Originally Posted by jsnydcsa
That's an understatement!
Would the connection via PC muck up or erase my synch'ed-via-Pocketmac for Entourage contacts, calendar entries, notes, etc.?
Anything in particular I need for a PC - USB 1.1 or 2.0? In addition to the downloaded software from T-Mobile, I assume, I need some sort of "connection" software to load onto the PC. Where would I get that?
I guess a baseline question is do I need to download the new software? T-Mobile's announcement doesn't seem to mention that the new software is required - just seems to make my BB work better. Could I just go with the web site (I'm dealing with multiple email accounts currently linked via BWC)?
1) It won't mes sup your current sync unless you want it to. You need to enable syncing on the PC for it to even touch your contacts, so if you don't enable the syncing, it won't do anything. Which is what you want
2)The Berry is USB1 so any USB port will work.
3) You will have to install the Blackberry Desktop software and the upgrade package. Install the desktop first. Then close it. Install the upgrade, and then restart the desktop. Click "application loader" and it will perform the backup/upgrade/restore. It can take up to 40 minutes for the process to complete.
Finally; as far as I know you don't NEED the upgrade for these changes to the service, OS4 has some nice improvements but also slows the device down a little. So unless you run into problems after the changes, I'd stay where you are at the moment.
As you said, you can just go to the my t-mobile website on the 2nd and make any changes there, it is a PITA to do so on the device anyway.