Samsung

[#1]

This blog post (citing an "industry source" ) suggests the BJ upgrade to WM6 won't happen until Q3:

http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=4191

http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/blackjack_wm6_update_q3_at_bes.html


Message Edited by Gurs on 05-08-2007 08:17:01 AM

[#2]

GRRRRRR if that is true.  Boo to Cingular for the delay if this is true.  I wonder what the hold up is??  Can't they sufficiently cripple it to their liking in the original time frame that they had posted on???

[#3]

The only thing that we know is that Cingular/AT&T has announced that there will be a WM6 upgrade to the Blackjack (along with the 8525 and the Treo 750.) There were no promised dates and not much else to speculate on. If a date was never announced, how can it be delayed?

[#4]

That's true.  I was just going with the time frame that was released (the upgrade being in their hands by May 23 and taking about 6-8 weeks to qualify for release, which puts it around July time frame, which is not yet 3rd quarter unless they go on a fiscal year as we just finished 4th quarter for '07 at my work).

[#5]

It could also be due to Samsung.... they package several utilities into the BlackJack that's not part of WM (MyStuff explorer app, a somewhat improved Calculator, etc etc).

[#6]

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squeakr wrote:

 which puts it around July time frame, which is not yet 3rd quarter

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What quarter is July if it is not 3Q? 

Message Edited by foxbat121 on 05-08-2007 03:41:08 PM

[#7]

Like I said it depends on when your company starts there year, mine yust ended 4th of '07 and for some that would still be second quarter.

 It wouldn't be due to Samsung as they have already built the WM6 package for this device (and they have had a working model for some time as confirmed by one of the level 3 techs that I talked to and it was also seen back in January at a MS conference on WM6).  All that Samsung would be doing at this time is tweaking things that Cingular requested either be put in/ or taken out to make the device react with their systems as they would like it to (they did this with my I730 when they upgraded to WM5 and it was in friendly testing with Verizon for months before being officially released, I know as I had a leaked copy that I ran for almost 4 months  before they officially released it.  Let's hope the feet don't get drug as long on this upgrade, hopfulley not as they have announced it whereas Verizon never officially announced theirs during the i730 upgrade).

Message Edited by squeakr on 05-08-2007 03:49:49 PM

[#8]

I bet a beta version will leak pretty soon.  If there's a couple copies out already, it's bound to happen.

I think it woul be nice to have an open beta for those that choose to participate.  I'd be more than happy to run a beta on my phone for a couple months. (hint hint)

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[#9]

I would also, but if it is like other companies, they will get some uninformed user that probably doesn't even know how to turn on the device to troubleshoot it instead of the klnowledgeable users that would actually have a chance to improve the device so that prime things arent'y left out such as good Bluetooth connectivity and international roaming (just two of the many things that were botched in the original release).

[#10]

any update on this?  Still waiting around for a WM6 Upgrade for my Blackjack.