Announced last month and released by Verizon today, the new BlackBerry Bold 9930 is both a major hardware upgrade to the BlackBerry lineup and a revision to the classic Bold 9000 released in 2008. But if you have a BlackBerry running the recently-launched OS 6, is the jump to RIM’s latest software offering OS 7 […]
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BlackBerry OS 7 bringing new keyboard to the Torch 2
Research in Motion may be preparing to launch a new software keyboard with BlackBerry OS 7. According to leaked screenshots from the upcoming BlackBerry Torch 2 smartphone, RIM will be giving the keyboard a bit of an overhaul. Both the 9810 (Torch 2) and 9850 (a BlackBerry Storm variation) are expected to benefit from the […]
Research in Motion introduces Blackberry OS 7
As expected, the next major release of the BlackBerry operating system will be called BlackBerry 7. RIM unveiled the new OS this morning, announcing that the first two phones to run the new software will be the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Bold 9930. The operating system is described as offering a faster user experience, […]
BlackBerry OS 6.1 gets renamed, OS update will be BlackBerry 7
Research in Motion has announced that the next version of its BlackBerry operating system will be BlackBerry OS 7, rather than 6.1. RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie says there will be a number of new features, and the company wanted to reflect that in the name. The update will include digital compass APIs, support for OpenGL […]