RIM Releases Desktop Manager 4.5-Inadvertently Tests BB Users Attention and Patience

While we were out enjoying the Summer Solstice this weekend by burning witches and sipping on snake soup, RIM celebrated by posting up the newest version of Desktop Manager, confusing many BlackBerry users.

Seeing that a new version was available, thousands of BlackBerry users headed on over to download it (you can find the link here) and clicked the first link they saw, not knowing that it was only the Desktop DEVICE MANAGER and it was in French. HAH! (pourquoi n'est pas mon Desktop Manager de travail?-BTW, thanks Google Translator...I don't speak French, so if I jacked up that phrase, please let me know and we will fix it.)

Judging by the amount of people who then started posted on forums and blogs that "There is no Desktop Manager icon" and "Why is it only in French" shows the impatience and inattentiveness of BlackBerry owners across the world.

For those of you who DO want to download the 4.5 Desktop Manager and DON'T want to look stupid in the process wondering why it's not working, make sure you scroll down to at least the 5th download link.

Thanks Terrapin!

RIM Will Make Investors Happy With Our Money...

You may think the above picture was funded by the ridiculous price of gas that you have been pumping in your 14mpg SUV...But NO NO NO...

Above you are looking at the new HeadQuarters of BlackBerryHomePage and the fleet of ridiculously over-priced rides we purchased for the staff after the success of our stock because of the amazing first quarter RIM had this year!

For those of you who have stock in RIM and want to hear WHY your stock is doing so well, you can tune into the First Quarter results live on the 25th you can Click Here for info.

It's a good thing they will continue to re-broadcast it until the 9th of July, because we will be in an alcohol induced coma on the beaches of Cancun for probably about a week.

NOS VEMOS AL RATO!

UPDATE:

Our Intern has now been fired. Apparently we all bought thousands of dollars in stock for a BlackBerry Pie Company based out of Montana rather than in Research In Motion. Excuse us while we hide all of our cars from the Repo Man before the first payment is due. Those of you who enjoy BlackBerry Pie though, feel free to email us at saveourasses@blackberryhomepage.com. Orders start at $5,000/pie...But it's yummy. 

BREAKING NEWS: First OFFICIAL 4.5 Release For 83 Series Devices

BREAKING NEWS: From the Holy Hell We Can't Believe It's Finally Happened Department, over on Pinstack, it's been noticed that the first OFFICIAL* version of the 4.5 Operating System has been released by Vodacom (Some carrier over in South Africa that we have never heard of either).

So, if you have been holding back for the "official" 4.5, you're now clear for take-off.

We do find it interesting though that this is 4.5.0.18, which in our opinion, had several bugs with it, however, the 4.5.0.37 (which has so far been the most stable 4.5 OS) is no where in sight.

:::Sigh:::

So, who knows. Any of your brave enough to test this official release?

We aren't moving off of .37 for anything that goes backwards in the number count, so we aren't going to be testing this at all...Just letting all of you out there know who either couldn't find, or didn't trust the BETA versions that it's now available.

This hopefully means that 4.5 for other devices will be sneaking out here shortly too!

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.vodacom.co.za/services/blackberry/downloads_handheld.jsp


*More than likely this OS is going to give you issues, so if you have above .18, stick with it in our opinions. Still wondering why .37 isn't on the partners zone though...hrmmm

UPDATE: Some 4.5.0.37s Re-Appear In Partners Zone...Some 4.3's and 4.5's Disappear...WTF Is Going On?!

Less than 2 days after the infamous 4.5.0.37 Operating Systems disappeared from RIMs Partner Zone (see below), they are all of a sudden back, kind of.

4.5.0.37 has re-appeared for the 8320 series, which is interesting, as it was the Operating System that apparently was responsible for frying SIM cards on TMobile devices*. Also, now the ONLY Operating Systems appearing for the 8320 series are 4.5 versions (.9/.10/.18/.37).

And while .37 has not yet re-appeared for the 8310 series, now the ONLY Operating Systems appearing for the GPS Curves are 4.5.0.9/10/18.

The CDMA Curves still show as 4.3, which is not surprising since no 4.3 OR 4.5 has been seen for any CDMA device other than the new Curves and Pearls.

All the other devices seem to be following suit, so we wonder again/now:
Is 4.5 almost ready for a release?
Is RIM just performing house-cleaning in the Partner Zone?
Is RIM just trying to confuse everyone?

Hrmm...

*We still think RIM is frying all of you non-authorized BETA testers out there...SHHHHH

BREAKING NEWS: OS 4.5.0.37 Pulled From RIM Partners Zone

We learned today that RIM has removed the BETA Operating System v4.5.0.37 from their partners site today, which leads to much speculation:

• Is the Operating System close to being officially released?



• Did RIM find a critical bug in the Operating System?



• Did RIM get fed up with the BETA Operating Systems being leaked all over the internet?

Let's touch on the first two possibilities. If by chance the OS were close to being released, then one would assume that there would be no reason for it to disappear from the Partner Zone, especially considering the fact that the Partner Zone still has copies of the 4.0 OS, and noone can seem to remember of an OS ever being removed from the site.

Second...if a critical bug was found, then it would make sense for RIM to pull the OS, however, that really hasn't stopped them before. There have been numerous issues with the new Operating Systems, and while we normally wouldn't comment on a BETA/Unreleased OS, since these have been floating around the internet like air, it's kind of hard to keep it under wraps at this point. All seems to have been well in this Operating System, except for a few instances in which users (NON-AUTHORIZED BETA TESTERS MIND YOU) reported SIM Card Rejected errors, especially when loading the system onto 8320 BlackBerrys.

HOWEVER...

Maybe RIM is fed up that their BETA Operating Systems are being leaked out just HOURS after they hit the Partner Zone.

Word around the campfire is that RIM is actively searching for the culprit(s) behind the public free-for-all that the 4.5 OS has become, with severe legal (Criminal and Civil) consequences sure to follow. And from the looks of emails that have hit partners in-boxes recently, it also appears that some major changes can be expected in the "Partners Zone" in the next coming days.

However, maybe the BlackBerry community has taken these releases too far and is somewhat to blame for this.

Not to excuse any person(s) who may have released confidential and NDA covered material into the general public, but...BlackBerry users know that these Operating Systems are in BETA...They know they "should" not have them...They know there are issues with it...But go onto any BlackBerry related forum or community, and all you see are people asking for it and offering it.

This brings up another question...How are these un-authorized releases going to affect the future of BlackBerry partners? BlackBerry Partners are given pre-released versions of the Operating Systems for a reason...So that they can test for bugs and errors, but also so they can start developing applications which are compatible with them, so that when they are officially released, applications and programs can be updated and used.

The 4.5 Operating Systems have obviously not been released for a reason...

So some questions to ponder are:

WHY were the Operating Systems removed from the Partner Zone?

Why weren't the OTHER 4.3 and 4.5 versions removed from the Partner Zone?

Will 4.5 ever see the light of day, or will RIM scrap 4.5 all together and make users upgrade to a newer device if they want all the features?

What are your thoughts and ideas?

BlackBerry Instant Messenger Tools

We all love to chat with our friends on IM - It's just addictive! If you're like some of us here at BBHP, who have well over 75+ friends in your chat list you're going to love this post. In fact studies show that IM is just something that is naturally additive for employees and the average end user. Let's face it, it's already bad enough that we walk around with addictive PDA devices (Our CrackBerry) and to top it off, it's loaded with some type of IM tool. If you haven't download any Instant Messengers you may do so here.

There are many IM titles that are common to the BlackBerry World such as BeeJive , IM+ , Verichat..etc . Who's the top gun of them all? We liked to say, Beejive. Early today we discovered another competitor and they might have the force with this IMM application to take the title. The name of the company is called Palringo. Their app is in beta test at the moment but it's available for download. This app is said to have voice and picture sharing capabilities. You can download it via ota. Let us know your thoughts about this new application.