BlackBerry OS 6.0 revealed - snazzy looks, multi-touch support, and more

Posted on 21-04-2010

Home Screen BlackBerry OS 6.0


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The BlackBerry OS 6.0 has been revealed to the public with details and screenshots, and it certainly sports a fluid and snazzy interface, system-wide multi-touch gesture support, an enhanced homescreen, and a new music player and WebKit browser.

Interface - new features:
Pop-up options or modal context meny (up to 9 options)
Enhanced Messaging GUI
Enhanced Music Player GUI (Cover Flow style album art)
Enhanced Browser GUI (pinch-to-zoom)
Enhanced Picture/Video Gallery GUI (optimized thumbnail view)
System-wide gesture-based multi-touch support
Kinetic scrolling

WebKit-based browser - new features:
Tab-switching
Favourites

Inbox - new features:
Facebook/Twitter/RSS integration

Homescreen - new features:
Page view (up to 6 pages)
App shortcuts

 

 

Webkit Browser on BlackBerry OS 6.0

Music Player on BlackBerry OS 6.0

News on BlackBerry OS 6.0

These features and screenshots look great, but so far, no proper release date has been set, or a list of compatible/new devices published. We do know that it will be around June/July, and further information will come at the BlackBerry WES 2010 at the end of April.
 

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