RIM dev webinar hints at BlackBerry OS of the future?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted March 1st 2010 7:30PM
posted March 1st 2010 7:30PM
posted March 1st 2010 7:30PM
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Nice. RIM needs to add some cool in order to get a piece of the non-business pie.
@aubreyq FINALLY. 100% Revolution.
@aubreyq
nice rim job! ...errr, i mean nice job rim
@doug LOL... too good.
Can we have this in the Storm 3 - Sure press?
RIM need to start RIMMING good!
@moeoz
What??
@Mentat You literally made me LOL. Uprank for you!
Drool. Compared to what I'm used to, this is quite possibly mind blowing for RIM. But it would sure be nice if they showed it off on a NON-Storm device... Mayhaps drop me a line with a mock up, on, say, the Tour or Bold? Pretty please?
@RickStar thats what i was thinking. i have a Bold 9700 and i am curious as to how this would work on it. i would love a new OS!
Nice OS is nice
i'm still waiting for an official 5.0 for my device, so as cool as this sounds, i am not holding my breath for this.
They need to skip Blackberry OS 6.0 and 6.5 and move straight to Blackberry Phone 7 Series.
The should abandon their OS development efforts altogether and switch to Android.
@Gregorian I'm already on 8.5...
I feel like they wouldn't market this on a traditional BB because even though the resolution is the same the screen is half the size which might not give the same impression something like this would on a Storm (Or the rumored slider)
If RIM really goes after something like this I might stick with them but if not it's off to Android land most likely.
RIM is switching to Android!
NAAT.
People need to stop expecting BB to copy iPhone an Android. There phones are aimed towards people who actually use their phone for productivity. Not all the secondary functions like stupid and useless games, apps and time wasters. Blackberry has the one of the best radio stacks out of all the phones the call quality and signal are amazing. Why do you think business rely on it?
@djnick Okay, go and ask RIM if keeping the status quo will be good for their long term business.
@djnick True, but do you think those "All you need is Love" commercials from RIM is targeted towards the business / corporate crowd? No, they're trying to pull in the consumer crowd. And their boring-@$$ Precision theme isn't going to cut it for that market.
@julioangelortiz
Exactly. RIM has different models of phones for different markets. More and more regular consumers are getting Blackberries as texting phones that just happen to run Facebook and can browse the web.
You don't think big corporate users were buying those skinny ol' Pearls, do ya? :)
I think RIM could expand more into a consumer friendly territory and still not completely alienate their existing clients who use their QWERTY smart phones.
@djnick RIM has a reputation for making high-quality phones (at least in terms of hardware). I love how sturdy my Tour is, and I love the hardware keyboard (though it's no Touch Pro2). I just dislike the software enough to want to jump ship to another OS once I can upgrade. The only reason I got the Tour was the stability of the hardware, and the hardware keyboard.
@djnick
Regardless, you still can't deny the fact that RIM needs to get their act together. The OS is horrible and buggy. I would have no complaints if the damn thing worked but it doesn't. I've never owned a phone that reset itself randomly and crashed as a BB does. Why do you think apps are usually 3-5 times the price of the same apps on other platforms? Because developing for BBs is a itch.
I have a Storm 2, and I have to say, it's a great piece of hardware. I just don't think it's being utilized correctly. It's sad to see such great potential go to waste. I'm really hoping RIM picks up their game here and starts competing instead of releasing products that are "good enough".
Smells like a desperation move...
when is this supposed to happen ?
@ftyoo7
READ!!!
"not indicative of anything they're working on for future devices or releases of BlackBerry OS"
@PBB
i got excited
@ftyoo7 Excitement inevitably leads to disappointment. You'll learn that when you're 86 and sitting in your rocking nanochair yelling at kids to get off your lawn and lamenting that you got too excited. Get disappointed and then you can only go up from there. Life's a bitch, then it slaps you.
Isn't that already possible with the introduction of theme on blackberry? or maybe theme + widgets?
RIM
playing catch-up since 2007
Sure these are great ideas, but I cannot for the life of me seeing RIM implement them successfully.
I see they've pinched the BBC's old weather symbols - nice to see them back... a design classic!!