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BlackBerry 9800 Slider Caught On Camera Yet Again Showing Off AT&T Splash Screen and BlackBerry 6

by Adam Zeis

on 24 May 2010 02:46 PM

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[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]

More goodness today on the BlackBerry 9800 Slider. This time in a near four minute video showing off the device with an AT&T splash screen. While some navigating looks a bit rough, we do get a much better look at BlackBerry 6 than we have recently, so you don't want to miss it. For those who don't know what BlackBerry 6 is all about, it will feature some key enhancements:

Crisp, more immersive visuals, including new graphics, animations and transitions
New WebKit browser; it's high-fidelity and very efficient, for fast, rich browsing with support for multiple sessions (i.e. tabbed browsing)
Multi-touch support (e.g. pinch to zoom) while browsing, viewing photos, etc.
Graphical, context-sensitive menu pop-ups
Redesigned core apps, plus a new media player UI
New Home Screen experience; multiple views based on content type (All, Favorites, Downloads, Media, etc.), universal search
New app for integrating RSS and social networking feeds

We also get a decent look at the native Youtube integration with the OS itself in this video. You don't have to take my word for it - check out the video above and see how it compares to the BlackBerry 6 preview video shown off at WES. Be sure to drop a comment with your thoughts.

Source: The Berry Fix

Filed Under: News & Rumors, Devices; Tags: BlackBerry 6, BlackBerry 9800, device video, video

202 Comments

Posted by mafia16 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Posted by deRusett Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

What is the point to 1?

Posted by 312 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

He's letting everyone know he's the #1 DOUCHEBAG.

Looks like it needs more memory. Those pinch transitions aren't that great. Keyboard sounds like he spilled something in it, too.

Posted by MarcSMASH Tuesday, May 25, 2010 638 days ago

It looks like the multi-touch is a bit rough. It did at times look like my Storm does after all the memory has leaked out. (Storm? Memory leak? =) Nah!)

Posted by ddddd388 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Seems to be a capacitive touchscreen right? Looking real goood!

Posted by Ebscer Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

practically every touch screen in the last three years has been capacitive, so it would be a good bet that this one is as well...

Posted by deRusett Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

The more I see the more I want!

Posted by phabriss Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

The more I see the more I want!

Posted by deRusett Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

When the first Peeks came out, I was not so thrilled with this idea, I am not a Slider fan normally, but this device is getting me more and more excited, and my problems with the GSM carriers in Ontario is going to be ended in Q3/4 of 2010 with contracts with small service providers! so I am really excited to move carriers and get this device!

Posted by tnewton3 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I was excited for this device to drop when I saw the first pictures. Now that more photos and videos have dropped of it the excitement is only growning.

I'll say it once again...man am I glad to have at&t.

Posted by glinc Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

That's what she said!!

Posted by SCrid2000 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Lol, sounds like you should join our that's what she said BBM group.

Posted by JR-Majik Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I want an invite! pin:21863FF4

Posted by Xopher Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Looks like it takes some getting used to, but it does look nice.

Posted by charlie100 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

i want one

Posted by dasDestruktion Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Looking better and better. The webkit browser was flying! Someone hurry and snag the video from YouTube so it can be uploaded elsewhere when its pull off the site.

Posted by Bodero Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

You must have seen a different video. The dude pinched the screen to zoom in or out and it took nearly a second to react.

Posted by allengeorge Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

It's true, the browser seemed like the weakest link there. Didn't look very responsive and pinch-to-zoom wasn't fluid at all, especially on the Youtube page.

Posted by wade_county Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Also, that Youtube video looked super choppy and he was on wifi. No High Quality option? 1 more thing, when you see that checkered board while browsing, that means the web pages aren't rendering well.

Posted by StormJH1 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree there. Are we really looking forward to OS 6.0 so we can load Google and the YouTube mobile site? At least when they demoed this the first time they showed nytimes.com, which is a pretty graphic heavy non-mobile site.

Honestly, if it's a matter of only using mobile websites, I think the current browser is actually just fine. The whole point of this was supposed to be "Hey, my buddies can load pretty much any website that doesn't involve Flash on their iPhones, how come I can't?"

Posted by appsstore Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

If you want to see a "flying" browser pick up a droid incredible. I am definitely not going to miss no flash and the slow loading times.

Posted by Xader Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Yeah, we get it...Android good, BB bad.

Go troll somewhere else..

Posted by Ebscer Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

The HTC incredible is still about 6 months away from getting flash...

(not that it is really needed for anything besides hulu)

Posted by AJFSTORM Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I still can't believe how fast EVERYTHING is on the Incredible. I like how all the BB Fanboys try to dismiss the obvious problems seen in the video as the fault of the poor guy using the phone rather than RIM's undercooked product. I'm sure that that comes up at all the RIM meetings about why their products aren't keeping up with the competition: "It's not our products that suck Mr. Lazaridis, it's our customers that suck".

Posted by mechanic_joe Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Huh? and I quote, "I'm sure that that comes up at all the RIM meetings about why their products aren't keeping up with the competition:"

Have you even read a newspaper lately? Do you know how many BBs were sold last quarter? If you want to flame a blackberry forum at least get your ducks in a row.

Posted by stoneworrior Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Number of handsets isn't the issue moron. Its the lack of advancement and Mikey basically telling us former Blackberry enthusiast to F off. Wow they added a hole 512 to the "New" Bold (Tour 2 really) 9650. Optical track pad and WIFI he pulled that same old stunt to keep from retooling an entire factory line. He blatantly said in a nutshell that he is going to do what they always have and target feature phone users. So those of use who can think faster than our Brickberries can kiss off, he doesn't have the slightest desire to satisfy our need and want for a Blackberry that can can compete in the current smart phone market. And you are so stupid that you don't realize that if they don't get those feature phone people RIM will die. Stupid fan-boy your good at reading stats and that's about it.

Posted by girlontherun Tuesday, May 25, 2010 639 days ago

blah blah blah. the android interface is ugly. the end.

Posted by katiepea Tuesday, May 25, 2010 638 days ago

thats a pretty dumb statement consider android is opensource and there for completely customizable. blackberry was just rated the ugliest OS by mobilesource so "the end" doesn't exactly win your argument.

Posted by katiepea Tuesday, May 25, 2010 638 days ago

the browser is behaving slower than the browser 5 years ago on an 8800... what video did you watch? this browser appears to be unusable. i have a hard time believing that when this device comes out, it's going to be remotely close to other phones that are out now, or even phones that have been out, last year RIM claimed they'd have the fastest mobile browser in 2010, froyo just proved it actually does (androids new browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TZe8dElMGU) i wonder why these videos NEVER include blackberry in their benchmark tests, these phones are doing full flash embedded in the page, even playings games, and blackberry's browser crashes during pinch to zoom? cmon, don't sit here and say that browser was flying, and it isn't even actually a webkit browser, that article was written a long time ago saying the webkit was rendering at rims servers, and that the browser was just getting an extension upgrade.

Posted by Stromson Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

The application page swiping looks pretty clunky. I like what we're seeing, but it looks pretty beta-ish.

Posted by deRusett Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I agree but I think user abilities make it seem more clunky

I know I was WAY more clunky with my iPod Touch for the first 10 hours of use vs now, I can see that being the same for this guy,

I do really like the favourites list, if it lists them dynamically based on use it will be awesome

Posted by mi_canuck Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

it's the user... he sucks... i can't believe he actually was able to turn it on even...

Posted by ibcnul8ter Tuesday, May 25, 2010 638 days ago

he/she was obviously trying to make an iphone commerical using a BB. the problem is, you can't even do it like they show on the iphones. i think it looks fine, and will just take some getting used to.

I'll be giving it a chance since i have been waiting so long for ATT to get a touch blackberry. I got 30 days to try it out, why not?

Posted by DuaneG Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I can't wait for those to be released, I hope they make it to Verizon!

Posted by ibcnul8ter Tuesday, May 25, 2010 638 days ago

SCREW VERIZON, you got the storm!!!! I hope this stays with ATT only, :p

Posted by moroni Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

love it

Posted by Pearl9100 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

It's alright...not too impressed

Posted by Nyce-Daytona Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I love AT&T...They get the best of the best when it comes to Blackberry's.

Side note, I'm selling a Brand new AT&T Blackbery Curve 8900 (Unlocked) for $200. If interested hit me on BBM PIN# 2166EF8E

Posted by dasDestruktion Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Wait, what happened at the very end of the video? The screen goes all black and the LED goes solid red like the device was reset or something?

Posted by mi_canuck Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

it CRASHED trying to go to crackberry.com... LOL kinda funny...

not cool that it crashed, just the timing of it... crackberry.com brought the 9800 to it's knees!!! LOL ;)

Posted by katiepea Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

it's pretty funny, what else is funny is that crackberry.com loads in androids browser on old hardware in about 4 seconds.

Posted by dLo GSR Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

transitions look pretty bad (changing app screens, pinch zooming) almost as if the phone can't handle the fast transitions.

Posted by Pearl9100 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

it looks hard to navigate and use. no thank you

Posted by allengeorge Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Yeah - I'm with you on that. The transitions need polishing. They have to be smoother and more visual. I don't think it's the speed that's the issue (they look fast) - it's just that it may be _too_ fast. Whatever it is, the transitions don't look as good as they could.

And is it just me, or was he having a lot of trouble getting the phone to recognize his taps? It also looked like the UI was getting confused between swipes vs. taps. IIRC, in two cases he opened an app as opposed to swiping to another menu. It also seemed really hard to select the text box on the browser and in youtube. It's little niggles like that which make or break the user experience IMO.

Oh, and the menu looked like the same-old blackberry menu. Unfortunate - I was really hoping they'd put in the nicer one they demoed at WES. Either that, or improved its look...

Posted by deRusett Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

The "Menu" you are talking about is that not changeable with themes?
I like the look of the "Old" OS for familiarity, it will make it easier to transition the less tech savvy to the New BB from an Older one, though I know I will personally change the theme right away as I like more info out of my themes, and more shortcuts on the home screen.

I do hope this ships with 3 different themes to play with out of the box.

Posted by katiepea Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

indeed, in fact, OS 6 seems to be giant step back for RIM. it's uglier than 5 and has no new features other than a new browser, than 4.6 offers, exactly wtf is going on in the R&D departments at RIM? android is now streaming music from your home library, built in tethering (usb or wifi) changeable software keyboards, wireless N, 1ghz cpu's, 512MB ram, save applications to SD cards, 8MP cameras...and this is RIM's "next device" ?? seriously man...and it's ugly at that.

Posted by t-woody Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Seems like its geared strictly for the touchscreen device. How would you use this for the 9650 for instance?

Posted by deRusett Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I would have liked to see some touch pad navigation as well, I can see how one would do it using the BB key much like using a multi workbook excel file in Documents2Go

Posted by sgt50 Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

I want one and will have it if and when att releases it, period end of story!!!!

Posted by Roscopcoletrain Monday, May 24, 2010 639 days ago

Very nice! you can tell its early software. But even still its pretty snappy for the most part.

Yup...reallly like this!