BlackBerry Storm Gets Official 5.0 OS

From PC World: Verizon Wireless yesterday became the first carrier to officially release Research In Motion's (RIM) latest major BlackBerry device software upgrade, BlackBerry OS 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. Storm users need only connect their devices to RIM's BlackBerry Desktop Manager to download and install the new software.

Last May, while formally announcing BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0, RIM promised it would start rolling out BlackBerry handheld OS 5.0 before the end of the year. Verizon's release of Storm 9530 OS 5.0.0.328 is the first official OS 5.0 release, so it looks as though RIM's sticking to its word.

This weekend, the BlackBerry maker also published an official list of BlackBerry smartphones that will get the OS 5.0 upgrade in the future:

-BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8200 series smartphones
-BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphones
-BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphones
-BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones
-BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphones
-BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphones
-BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphones

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