It seems that Microsoft is not the only mobile phone company that is out to wow consumers with their snazzy new operating system. RIM has released a new tidbit about their Blackberry OS6. According to Andrew Bocking of RIM, he is just in love with the new operating system. He also mentioned that he expects long time Blackberry users to feel the same way about the upcoming platform. While a lot of naysayers may attribute it all to bravado, the RIM team seem quite confident with their upcoming OS.
Considering the number of new features, this new update may just tempt a lot of people to hold out buying a new smart phone. What exactly has been improved? Well, according to the new video released by RIM, it has convenient features such as universal search, a news aggregator named Social Feeds which compiles all your chosen RSS feeds and status updates in a single view, allows home screen contacts and pinch to zoom.
For those who are frequently in search for new music, there is now an enhanced interface for media which is able to provide internet links related to the music artist that you are currently listening to. With regards to the Blackberry messenger, you will now be able to attach files and the WebKit browser will be able to display tabbed pages.
Since the older platform, OS5, is not really among the most popular operating systems, RIM has plenty of consumer feedback to work on. Though it is quite hard to infiltrate the market currently dominated by Apple and Google, at least the Blackberry has been known to have a hold on their target users since day one. Hopefully this new operating system will be enough to draw even more people into committing to RIM handsets long term.
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