Here's some news for everyone on the upgrade.
8700r Rogers, Toronto, Canada.
Lots of things have changed. Overall rating 4.
I'm going to downgrade. I will have to figure out to do that. If anyone knows, post it up.
Here I go,
-some ringtones are now missing, ie, Bike Horn. (I liked that one!)
-rim runs very very slow. I think too slow.
-battery runs down much faster. too fast. disappointment.
-scrolling, access, search all much slower.
-this upgrade breaks this 8700 rim.
-the 8700 is too slow to run this OS.
-locations of everything has slight changes. spent some time to locate all the key areas for adjustments
-certain functions changed, as per lock.
-I think the main reason was to complete with the iphone and jazz up the interface. In fact it's a failure due to the overhead of the OS, the 8700 runs too slow for me. THERE IS NO SPEEDUP, JUST SLOW DOWN.
-things like flashing email icons now... i don't need.
-zen interface operational changes. I don't like the new features. They took most of them out.
-I figure the reason for this upgrade is to look and feel like the newer models, such as curve etc. But it fails, since the 8700 can't push this OS well.
ADVISE.. DO NOT UPGRADE.
This upgrade has me now considering to downgrade and/or move to the new 8300 model with GPS/camera etc. If I can downgrade and it's successful, I'll keep the 8700r a bit longer. But this OS breaks the rim 8700.
Sorry for the rant, but it disppointed so much.
Be prepared to let the upgrade run for about one and a half hours.
The people at rim did not review the operational speed on the 8700 when considering this upgrade.
I'll go as far as to say it BRICKS the rim. I don't like it at 4.2, moving down.
Cheers everyone.
I signed up to let everyone know what you are getting into here.
There are some neat upgrades, and tricks but not worth the other issues it brings.