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BlackBerry 6 for BlackBerry Bold 9700 video walkthrough

by Bla1ze on 20 Aug 2010 12:15 PM
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Since the announcement of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 with BlackBerry 6, we've all been waiting to see how older devices such as the BlackBerry Bold 9700 were going to fair with it running. As it turns out, it looks to be in great shape judging from the above video. With a noted boot time of about 1 minute and overall snappy response from the device, BlackBerry 6 on the BlackBerry Bold 9700 looks like it will be worth the wait. Also noted was the fact it appears to be a full implementation of BlackBerry 6 as well. Not a "watered down" release as previously rumored. WebKit browser, universal search and more are all found on the device. What do you all think now that we get a chance to see it running? Looking good or would ya rather a Torch still?

Source: Boy Genius

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: BlackBerry 6, BlackBerry Bold 9700, Bold 9700, device video, video
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Posted by davidnyc Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Stop teasing us guys and leak this damn OS! :)

 
 
Posted by gatorboi352 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

"What do you all think now that we get a chance to see it running? Looking good or would ya rather a Torch still?"

Its clearly evident that BB 6 was designed with touch screen like interfaces in mind, as it should. While the Torch falls short in a few areas, it is clearly a step in the right direction for RIM. With the Storm 3 right around the corner, and the Torch just released, BB 6 will be in good hands on those touch screen devices.

I cannot say the same for the cheap feeling and old looking QWERTY devices and congested, "srunched" interfaces of BB 6 on those units.

 
 
Posted by Gallia Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

You just replied to the first post to get bumped up :( you broke the cool code!

 
 
Posted by zensen Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 540 days ago

it was clearly made to not exclude navigation via touch, non-touch devices with the use of the trackpad and keyboard.

it clearly works well in this situation on the 9700.

doesn't look cramp at all. Can't wait to see a similar size candy bar shaped (traditional) blackberry with a touch screen - leaning towards some more the size of the 9000.

 
 
Posted by Gulliverfoyle Sunday, Aug 22, 2010 539 days ago

Cheap feeling, old looking QWERTY devices? What a turd. What's the matter, feeling a little PO'd that the 9700 runs BB6 better than your new Torch?

 
 
Posted by fonts Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

OK it is a 9700 - I know.
But it looks like the same ole stuff to me.

Boot time less than 1 minute - implying that you will still be booting/battery pulling often...geez..

Hard for me to find anything interesting here - much less exciting.

 
 
Posted by cdf3 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

It's more of the same with a twist. If I wanted something totally different I'd go with another phone. If I wanted it to look like Android, I'd get an Android, and the same holds true for iPhone. Since I like Blackberry, I still like for things to be much of like they were, but with some upgrades and tweaks. I like knowing that I can grab a brand new BlackBerry, and be up and running in no time. Not everyone likes to spend hours trying to relearn a phone, and spend hours on end searching for apps to install. That's usually for those with a lot of free time on their hands. I'm loving the new features and browser. I can't wait to get OS 6

 
 
Posted by geek126 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 540 days ago

I figured that at&t would get os 6 first but thanks for crushing all of my hopes and dreams t-mobile. Well at least they will leak it.

 
 
Posted by MattDub22 Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 540 days ago

how did TMO let you down... Who says this phone didn't get a leak???

 
 
Posted by geek126 Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 540 days ago

TMO is really my fav carrier that I have had. I just think because of at&t getting the torch they will approve os 6 first and the phone in the vid is at&t branded.

 
 
Posted by JudasShawn Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Looks good but im holding out for the Torch.

 
 
Posted by kace2009 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Not worth the wait at all. Let's be real.

 
 
Posted by juice1179 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

now when and where can i get it!

 
 
Posted by a_silent_song Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

I'm all over it. I think it makes me want to stick with my 9700 over the 9800.

 
 
Posted by eahinrichsen Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

The Torch excited me much more with regard to the OS than the hardware. Now that it looks like my 9700 will run pretty well with OS6, I'm pretty comfortable sticking with what I have until my contract's up.

 
 
Posted by mrskittens Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Beautiful. Want. Now.

 
 
Posted by Roscopcoletrain Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Looks great! Cant wait!

 
 
Posted by BIGFREAK Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

THE 9700 will rule the world once again.

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

to much
to soon

;)

 
 
Posted by amitdas76 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Can't wait to run this on my 9700

 
 
Posted by haidoz Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

i want it on my Strom 2 as well :(

 
 
Posted by AndresMor Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Aw sorry :/

 
 
Posted by mswava Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

It will not be available on the Storm 1 or 2... Sorry!

 
 
Posted by Zanshin- Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Doesn't both the 9700 and the 9550 have close to the same specs? It's even better suited for the touch screen features of OS6?

 
 
Posted by Zanshin- Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Doesn't both the 9700 and the 9550 have close to the same specs? It's even better suited for the touch screen features of OS6?

 
 
Posted by mechanic_joe Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Sorry, the 9700 and 9550 are completely different internally (GSM chipset vs CDMA chipset)... The only simularity would be the amount of memory :)

 
 
Posted by Zanshin- Monday, Aug 23, 2010 537 days ago

Heh, I know that. Thus the "close to the same specs". The radio wouldn't make a difference as far as OS compatibility goes (other than the appropriate radio file for the device). My point is that both the 9700 and the 95X0 have the same amount of memory, so why not release OS6 for both series of phones if it works on the 9700?

I did notice that someone mentioned later in this thread that all of the touchscreen functions being removed in the 9700 version of OS6 (which makes complete sense as it's not a touchscreen phone). Maybe this has made the difference in 9700 users being able to load OS6 and the Storm users out of luck? This also makes me question just how much free memory a 9700 will have once OS6 is loaded onto it and if it will even be worth it.

 
 
Posted by jinxednuance Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Oh please send OS6 ourway!!!!

 
 
Posted by jorGeorge Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

F the Torch, give me a 9700 and I'm good.

 
 
Posted by bevin1 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Leak it already!!

 
 
Posted by frozenbee Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

looks pretty good.....can't wait for release :))

 
 
Posted by paspals Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

... and more hopes for leaks...

 
 
Posted by MR.GRANDBERRY Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

The Torch is nice but I don't need or want all of that touch screen-ness (let's make it a word lol) I'm fine with my 9700!! I just want something new. BB6 is the new I'm waiting for...

 
 
Posted by JudasShawn Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Upon a second watch ive noticed that the touchpad is almost useless. Notice how often he uses it and how unresponsive it is. I dont have this issue on my Bold. Perhaps this is an OS6 glitch/bug?

 
 
Posted by MR.GRANDBERRY Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Lol in what part of the video was the trackpad unresponsive? Looks fine to me, he uses it pretty often..

 
 
Posted by StormJH1 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

I don't see that at all. The only place the trackpad seemed slow was in WebKit (which, I hope there's a sensitivity adjustment for somewhere because I have that same problem with Bolt and Opera on OS5). Everywhere else, I saw even less lag in the OS6 demo than I currently have with my custom theme on OS5!

 
 
Posted by jxj41173 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

...i think his trackpad is set to a low sensitivity....like a 10 or something. I have mine set at 80. Makes a big difference. haha!

 
 
Posted by fayek Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

either this comes to my 8900 or im getting a torch ( when i save up for it)

 
 
Posted by Illuminated_A Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Start saving peasant boy, it will never come to the 8900 loooool

 
 
Posted by jinxednuance Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Oh and I totally agree.

RIM NEEDS TO HAVE A DEVICE LIKE THE 900 OR 9700 AND TOUCH. NO FLIP NO CRAP, JUST PLAIN REAL BLACKBERRY BEAST!

 
 
Posted by MR.GRANDBERRY Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

"No flip, no crap" lol hilarious. RIM is wise to try both so that users get an experience more personalized towards their likings. Some want that flip/slide excitement. I prefer the "boring" bar :)

 
 
Posted by darkslim369 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

this guy left out the most important thing!
WHY DIDNT U SHOW US THE MEMORY?? i would like to know how much memory is left over.

 
 
Posted by JasW Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

15 MB and dropping.

Just enough to load Google Maps, as long as you also delete BBM.

 
 
Posted by mandeepkavita Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

WOW..kinda renders the bb useful for anything else NO???

 
 
Posted by dLo GSR Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

source? or did you make that number up?

 
 
Posted by darkslim369 Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

i dont believe that 15MB number esp when u sound so sarcastic about it, i agree give us a source, i was thinking more along the lines of 50MB file free memory.

 
 
Posted by eahinrichsen Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

I assume that the 15MB number was pulled out of somewhere dark and smelly for effect, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were very low. RIM has been willing in the past to release devices with terribly insufficient memory, and I won't install OS6 if it will end up requiring that I use QuickPull twice a day like my 9000 did.

 
 
Posted by Mr.Torben Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

BGR commented: "Around 68MB on start up…"

 
 
Posted by mechanic_joe Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

That would be more than sufficient for all the apps I would ever want to run :D

 
 
Posted by Nelimungous Friday, Aug 20, 2010 541 days ago

Memory...screw this I am dropping my 9700 as soon as I can for an Android based device. I can't believe I typed that being a LOOOOONG time BB guy. I used the Samsung Captivate this week...wow all I can say.

 
 
Posted by MattDub22 Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 540 days ago

Then perhaps BlackBerry is no longer for you... People's needs change, and their device will change with it. We will welcome you back when you are ready. ;-)

 
 
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