10 New Features of BlackBerry OS 6


It is well-known that BlackBerry 9800 Torch cell phone was the most-waited BlackBerry cell phone back then. It is because beside the new design and the sliding QWERTY keyboard, BlackBerry 9800 Torch cell phone uses the newest BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry OS 6. This BlackBerry OS 6 is claimed offers new way to control the BlackBerry cell phones as well as offers many new great features.

Indeed, there are many new features that offered by this BlackBerry OS 6. There are even several new features that not even the Research In Motion (RIM) typical. BlackBerry OS 6 needs high specification of processor and memory. Therefore only certain BlackBerry cell phones can be upgraded into this latest BlackBerry OS such as BlackBerry 9650 Tour, 9100 Pearl, 9105, 9700 Bold, 9530 Storm, and 9550 Storm.

Beside the upgrading versions, users can also enjoy this BlackBerry OS 6 at new (will be) BlackBerry cell phones such as BlackBerry 9670, 9800 Bold Slider, 8080 Atlas, and 9300 Kepler. Yes, RIM will equip their newest BlackBerry cell phones with this BlackBerry OS 6 which is claimed offers familiar but fresh interface and features as well as powerful and good-looking.

Here, I Share Ten New Features of BlackBerry OS 6:

BlackBerry OS 6

#1. Setup Wizard

Setup Wizard is a wizard that will be shown up when activate a BlackBerry cell phone. This Setup Wizard’s design is more clean, fresh, and well-organized. Setup display is divided into three parts which are Setup, Personalization, and Help & Tutorial. Via the setup, users can set E-mail account, BlackBerry Messenger, Social Networking account, and Wireless. Ringtone, Wallpaper, and visualization setting can be found at Personalization.

#2. Homescreen

Homescreen display is changed and added by navigation bar. Navigation Bar is a new feature that offers easiness at application accessing. Navigation Bar is divided into several categories such as All, Favorites, Media, Downloads, and Frequent. It is only needed tapping to manage this Navigation Bar. Each category is base on the function. As example, Download category is for applications that downloaded via Over The Air (OTA).

#3. Connection Feature

For connection setup, now, users only need to use the Manage Connections icon at the top right corner of homescreen. Manage Connections function is as same as before which are mobile network connection settings, WiFi settings, and Bluetooth settings. Also that users can manage the clock alarm via it. There is a setup wizard that available at this connection feature.

#4. Universal Search

Universal Search is a useful search facility that can be found at homescreen. Universal Search can be used for any data searching that available in the BlackBerry cell phone such as contacts, messages, music, pictures, setup options, and many others. By using this search feature, users also can directly do information searching via internet search engine (such as Google) without open a web browser.

#5. BlackBerry Web Browser

BlackBerry Web Browser offers new capabilities such as CSS3 and HTML5 supporting. This web browser display is similar as like Opera web browser which equipped with tabbed function which offers easy multi-site browsing. Users also can create a shortcut for their favorite website at the homescreen. There is the finger gesture zooming feature available (for touch screen of course).

#6. Camera

The camera function is added by many new features which is a lot of improvement if compare with limited features of the previous. For photograph functions as example, there are many scene modes available that can help to improve the photo result base on object condition. There is portrait, sport and landscape mode. For focus function, there is single shot and continue shot. Unfortunately the High Definition (HD) is not supported yet.

#7. Multimedia Player

Multimedia is one of the mainstay feature at this new BlackBerry OS 6. The picture and photo application is more well-organized plus easy folderization. The Music Player is added with better user interface for album and discovery facility. It is easier to synchronize the entire computer song with cell phone now. The Video Player is equipped with video thumbnail as well as the fast settings choosing to manage screen size (fit screen, full screen, and actual size).

#8. Podcast & YouTube

BlackBerry OS 6 offers podcast client so no need to add third-party podcast application anymore. Podcast client allows users to search multimedia files via podcast catalog function. It is suggested to download the podcast file via WiFi connection only since the file size is big. The YouTube client application offers easy way to access YouTube Mobile Site as well as to upload a video into it.

#9. Social Feed

Social Feed is a social networking application. Social Feed allows users to access and update social networking and instant messaging account from single point (application). Social Feed supports AIM, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, Google Talk, MySpace, Twitter, Windows Live, and Yahoo! Messenger. This application will collect the notification and latest updating from social networking and messaging.

#10. Application Management

Application Management offers easy way to manage the installed applications. Application Management is divided into four menus which are Applications (to manage applications such as permission or application deleting), CPU (to see CPU usage of application), Usage (to monitor usage level), and Memory (to show memory capacity that used).

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