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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">blackberry</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] Karl's thoughts on how BBRY is getting derailed by US carriers who are holding back on releasing updated versions of their OS software.</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>] speak specifically of Verizon, although AT&amp;T is responsible for this as well.BlackBerry restricts software updates to carrier-endorsed things. &nbsp;Contrast this with Apple, which refuses to allow carriers to "approve" their IOS updates (and thus everyone gets them at once) or Samsung, which has the carriers push OTA updates <strong><em>but makes manual updates available over KIES on a PC</em></strong>&nbsp;if you want them.</li> <li>] But Verizon, in particular, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">still</span></strong>&nbsp;(as of this morning) shows 10.0.9.xx firmware as "official" for the BlackBerry Z10. &nbsp;This is an outrage -- 10.0.9 was outdated <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">on the day of the launch</span></strong>, with T-Mobile and AT&amp;T both shipping 10.0.10. &nbsp;AT&amp;T for its part has refused to release a 10.1.x firmware version -- of the major US carriers <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">only T-Mobile</span></strong>&nbsp;has done so.</li> <li>] All they(BBRY) have to do is change BlackBerry Link <strong>so as to permit one to choose a firmware load of either the official carrier version <em>or the latest BlackBerry-approved version</em>&nbsp;at the user's option. </strong>That's it. A 30 second change they could push <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">right now</span></strong>.</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6486827/research-in-motion-ltd-bbry-blackberry-annual-meeting-time-to-get-serious" target="_blank">http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6486827/research-in-motion-ltd-bbry-blackberry-annual-meeting-time-to-get-serious</a></li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2013-07-05</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>