Click for YouTube linkThis morning, Andrew Bocking wrote a write-up on the official
BlackBerry Blog. In the post, he outlines his excitement with the upcoming release of BlackBerry 6, noting
"...which is on track for release this summer."Some key things he highlights are
- new fluid user interface
- fun and approachable, yet extremely powerful
- context-sensitive pop-up menus
- Add a contact to the home screen
All in all, nothing we haven't seen from any leaked videos, but still a good sign that RIM is working hard at it and is proud of their progress. One thing to note is this is the first time we've seen the WebKit browser in an official video doing more than rendering 1 page. At MWC we saw amazon.com and one picture. At WES 2010 we saw a little bit in the promo video, but again, nothing that showed off tabs or even scrolling.
One thing that intrigues me about his post is how open to suggestions it is. At the bottom, he encourages users to tell him what they like, be it the WebKit browser, social feeds (which, I might add, looks AWESOME). I know there's been a lot of faith lost in RIM lately, and some have been discussing either RIM has some but things in store or absolutely nothing. Ever day, it looks like RIM knows more and is doing more than some give them credit for. We still have 72 days left of summer for any sort of release! However, leaks seem more probable to come fairly soon, as many people have found themselves with a pre-release 9800 or 9670.
