To claim RIM has lots riding on BlackBerry 6 is an irony. With new kids on the block like Android and iOS stepping in with lustworthy apps and engaging UIs, the BlackBerrys had been sitting in a corner BBMing everyone else at the party looking to convince them of its sustained utility. Regardless, the newest tease on the BlackBerry Blogs shows off many of the \” fresh, but familiar\” elements which can be getting polished inside the jump from OS 5 to OS 6. While some features do have us intrigued — its implementation of universal search, as an example — other headlining changes to the otherwise staid homescreen have us begging for more. New \” views,\” toggled from a space right under the notification bar, are essentially glorified folders, and the \” easy access area\” is far like the functionality offered by years-old \” Today\” -style themes for the handset. Don\’t get us wrong, the refinements definitely help, but at the tip of the day we just hope it isn\’t RIM looking to put lipstick on a pig — guess we\’ll find out once we get a commercial release to truly bite into.
[Thanks, Jason K]
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