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Posted by rts3k Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

The tabs don't look too bad. I'll be excited for the new OS

 
 
Posted by njbourne23 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

5.0 is looking good. i cant wait for it to come out and def see the new BBM too

 
 
Posted by nyr2k2 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Now THAT is an improvement that excites me.

 
 
Posted by 07thking Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I am eagerly anticipating 5.0

 
 
Posted by serpico Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

OMG all these leaks, just bring it already. The screenshots fonts and all look so smooth.

 
 
Posted by 1jaxstate1 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

We'll all be using Skyfire by then.

 
 
Posted by crysis63 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

greeat stuff ^_^

 
 
Posted by huawuban Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Still not user-friendly enough. But they will improve it, right?

 
 
Posted by flamingkitties Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Just get 'em to hurry up, every day I'm sitting here waiting for an alert to pop up saying OFFICIAL BOLD OS 5.0 released. WAHHHHHHH.

I have to get me a life.

 
 
Posted by Ash_786 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Its good stuff, but RIM should of got off their lazy a$$ and done this ages ago.

Does better late than never really apply ??

 
 
Posted by jtstorm Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I like it

 
 
Posted by imiller Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Sounds good but when!! come on already

 
 
Posted by daumpda Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Not only if they can make it stop exploding on java script, I'll be happy.

 
 
Posted by CrackberryBold Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

RIM should make the tabbed browsing look like how the iPhone is or like how it looks whenever you picture scroll with the Tour. Now that would be nice!

 
 
Posted by steve.cureton Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

When does the new os release

 
 
Posted by quidlor Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

THEN i'll be excited.

 
 
Posted by ClassaN0va Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I'm not excited at all. That looks crappy.

 
 
Posted by Stang68 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

That looks God-awful. Please make sure there is a fast way to switch between tabs!

 
 
Posted by paulmike3 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

So BGR and Crackberry have a 5.0 leak?? Thanks for sharing the love, guys... Sheesh... :\

 
 
Posted by SOUJAH345 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

You people are the biggest effing complainers, the fact that tabs is even a possiblity should be enough but NO

"I'm not excited at all. That looks crappy".

Very nice, go get a job at RIM and make it better.

"That looks God-awful. Please make sure there is a fast way to switch between tabs!"

REALLY??? What are you comparing it to? And excuse us but who are you to make demands???? How fast can you switch through tabs on your BB now???

 
 
Posted by crysis63 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

i agree with souja, stop COMPLAININ!!!

 
 
Posted by SOUJAH345 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Thank you I'm glad I'm not alone here.

 
 
Posted by Shexo Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by mariska Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

So people can't complain? Well I think it does look like crap. People have different opinions, get over it. Who are we to make demands? Umm, consumers and we have the right to complain. Don't tell me you've never done that :)

 
 
Posted by Shexo Friday, Jul 17, 2009 940 days ago

Point taken but this is not a RIM forum hehe if people want to put out their opinions then they should do it on the official BlackBerry forum?

 
 
Posted by Techark Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I hope they at least have something similar to the way the Iphone does it where you can touch and scroll the different tabs on the storm.
At least it is tabbed browsing, one of my main complaints about the BB experience right now is lack of. Now if they would increase app memory RIM might get dragged into the 21st century.

 
 
Posted by scorpiodsu Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

The browser is better. I don't even open 1 web page now because the browser is crap so I defintely don't care about being able to open more. As long as the browser stinks, tab browsing is irrelevant. You'll just have more pages of crappy browsing for memory leaks and OS freezes/lag. Good idea, but not for Blackberry Browser.

 
 
Posted by Gimik Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Kind of a clunky way of doing it though. How about holding down alt and scrolling to let us scroll through tabs? or the 0 key or something to pop up a tab window with previews? Or both :D Just some suggestions.

 
 
Posted by bugeyeblue Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I don't have an iPhone and don't expect my Storm to be one. This "tabs" implementation on 5.0 looks good enough for me. BlackBerry has never had the most visually stunning UI, so I think this is basically on par for what we should expect to see from RIM. Function over form, as usual. I'll be satisfied when (or if...) it ever shows up.

 
 
Posted by jannyg Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

You guys think of everything. Keep up the good work and would love a blackberry tour. I have a curve but the tour would be the bomb

 
 
Posted by thablackguy Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

thats an awesome feature to have. even though it won't be a quick switch to another tab...

 
 
Posted by Turk54 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I agree with most of the other commenters that this feature is a welcome addition. That being said, some significant improvements (leaps forward, not baby steps) have to occur with the BB browser for it to be more useable. The good news is that RIM seems to be committed to improving its product, evidenced by several OS releases all of which have improved the speed of the browser. However, we are all just getting impatient with not having certain features available to us such as Flash, etc.

 
 
Posted by BerryMedic20 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Why doesn't RIM just start endorsing Opera's browser as the default browser for the devices? I only ever use the standard blackberry browser for extremely simple mobile web tasks, and then only because it defaults to it for those things. Otherwise, waste of memory.

 
 
Posted by Jonezed7 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

That is freaking awesome! I can't wait for this.

 
 
Posted by CurlyFatAngry Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

With no easy way to switch tabs, this is totally useless.

 
 
Posted by y0us3f Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Cool .. interesting news

but i think the phone will lag ! and maybe freeze !

 
 
Posted by Shexo Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Does anyone know when RIM is likely to release the OS?

 
 
Posted by brianjking Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Will the Tour 9630 for Verizon get this? Any idea when? Are there leaked copies?

Cheers!

@brianjking me on twitter

 
 
Posted by Green_Laser Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

i thought of doing this a while back but ended up i didnt find myself needing it so much BUT

can you open opera, bolt and have bb browser and simply switch apps (websites) via bb button between the different websites loaded?

again, never tried it, at different times i downloaded opera and bolt and removed them as i was ok with bb browser.

 
 
Posted by Green_Laser Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

is it a temporary alternative which could work?

 
 
Posted by forkup Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

They should make it so the tabs are at the top like other browsers so you can just click the tab you wish to see.

forkup

 
 
Posted by blackmangabbin Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I think that it will work out just fine. We need them for better surfing, becuase it can be a pain trying to get from one site to another and not lose your place. Tabs away.

 
 
Posted by Username00089 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Okay, now I can't wait!

 
 
Posted by bassichonda96 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

go buy one and stop complaining about Blackberry. When I don't like a product, I don't buy it. I buy the one I want.

I'm not into little kid toys like the iPhone. I like the straight forwards, organized, tool of a Blackberry.

RIM isn't retarded. They are the masters of shortcuts. There are probably shortcuts on your phone that you don't even know about, which is your fault, no one blames you for not being efficient though... They will simplify the tabbed browsing. when 5.0 is released officially, it will be nice, don't worry. Just be patient.

And for those of you that like to complain, go learn Java, please! I would love to see your app or OS...

 
 
Posted by KalVarnsen Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Should make my Tour even better. Is this getting released to every model? Say, my wife's 8330??

 
 
Posted by PlayaX01 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Blackberry browser right now sux!...this 5.0 OS better be a major upgrade....i doubt we'll even see a descent BB browser till prolly 7.0 or something.....BB is sooo slow with upgrades and updates

 
 
Posted by klsmalls1 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

Do you plan on changing phones?

 
 
Posted by tucsonfg Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

I know this is "desktop" software but what does it do anything for your phone? I installed it on my laptop already, plugged in my phone & didn't notice anything different.

 
 
Posted by klsmalls1 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

This is the BlackBerry OS 5.0 software for your pnone, not Desktop Manager (DM) 5.0

 
 
Posted by Hanne6586 Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 941 days ago

does anyone know when RIM plans on releasing 5.0 ?