AT&T Offer BlackBerry OS 4.5 Upgrade [Better (Very) Late Than Never]

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.