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Exclusive: Praise the BlackBerry Lord - OS 6.1 allows me to manage homescreen panes!!

by Kevin Michaluk on 25 Jan 2011 10:36 AM
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BlackBerry 6.1 - Manage Panes

Thank you RIM! This BlackBerry 6.1 screen capture above shows off a new feature in the upcoming OS update that so many of us BlackBerry 6 users, including myself, have been longing for... the ability to manage homescreen panes.

In the default BlackBerry homescreen experience the All, Favorites, Media, Downloads, and Frequent panes are always present, which on a device like the BlackBerry Bold 9780 (that is fast and lacks a touchscreen) can make for a lot of accidental scrolling between panes. With BlackBerry 6.1, the new Manage Panes option will make that annoyance a thing of the past as you will be able to choose which panes to show on the homescreen. Great news. Now we just need to see this baby get released!

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry OS; Tags: BlackBerry 6.1
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Posted by phantommadman Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Oh thank you rim.

 
 
Posted by anastasiophan Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

It would be nice if you could press the menu key and they had an option for "Add New Pane". I'd love to be able to add a "Games" pane or "News" or something else along those lines.

 
 
Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I need this on dakota

 
 
Posted by jinxednuance Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

+++++++++++++1

 
 
Posted by Lucky45 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

No, you need a Dakota FIRST...

 
 
Posted by girlontherun Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 454 days ago

++++++++++++1 haha

 
 
Posted by barky254 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

this is awesome! ive been waitin for this feature

 
 
Posted by amazinglygraceless Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Is worth the price of admission. I want!!

 
 
Posted by NOKJAA Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Please #Leak.. :-) Tomorrow after 15:00 pm. Thanks.

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

This is one of the items that might get me to try OS6 again!

 
 
Posted by coffee-turtle Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Me too! Yey!

I also want more homescreen R/E!

 
 
Posted by Inka Cola Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

This is great. I only use the favorite and all panes and never bother with the rest.

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

6.1 better be on the 9650.

 
 
Posted by tparker60 Saturday, Feb 05, 2011 474 days ago

I hear ya Deathcommand! That is what made me hate OS6!!!

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I wonder what happens if you Uncheck all of them...

 
 
Posted by PiotrJot Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

@Deathcommand
LOL :)

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

DIVISION BY ZERO.

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

DIVISION BY ZERO.

 
 
Posted by con4n007 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

it's grey on the "all" checklist so guess you cant remove everything.

 
 
Posted by SurrealCivic Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

You can't uncheck them all. 'All' stays.

 
 
Posted by netposer Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 483 days ago

Looks like "All" is greyed out so no chance of "blanking" your device. ;-)

 
 
Posted by jwmax Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

On Torch the scrolling issue is not bad, but I'd like to be able to creat my own pane. E.g., News folder pane. Yes I can just create a folder but it would be better to just swipe to the right and have the links rather than scroll down and open the folder to get them.

Still nice feature, I'll probably just go for all and media.

Any hint on if we get 6.1 before all the new harware comes out? I'll probably upgrade to Torch 2 anyway but would be good if we get this now.

 
 
Posted by Sirhil Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

In a way you can do this. I save all of my browser links to a bookmarks folder and also mark them as favorite. So when I scroll to my favorite pan all that is there are browser links. just a suggestion.

 
 
Posted by jwmax Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 484 days ago

Thanks probably have too much stuff marked as favs.

 
 
Posted by Biggles1980 Friday, May 27, 2011 363 days ago

Absolutely! Isn't this a no-brainer? I write software for a living and something like this wouldn't have made it to release without a visibility toggle, change order and 'create new' function.

We NEED to be able to make our own panes!!!

Also, whay does the red button (end call) take you back to the 'All' pane?

How about the next release having the option to choose which pane is the default - then that's the one that gets selected when the red button is pressed?

 
 
Posted by bulls2213 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

thank god.

 
 
Posted by WizKid3 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Oh THANK YOU!!!

I just installed OS6 on my 9700 and I love it, but I absolutely hate accidentally scrolling to another pane.

 
 
Posted by sjorge3442 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

just press the end call button. I too hated it when i first upgraded my 9700 but like 2 weeks in i realized what the end call button did. Sends you back to the all screen.

on my torch however, I dont really have the scrolling problem, but I cant wait to be able to only select the all. I hate having all those other windows...Im sure that will cut back usage on the cpu as well.

 
 
Posted by chrisryan44 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

wow I didnt know about this! very useful thanks for the tip

 
 
Posted by i.minimalistic Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

OMGoooooshhhhh!!! Cant wait for the new OS to be released for my Torch!!! Its being sooooo long since the last time I saw an update :(...!!! Thank you CB dudes for the info!!! Saludos!

 
 
Posted by RunOfLuck Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Now, if i could get Sprint to come off one of their Styles for me i could enjoy OS6 too!

 
 
Posted by Taxi2base Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Very good news. I hope Column view is next. I miss Column view.

 
 
Posted by jamesharmeling Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

What bothers me the most about this? Why the heck wasn't this included in 6.0? Seems like a no brainer with the current being absolutely redundant: Who's designing this stuff?!? Is it possible that they hold off on things like this simply to have a "new and improved" version here and there? If they would do it and do it right the first time, my respect for BB's would grow in miles.

 
 
Posted by noTh1ng Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

this is godlike!

 
 
Posted by SuperGenius Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

One word... AWESOME!

 
 
Posted by Sotha Sil Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

That's some very good news !

 
 
Posted by Dwain77 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

That is great news. Can't wait to see this on my Torch.

 
 
Posted by rroyy Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I will be the happiest BB user if I can remove frequent and downloads tabs!!!

 
 
Posted by mcaples Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

SAAA-WEEETTT!!! In 7 days I'll be upgrading from my 8530 to a 9650. I see no reason for the 9650 to NOT get 6.1 (IMHO). This is GREAT.

 
 
Posted by chrizt4adam Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Could ya add Games into the list RIM...

 
 
Posted by Guatiao Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Prayer answered!!!!

 
 
Posted by visualpurple Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Don't own a 6.0 device, so not sure how this works - if you uncheck everything except 'All', do the other options still exist as folders that you can access? So the only difference is that they are no longer swipeable panes on the homescreen?

 
 
Posted by chrisryan44 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

"All" already contains everything that you see on other panes, think of the other panes as being shortcuts to apps of certain kinds (like "media"- has music and video, which are in a media folder in the "all" pane too). its kind of redundant which is why people want to be able to remove some panes.

 
 
Posted by greenfan Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

This is great! All I need now is a theme builder to make a today screen on my 9780...

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

It appears that the Battery symbol is on the wrong side.

 
 
Posted by joeldf Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

No. That's the correct side it shows up on when charging and in any of the "options" pages. There are only a few of the pages where it doesn't show up at all, but is on the right side in most of them.

 
 
Posted by torrejonboy Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Great news. I just use my all and have my own sub folders..just the way I roll. It was a bit annoying on the 9780....and I agree with the column view comment, I miss it dearly.

 
 
Posted by Sirhil Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

This is great news for sure. But I need something a little more like column view for my 9650 so I can see what the hell I am doing. I have all but stopped using the device for the browser because i can't see shit.

 
 
Posted by svanneck Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

This is very nice, but it doesn't show whether we'll be allowed to create new home screen panes. So far this screen shot only indicates that we can disable the ones we don't want (like Favorites, which always resets itself after a reboot, even with the latest OS update), and Downloads. What really needs to be included is the ability to rename and/or create new panes at will.

The other question is how long it will take for 6.1 upgrades to be rolled out to existing users, or whether it will be available as an upgrade at all. I hope my Torch won't be obsolete by the time 6.1 is available for it.

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Ditto. Column view is da bomb!

 
 
Posted by newcollector Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Nice feature. Looking forward to updates for the Torch. Kind of reminds me when WinMo 6 came out and then shortly thereafter came 6.1. I figure the same holds true here. The Torch is the present flagship and so I am sure we will be able to upgrade to 6.1 (IMHPO - in my humble prophetic opinion) .

 
 
Posted by Fr3lncr Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I'll add my "YES!!!!" to the list. Just hope we don't have to wait too long for 6.1.

 
 
Posted by Snypa Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

This looks good already.!

 
 
Posted by danisnotstan Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I only use the "all" pane and have ended up on other panes by accident so this will be a welcome change. What I'm really hoping for is if I erase every pane but "all", I hope that it doesn't show a pane at all and it acts like OS5 in that if I scroll to that area then it shows all apps as opposed to selecting the "bar" that says "all" then me still having to scroll again to actually get to the app icons. I also wish I didn't have to hit the BB key twice to pull up the app list, but I'm already used to it. If it wasn't for selecting an unused pane by accident, I honestly don't think I would even care about this as universal search has all but eliminated me looking for apps anyway! Others have mentioned wanting column view and I agree the text wrapping and zooming definitely needs improvement, but Opera Mini has saved me from having to deal with that... Except I wish I could set Opera as default so when using universal search it opens Opera instead of the stock browser.

 
 
Posted by coffee-turtle Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Good point about just having the ALL pane.

I also would like more homescreen R/E for my wallpaper. I like being able to see most of it as I did in OS 5.

 
 
Posted by joshua.worth Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

uhh... stop clicking all or double clicking the BlackBerry button just do a fast swipe down and it opens the all tray.. Like Kevin already talked about this buddy hope you read this and start saving yourself the extra keystrokes.

 
 
Posted by anthony062991 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

All they did was remake os 6 theme. This is dumb. When is RIM going to step up with something bigger than this?

 
 
Posted by deRusett Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

The OS is 6.1 with a .1 update you expect a full rewrite?

My biggest complaint with OS6 has just been addressed, I do hope OS6 devices get OS6.1 upgrade

 
 
Posted by joeldf Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Well... Duh.

It's only 6.1. Up from 6.0. We aren't talking about stepping up to 7 yet.

Besides, this is only one feature. We don't yet know what other changes are in store.

And I see deRusett beat me to the response.:)

 
 
Posted by ElDuderino2112 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Suddenly I believe there is a God somewhere.

 
 
Posted by berryloyal Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I wish there was a way to clear the missed calls all at once in the notifcations section of the home screen. The only way to do it is to click on every single missed call individually to clear it one by one. Kind of annoying.

 
 
Posted by lewisc1979 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 484 days ago

Hold down the "Shift" button and swipe the trackpad until the missed calls are all selected. You just have to select "Mark Opened" from the menu after that.

 
 
Posted by Lucky45 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

It's amazing they / someone / anyone didn't think of this when developing OS6...

 
 
Posted by meljac600 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

hey people....IS IT JUST ME OR DID ANYBODY ELSE REALIZE......................THAT THERE IS NO OFFICIAL 6.0 FOR VERIZON AND OTHER CARRIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...SO WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS....CMONNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im tired of these games

 
 
Posted by ruscolinni 3579 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

FINALLY..... SOMEONE GETS IT!!!!

 
 
Posted by Xader Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Wow.

That may just be the most annoying post I have ever seen.

And go bitch to Verizon if you want an official release. They decide what becomes official for their devices.

 
 
Posted by soogriffin Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Hooray. Although I've been able to master not accidentally scrolling to the other panes. But this will be great.

 
 
Posted by the brother Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I am looking forward to this, Please leak it today for the 9800 Torch. Official by Jan 31?

 
 
Posted by ruscolinni 3579 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

I don't understand.... they can't get OS6 right and officially released.... why is this showing up?

 
 
Posted by danageplan Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

meh, I hate stock themes being able to create and use custom themes has always been one of my clinchers for buying blackberry, RIM's theme's are just boring and plain, I like plain but not boring lol, plus i prefer to have all my app folders on the homescreen. The stock theme on the torch caused me to constantly disconnect from the network as the connections manager was too easy to open, the theme i have now has the connections on the homescreen but it is smaller out of the way and you have to do a stormish double tap to open the connections.

 
 
Posted by photecs Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Ha ha! #2 annoyance on the list is dealt with - thank you RIM! Now, let theme building beging so I can get a TODAY THEME for the 9780!!!!

 
 
Posted by ddj247 Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

What's funny is you have all this BlackBerry hating but yet many of you keep buying and still use your BlackBerry you hate so much LOL!!! If I don't like something I have options. Easy, I would just go to another phone. Like WOMEN... You all love just love the drama LOL. Nobody is making you stay ;)

Remember.. BlackBerry crossed over on it's own to a lot of people (like me) who thought it was cool to have a BB. At least RIM is making changes now for the regular phone consumer. I learned that my BOLD 9650 with the GREAT OS6 does everything I need it to do PLUS SOME.

2 years with BB and counting!! \m/

 
 
Posted by Mojave Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

WAHOO!!!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by CocoaBlossom Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Really a good news. Hope that won't have to wait to long for the release of 6.1.

 
 
Posted by ExpressJTS Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

...and the ability to add, delete and edit the panes? 1/2 way there! Don't go down the same road as the other platforms and clutter everything up and spread everything out. Simple and Organized please.

 
 
Posted by scuebydue Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 485 days ago

Exclusive? N4BB have had this up all day. With even more in depth details.

 
 
Posted by stuffing Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 484 days ago

ohh my god i love this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by dhaninugraha Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 484 days ago

Finally, the ability to get rid of the Downloads and Frequent panes. 5 panes are just overkill for me.

 
 
Posted by adamhusband Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 484 days ago

Yea RIM!!!! Thanks for listening or testing which ever made you decide. Great choice. Since most of us already make folders to organize these I really hate this in the OS6. Now I can't wait for this to leak. Bravo RIM!!!

 
 
Posted by CaptKK Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 484 days ago

I have hated these panes ever since I got my torch. THANK YOU!!!!!

 
 
Posted by anar_baku Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 484 days ago

Long overdue - bring it on! Any ETA on this? This is one thing I really hated after upgrading to OS6 on my 9700.

I'll mention another annoying thing while the momentum is here: the inability to click on the profile picture of a BBM contact to see an enlarged full-screen version. Many people tend to put profile pictures to share it with friends - not much use if you can't see the detail...

 
 
Posted by rbmill13 Friday, Jan 28, 2011 482 days ago

HOW DO YOU DO THIS??? i really would like to know how to get to this option.

 
 
Posted by gonzomex Saturday, Jan 29, 2011 481 days ago

This sounds awesome! On the down side I just got BB6.0 on my bold 9650 so Idon't know how long i'll get this. Hopefully sooner then later.

 
 
Posted by ninety_two Saturday, Jan 29, 2011 480 days ago

I'm not sure if the BB6.0 on the Curve 9330 is giving this option yet or not, but I'd really like to find out how to get to it soon! These scrolling menus are a pain!

 
 
Posted by ismellrealbad Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 480 days ago

OMFG YESS!!! A DREAM COME TRUE. I seriously cant wait for this to come out

 
 
Posted by cayman2010 Monday, Jan 31, 2011 478 days ago

When can we expect this?