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New Official BlackBerry 6 Teaser Video!

by Kevin Michaluk

on 12 Jul 2010 10:59 AM

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With all of the pre-release hardware leaks of late that have showed off glimpses of BlackBerry 6, it's nice to see RIM up their game with a new BB6 promo video. Over at the official BlackBerry blog, Andrew Bocking, VP of Handheld Software Product Management, expressed his excitement for the updated operating system. RIM let us know that:

In addition to the new fluid user interface, the new video illustrates a few of the new applications and features in BlackBerry 6 that will provide users with a mobile experience that is both fun and approachable, yet extremely powerful including:

redesigned home screen
universal search
context-sensitive pop-up menus
revamped BlackBerry Browser powered by WebKit
new applications like Social Feeds (which integrates all your news and social networks into one destination) and more

Check out the the video above to get a better idea of the new look and new features coming in BlackBerry 6. All I want to know now, as we all have for months, is which in-market devices will get the BB6 update? Is 6 only going to be made available to devices with 512MB of memory (or more)? Or will we see existing devices like the Bold 9700, Tour or Storm2 also get a BB6 update in time. I **think** I know the answer to this question, but it sure would be nice if RIM just told us. If we're going to need to be buying new phones for BlackBerry 6, I'd rather know sooner rather than later so I can start saving my pennies. Be sure to sound off in the comments with your reactions to the video!

Source: Inside BlackBerry

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

191 Comments

Posted by jacmeister68 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Hey Kevin

If its an official promo vid, how much longer do we have to wait for a release.

Getting stoked for its arrival in the UK but will it run on 9700 ?

Posted by 1magine Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

OS6 runs amazingly smooth and fast on the BB DE (Dosen't Exist) simulation. It's actually as smooth and fast as BB5 running on the DE.

Posted by esm1778 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Great post and so true. My Blackberry Storm 9530 4.7 looked so fast and great on the DE and we all know how that turned out. Truth be told RIM loves to show potential and get everyone all excited but the finished product is going to be laggy and underachieving just like the rest of their offerings.

Posted by bb8900edit Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

same thing i saying, how come they not showing it off on a phone for a official release....they keeping showing us these fake vids...thank God for leaks

Posted by grimmstaBB Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I can see where the Viigo purchase went - into the OS, now that's nice. All these Social features built into the OS is going to be sweet.

FINALLY! A soft keyboard that isn't hideous!

Posted by BBMan21 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Fun with a business edge. The two go like ham and cheese! Anyone know if this thing has a physical keyboard? I sure the heck hope so!

Posted by jwmax Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Yes........just give us the product already............

Assuming they are waiting for back to school.... August???????

Posted by Shadowlore Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

While it looks great.. I gotta say, I'm not a fan of companies doing tease type of videos to drum up excitement. If they're going to release it... great.. but teasing people isn't my idea of that cool.

Also, they could at least release a rundown on what friggen devices it's going to run on.

Posted by mgianni19 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

it will be on all new devices..no?

Posted by BerryGuy25 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Not everyone is looking to buy a new device just for OS 6, especially if they bought their device less than 5 months ago.

Posted by Shadowlore Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

^^ Exactly. Got our Storm2s back in November, and based on the screenshots & videos they keep showing, I'd ASSUME they'd not skip the Storm2, but one never knows.

Posted by germann1 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Hey, I bought mine 17 months ago...storm 9530. I still like my phone.

Posted by grimmstaBB Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

They may not want to do that for two reasons - it hasn't been finalized or stress tested on all the devices to see how it performs. But more likely, just like with 5.0, the carriers may have something to say about it so RIM might not want to say all new devices will get the update when the carriers will deny the update - that will just piss off even more people.

Posted by 3Dee Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Dear Sirs, please, please, please release 6 to all via your website. It may surprise you to hear that some of your carriers in the UK (see - Orange UK) seem to think that OS 5 is still too futuristic to risk releasing it to users (yes, a year later and non-9700 users are still on 4.6). I understand that you want to consider carriers, but please also bear in mind how bloody useless some of them are (see - Orange UK) at sharing updates. Hopefully (but not optomistically) yours.

Posted by aubinhick990 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

As you guys recently discussed on your podcasts, RIM seems to be marketing this more. Granted, only to the web users, but this could potentially reach farther. I'm also really glad RIM is leaving these teasers. They show that they are trying hard, and that they are trying to keep up. Sal recently said he guarantees the new browser will be the best, and I don't doubt that with RIM's patents.
Also, on the blog, it says
"...I’ve never been as excited about a BlackBerry® software launch as I am for BlackBerry 6, which is on track for release this summer."
This summer. Hmm..

Posted by asggold Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

and I am looking for a release that actually works well. Just hoping it will be Summer 2010 versus 2011 (or longer). Too many times we have seen mention of these releases, only to not be released for MONTHS after expected and not even work on the newer phones. Hopefully this will be out soon and I can stop hearing all the Verizon Reps telling people to move to the Droid when they are looking to upgrade.

Posted by sk8er_tor Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

September

Posted by VZWRocka Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

"This Summer" is RIM speak for "By The Holidays" which means the end of October at the earliest, more likely sometime in November. Then we wait for Verizon et al to certify builds as we all load the leaked versions on our phones.

Posted by Kaminsky Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Very nice vid, but what about the non-storm users? Unless there are more touch screen devices coming about across the board it appears that 6 geared toward storm users...

Posted by Agent00J Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I doubt that was even shown on a Storm. Most likely they've only been showing this OS on the Torch/Slider phone.

I have to admit, the OS looks good so far. I was going to jump ship at the end of the year, but this new OS has me considering sticking around. Now that being the case, I don't know if I should wait for the possibility of a Storm 3 or just get a Storm 2... if OS6 will run on it that is. Time will tell.

Depending on the release date, I might just stay on track to jump ship and join the Android family.

Posted by VZWRocka Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Have there even been any specific rumors about the Storm 3 beyond the fact that Storms 3 and 4 are planned and have further refinements of the SurePress tech?

Last year we were hearing info about S2 way back in spring and had fairly detailed info on it by now. I have no doubt that the continuation of the Storm line is still in the pipe but I will be really surprised if we see it this year.

Posted by mvdanhof Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 579 days ago

Rumor going around is that they are waiting to announce it until after Big Red officially announces their LTE network upgrade, and hopefully S3 will work on that and not 3G alone. These and other similar rumors say they will have S3 ready on or around Black Friday.

Posted by jsn204 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

im liking it, the new UI looks very nice and functional.
also looks fast and snappy
but, I hope there is an increased measure of OS stability, while maintaining proper battery life and no memory leaks.
far too many times, and i think alot of people can agree with me that us blackberry users have to resort to the good ole battery pull.
lets move forward from that, RIM :)
oh and also, can we see some higher resolution displays and beefed up hardware

Posted by VZWRocka Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Memory leaks are a fact of life for BlackBerry users and probably always will be, a side effect of the JDK they are built upon. All they can do is minimize them.

As for battery pulls, who do people even bother with that anymore. Alt + RightShift + Del works just as well for keyboard devices and QP works great for touch devices.

Posted by nighthawks Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

can't wait to try it.. this will blow away competitions

come on RIM... tell us when and which device will have 6.0

Posted by 4JackNapier Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 579 days ago

blow away competitions? HAHHAHAHA yea right.

Posted by WhoolioPreludee Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Oh wow how many previews does it take?! Release it already! Oh wow its an official video..... Wow wee.... I know kind of Dan downer but damn it RIM. Enough procrastinating, teasing and release it already! Don't give us that coming soon cr@p. Announce a date! Sheesh!.....

Posted by jwmax Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Amen to that. Big BB supporter here (switched from an iPhone I had that was crap) but really, I am getting sick of this teaser stuff with NO RELEASE DATE IN SIGHT!!!!!! It would be nice to see this video if we knew the release date of a product that had it, like Aug 15, Sept 15 or even November 15, but this is really getting annoying!

Posted by VZWRocka Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

You seem to forget that OS releases are dependent on the carries NOT RIM. RIM makes release candidate os builds available to carriers but the carriers take their time testing (and rejecting them) until they find one that they think is good enough.

That's a limitation of the system and given the commercial nature of blackberries it's not gonna change any time soon if at all.

Even with Android devices we have to wait for carriers (along with individual phone manufacturers) to certify upgrades.

If you want a release date so bad co back to crApple or Palm... oh wait you cant because Palm is effectively dead.

We will get it when it is ready and not before.

Posted by dkaz46 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I hope that RIM will not shun the Bold 9700 users from this update. Also Blackberry 6 looks like it is heavily focused on touch screens, so will the trackpad be able to keep up with the OS?

RIM, you are losing customers to android and iphone left and right. Stop teasing us and just release Blackberry 6! This could be the OS to safe Blackberry from the tyranny of apples and robots!

Posted by VZWRocka Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

It's not a matter of shunning them, it's weather the new OS will run (well) on the 256 RAM/ROM the 9700 has. I personally think the odds are 50/50.

Posted by chicho1234 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

wait and wait and wait and wait for RIM!!!!! or just buy and Apple that did that 3 years ago

Posted by sweetlittlehugs Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Lol apple, can't even set your own text alerts...

Posted by sweetlittlehugs Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Lol apple, can't even set your own text alerts...

Posted by maddie1128 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

RIM- I love the teasers showing us what you all have up your sleeves. I want to know what is going on-but want you to release it when you feel it is ready. That being said- I AM READY- and so is my Storm 2.

Posted by greatness10 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

OS 6 will not be released on the storm 2...it doesn't have enough internal memory

Posted by Valace2 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

you don't know that. It will run it, VZW already has a version in testing. Granted its crap from what I hear but the 9550 will run 6.

Posted by ChuckH0308 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

It has enough memory, it just won't have nearly as much available for apps. Based on what we have seen, it appears that OS 6 will take around 200 MB.

Posted by drumzalicious Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

then that would suck. Would leave basically no memory for apps. Storm 1 all over again

Posted by dcraig7 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

OMG this video looks amazing. I feel like the Crackberry Podcast was just talking about having a commercial just like this and here we have a sweet video showing what you can do with the BlackBerry. Totally looking forward to using this.

Posted by Revyrah Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

OS6... man...I love it, of course. I just hate the teasin. It's killin me here. I don't want any Blackberry out of the Storm fam. I've been rocking the Storm2 since December and I'd love to get OS 6 on it if possible. Problem is there are conflicting reports that it won't be possible. So what's a Storm Trooper to do if this fantastic looking OS is a no go?

Posted by BChydro86 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

this is great, but id like to see what this is gonna look like for phones with actual keyboards? like the bold or curve.

Posted by bean34 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I'd like to also see a video or description of what OS 6 will be like on non-touch screens like the Bold 9650.

Posted by blackberrytony1 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I was thinking the same thing! Will it be out for the bold 9650 and is it going to be as good for non touch devices.

Posted by VZWRocka Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

When the 9650 was released RIM said it was BlackBerry6 capable so yes we will get it, it's just a matter of when.

Posted by mystics7 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I've already switch to an Android device and have not looked back since. Seeing these teasers of OS6 makes me think I still made the right choise. I still vist CB for the info and i still have a BB for work.

Posted by webmastir Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

i soon will be in your exact situation. i cannot wait to go android!

also, they need to show this running on a device. not a teaser full of edits faking "how fast" they're trying to make it appear.

Posted by robhimself Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

Same here, I got an incredible and I do miss small things like sound profiles but its sad when the only thing my storm did better was make a cool clock when it was in the cradle. OS6 was getting teased when I still had my storm and I wasnt impressed enough to wait for it.

Posted by bb8900edit Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

this is crap. if you going to tease us at least show it running on a device, i am NOT amused!!!!!!!!!

Posted by boman06210 Monday, Jul 12, 2010 579 days ago

I can't wait for this to come out. I wonder which "device" that's supposed to be on, I like the look of everything.