Apple users aren’t the only ones who can expect their phones to receive software tweaks from time to time. Less than a year after the release of BlackBerry OS 5, RIM has officially announced that BlackBerry OS 6 is on the way, with a host of new features. If you’ve used competing products from Apple, Palm, or Google, it will look pretty familiar. Here’s a look at some of the biggest changes.
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updated home screen
The professional black theme introduced with BlackBerry OS 5 remains, but the home screen now includes a slide-up app menu at the bottom, similar to the Android drop-down menu, containing multiple pages of apps organized by type (all, favorites, etc.). , etc.). .).
multitouch
Yes, it’s here. Finally, BlackBerry OS will be on par with iPhone, Palm WebOS and Google Android with support for two fingers on the screen at the same time. This means pinch to zoom in the browser, photo galleries and maps.
kinetic movement
Things don’t stop immediately after you stop moving them in real life, and now they won’t on your phone either. BlackBerry OS 6 will add a pre-programmed “impulse” to scrolling so that pages continue to scroll until they gradually stop after a swipe, just like they do on the iPhone.
The new WebKit browser
The number one longest-running part of BlackBerry OS is getting a complete overhaul with a new browser based on WebKit, the same rendering engine that powers the browsers on iPhone OS, Android, and WebOS. It will also support the long-awaited tabs for scrolling between multiple pages. All of the changes should give BlackBerry devices much better handling of old HTML pages, especially when combined with multitouch.
universal search
Looking for something? Whether it’s a contact or a song buried in your music library, universal search, accessible from the home page via the magnifying glass icon, will unearth it.
Media player
Graphics move front and center in the new BlackBerry media player, which now displays album art next to each chart title, plus a Cover-Flow-style album layout on the now playing page.
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