We've seen various parts of the BlackBerry 10 OS for a while now, but we haven't really had a great look at some of the core apps. Two of those apps, the clock and compass, were recently caught on a quick video. It's less than a minute but it packs in a good amount of info. I love how setting the alarm works in the new clock app just by dragging around the dial (we've seen this a bit before). The compass app really looks amazing too - tilt the device and the on-screen compass tilts along with you. It's the little things like this in the core apps that will make a BIG impact in BlackBerry 10. Bring it on!
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