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Just a brief(ish) heads-up for those of you who have BlackBerry phones with AT&T as it’s been a while in coming – considering that BlackBerry OS 4.5 has been out for some months now – but AT&T have at long last caught up with other networks in offering BlackBerry OS 4.5 to its customers.

And, just in case you’re not already well-versed with what BlackBerry OS 4.5 has to offer (we suspect you are and have been hankering after it for a while now), here’s the lowdown (courtesy of PCMag) for all the latest BlackBery phones (regardless of whether you’re with AT&T or not):

BlackBerry Pearl 8100 & BlackBerry 8800 Specific:

  • Spell check
  • BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest
  • Improved media player with playlist support and automatic playlist generation
  • Voice note recording
  • Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player
  • Bluetooth stereo music
  • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo
  • Native format attachment downloading
  • HTML e-mails
  • Over-the-air device upgrades
  • Free/busy calendar lookup
  • Searching the server for old e-mail messages

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Specific:

  • Automatic playlist generation in the media player
  • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo
  • Native format attachment downloading
  • HTML e-mails
  • Over-the-air device upgrades
  • Free/busy calendar lookup
  • Searching the server for old e-mail messages

BlackBerry 8820 & 8830 Specific:

  • BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest
  • Improved media player with playlist support and automatic playlist generation
  • Voice note recording
  • Video recording on Curve models
  • Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player
  • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo
  • Native format attachment downloading
  • HTML e-mails
  • Over-the-air device upgrades
  • Free/busy calendar lookup
  • Searching the server for old e-mail messages

BlackBerry 8700/8703e Specific:

  • Spell check
  • BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest
  • New pictures and ringtones applications
  • Voice note recording
  • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo
  • Native format attachment downloading
  • HTML e-mails
  • Over-the-air device upgrades
  • Free/busy calendar lookup
  • Searching the server for old e-mail messages

AT&T users looking to avail themselves of BlackBerry OS 4.5 can do so here.

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