Features To Expect In The 4.2 OS For The 8700

Posted Nov 25th 2006 11:47AM by Melissa Oxendale
Filed under: Software, 8700

Curious what to expect when the 4.2 OS becomes available for the 8700?

Here are a few of the new features that one Pinstacker expects to see:

You can load and play video, but remember there is limited room inside your 8700
Radio Bee and podcasts will work
Photo Caller ID
Voice Notes
Ability to turn off data services while the voice still works
BlackBerry Maps
Ability to set a different tune for each email account in profiles
Browser Preview Mode
Email pictures directly from your BlackBerry
No limit on the size of pictures sent via BlackBerry Messenger

I am sure I am missing some, so feel free to add more.

Reader Comments

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1. there are a few more. small things that are huge improvements.

Posted at 4:13PM on Nov 25th 2006 by bbfan

2. I have a copy of 4.2 beta for the gsm phones. But i have an 8703e on cdma. Anyone know if there is a cdma beta floating around out there?

Posted at 8:04PM on Nov 25th 2006 by tomdkat

3. what about the 7130c? Will cingular release the new os to the the 7130 as well?

Posted at 8:05PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Q

4. Maybe conference calling for once? I liked having it on my other phones including my old sidekick2, but for some reason the Blackberries I have had won't support it. they will switch calls, but no option to "conference", I had a 7230, didn't do it, and now a 8700, still won't do it. Bring us the conferencing!

Posted at 11:20PM on Nov 25th 2006 by zyphbear

5. > Ability to turn off data services while the voice still works

I saw this on an 8100. I hope there's an option for the other way round too. Enable data (email) but disable voice (calls). When roaming this is what I want. The BB is very efficient, sending minimal data, but roaming charges even for incoming calls can be very high...

Posted at 9:07AM on Nov 26th 2006 by Wibbly

6. What I really want to see in 4.2 and all future OS versions for all BBs is different vibe alert types.
I leave my phone on vibrate at all times for various reasons. The problem is that there's no way to tell a phone call from any other alert until the second or 3rd vibe.
My 7 year old Samsung phone had different vibe alerts!

Posted at 10:19AM on Nov 26th 2006 by bigred

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