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Verizon stops testing on Blackberry OS 6 Print
Written by Network News Journal Staff   
Thursday, 22 July 2010

FUDZILLA IS REPORTING that Verizon has halted testing of RIM's BlackBerry OS 6 for the Blackberry Storm 2. The reason seems to have to do with issues with the builds from RIM as well as the lack of RAM on the Storm 2.

From the grumbling that we are hearing, the issue that has come to the surface again is that apparently 256MB just isn’t enough for BlackBerry OS 6, and without more RAM the OS 6 builds seem to perform poorly. Those close to Verizon claim that the 256MB simply isn’t enough.

What might be more interesting is that OS 6 builds are apparently floating around with various carriers for the BlackBerry 9700 256MB version, as well. Apparently, this isn’t an issue with the 256MB version of the 9700, and while not yet bug free, seems to be working fine.

The bigger issue seems to be the lack of guidance and communication from RIM on the requirements for OS 6. As one can imagine, the general consensus has been that 256MB BlackBerry models will not be able to handle OS 6, but apparently RIM has not confirmed this officially.

The full story can be found here.
 
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