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BlackBerry OS 6.0: More is revealed
Daniel Carey
It feel’s like a BlackBerry kind of day today. Blackberry’s been in desperate need of a new operating system, and through a series of likable events Boy Genius has managed to acquire some screenshots and further details on BlackBerry OS 6.0.
First up, it appears that RIM’s acquisition of Torch Mobile has paid off as the OS comes equipped with a brand-spanking-new WebKit-based browser, and much like other popular mobile browsers (Mobile Safari, Opera Mini, and Skyfire) the new BlackBerry web browser comes complete with tabbed switching, redesigned favourites, and pinch-to-zoom multitouch — more on that later. All-in-all not that impressive, but it’s about time RIM caught up with their competition.
Coming back to pinch-to-zoom multitouch implementation: The folks over at BGR were told that it’s to be present system-wide. Also falling into the same “system-wide” category we’ve got kinetic scrolling, and new contextual menus for ‘long presses’ on the screen. The media player player, photo viewer, and messaging apps have been given the once over with a new coat of paint (so to speak of course). We we’re also told that the new inbox app will include Facebook, Twitter and RSS integration. Sweet!
So, could it get much better than this? Of course. According to the same BGR article all this is due out in June / July, guaranteed “100%.”
