Research in Motion has introduced BlackBerry 6. As evidenced by the video above, the refreshed OS is hoping to reach a younger, hipper demographic while building on the success of its business users. RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis's keynote at WES 2010 previewed a Webkit browser and some new navigation features, the OS update will definitely please existing BlackBerry users when it launches next calendar quarter.
RIM offered the first official first look at BlackBerry 6 during the WES 2010 keynote.
The new OS, which debuts in June offers:
● fresh, but familiar interface elements
● simple to use, but powerful
● fun, but approachable
The preview video makes it clear that BlackBerry 6 will be much more touchscreen friendly than what we have seen in the past from RIM, with new gestures, multitouch support and improved feedback for the user (kinetic scrolling, rubber banding). We've also heard that BlackBerry 6 will work well with non-touchscreen input as well and it looks like it should suit the optical trackpad.
RIM's new WebKit rendering engine in the browser is going to accelerate the mobile web browsing experience. The browser gets much-needed features like tabbed browsing. WebKit is the same code that runs on Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome as well as their respective mobile browsers.