Fresh BlackBerry Bold Devices, BlackBerry OS 7, and More From BlackBerry World
The BlackBerry World conference is kicking off this week in Orlando, but the news is already flowing out of the expo. Fresh devices, operating systems, and apps, oh my! Check out all the latest BlackBerry news below!
- Fresh devices — RIM unveiled BlackBerry Bold nine thousand nine hundred and nine thousand three hundred models, which both feature keyboards and touchscreens and are the skinniest BlackBerry devices yet at Ten.5mm thick.
See the rest of the OS and PlayBook announcements after the break.
- BlackBerry OS 7 — Both of the fresh BlackBerry Bold devices will come stocked with the fresh BlackBerry operating system. Fresh features include NFC chips (for mobile payments), built-in augmented reality support, and up to 720p HD movie recording, but there is a downside. The fresh OS won’t work on current BlackBerry devices, which means if you already have a BlackBerry running OS 6, you’ll be stuck with that forever (unless you upgrade your handset, that is).
- BlackBerry Balance — Another fresh feature in BlackBerry OS seven is something called BlackBerry Balance Technology, which separates and secures your work content from private content in your device so you no longer have to carry numerous devices for the two major aspects of your life — individual and professional.
- PlayBook movie talk — Contact faraway friends and family face to face with a fresh app that enables you to make WiFi movie calls on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
- Facebook for PlayBook — Score one for RIM — the PlayBook gets an integrated and optimized Facebook app, something that iPad users don’t even have!