BlackBerry 10.2 is ready on 31 Oct 23:59:59 - When will O2 bring this out to handsets

[Anonymous]

BlackBerry 10.2 is ready on 31 Oct 23:59:59 - When will O2 bring this out to handsets?

here's a look at what to expect.

• Updated touch profile to improve battery life.
• Sensor libraries updated.
• Gyroscope support in camera (future support for panorama).
• Updated translations.
• Some extra code analyzers and debug scripts turned on which may slow things down.
• Lots of work on PIM services and libraries.
• Advanced WiFi is fixed.
• Audio routing in music player now works.
• BBM dark themes fixed.
• Can display next/previous buttons instead of doing L gesture.
• Contacts can be copied to different backends.
• Email composer can switch between plain text and HTML.
• Event recurrence is now set via a drop down without leaving the page.
• FM Radio is enabled. [Not for the Z10]
• IMAP setting to stop downloading emails while roaming.
• Music player continues to play songs while camera app is active.
• Pictures received in emails are now in-line.
• DocsToGo working again.
• Private browsing shows a 'blue' overlay on top of the URL bar to show that it is private.

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:

BlackBerry 10.2 is ready on 31 Oct 23:59:59 - When will O2 bring this out to handsets?

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......eventually 

[jonsie · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately you probably know that the only information O2 publish is when the update is actually released. We very rarely get advanced warning.

[aldaweb]

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@Anonymous wrote:

BlackBerry 10.2 is ready on 31 Oct 23:59:59 - When will O2 bring this out to handsets?

here's a look at what to expect.

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Not to mention the Android runtime upgrade to 4.2

Hopefully O2 won't drag their heels with this one, but I won't be holding my breath.

[Anonymous]

Do the networks still tweak these updates themselves to add / remove parts they don't want O2 customers to have ?

[aldaweb]

Apart from the obvious splash screens I don't see a difference between my Z10 and the bosses Vodafone one so I guess not, but they do sometimes hold back updates under the auspices of 'testing'.

You're not affected by such things of course being an Apple user

[Toby]

Thanks for posting Jungleboy

I've not used a Blackberry handset in a while. is BB's OS holding its own against Android and iOS?

I remember that I used to really like the older Blackberries (Torch etc) as they were useful for work-related tasks.

I'm really excited to take a look at the Z30 too.

[version7point0]

Two things I love about BB10...

Blackberry HUB - going back to iOS or Android is going to be a pain for this main reason, jumping between a FB, Twitter, Messaging, Email app etc is just time consuming and uneccessary. Having everything available in one location is just amazing and makes keeping up to date with everything going on my life is a breeze.

User Interface - swiping, peeking and flowing just make so much sense and after a little while has you trying the same gestures on every phone.

Down side - Apps; there is a major lack of mainstreem apps in comparison with iOS, Android and WP and the obscene amount of Android ports it feels as though developers just do not care for the benefits of the OS and just chance their luck at a few extra penies of revenue with their existing apps from the Google platform.