Fixes Coming to Sprint 8350i OS?

Calling all BlackBerry Curve 8350i owners!!! This is an important news break.  Our buddy Kevin over at CrackBerry received this update from Sprint regarding the 8350i bugs.  Oh man, all I have gotten is numerous complaints about the buggy OS.  Maybe this device was not ready for launch but Sprint was under a lot of pressure to release it.  Who knows?  Anyway Kevin got a letter from Sprint saying that the first of at least a few fixes will be available next week.  Here is the email:

We’ve seen several posts on Crackberry discussing Sprint’s BlackBerry Curve 8350i. We wanted to share the information below with you for your readers.

Sprint is working very closely with RIM to develop maintenance release software to resolve issues identified on BlackBerry Curve 8350i. The first software maintenance release will be available on www.sprint.com/downloads next week. Sprint will notify BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers the maintenance release is available through their IT administrators, and Sprint BlackBerry Internet Service customers will be notified through a PIN to PIN message.

We are diligently working on a fix for the known echo issue. It will not be fixed in this first release, but we are doing our best to identify the issue and correct it and hoping to include that fix in the next software release. One option that helps alleviate the problem would be to use the headset that comes packaged with the phone.

Sprint is also working with RIM on a second maintenance release to address the remaining issues, and hope to have it available shortly. Any customers have issues during the upgrade they can call care at 1-800-639-6111.

This is a glimmer of hope, so grasp on to this 8350i users.  We will update you on the date the OS comes out if you don’t receive notification before hand.

via CrackBerry