
Dude htc’s bee dropping the bomb on driver issues I ran across a guy on his 3rd wing he’s hat warenty the out winmos not much better but I agree rims gotta stop playing the delay game.
Surely you aren’t saying that you’d like a product that looks nice but is functionally (and fundamentally) flawed? Look at the debacle that is Vista as an example of what happens if a product is rushed. I’d Rather get something that works and that is secure.
What has changed since you read the article that’s made the curve any less of a device? The Curve is an awesome device – I love mine. Besides which, I’m yet to see anything that comes close to offering the same functionality with the same ease of use.