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BlackBerry 6 Identity Crisis Revealed in Teaser Video

by Terrence O'Brien on April 27, 2010 at 01:40 PM

BlackBerry 6 Identity Crisis Revealed in Teaser Video
Yesterday, RIM unveiled two new mobile devices, but the real story coming out of WES 2010 is the next major version of the company's OS, BlackBerry 6. We know very little about the new mobile OS other than the fact that it packs a much-improved Webkit-based Web browser (like Safari, Chrome or Android's browser). Even after watching the new teaser video from RIM, we're still not quite sure what to expect from the OS, except that it excels at pumping out pop tunes of questionable quality.

If you can sit through the two-minute-plus video featuring a Black Eyed Peas song and twirling BlackBerry users (and we won't blame you if you can't), you'll catch glimpses of the future of RIM devices. Clearly, the new OS is focused on touch interaction. It features an all-new virtual keyboard, multi-touch zooming, Facebook and Twitter integration and even a Cover Flow-style music browser. That said, there isn't much here that Android, iPhone and Palm OS users haven't been doing for years.

More importantly, though, the video reveals that RIM is having a bit of an identity crisis. Traditionally, BlackBerry has been associated with business professionals and workaholics, but RIM has recently been trying to push its way into the consumer market. We suppose that those of you who wear suits to work like to dance arrhythmically to bad music as much as the next person, but we doubt the ability to playback 'Boom Boom Pow' is going to win over too many converts -- inside or outside the boardroom. [From: Engadget]

Tags: blackberry, Blackberry6, BlackberryOs, BlackberryOs6.0, cellphones, rim, smartphone, smartphones, top

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