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What does BlackBerry OS 5.0 mean for apps?

Commentary — Tags: , , , — editor @ 4:14 pm on September 20, 2009

RIM has been marching towards their official release of OS 5.0, and have just released Beta 3 of their 5.0 development kit. Besides all the great UI updates such as the new load screen, it comes with a laundry list of new features and APIs available for developers. What does that mean for you? New apps! Some of the big pain points with the 4.x APIs are being corrected, and some things you simply couldn’t do before are being unlocked.

Lets walk through the top 5 new features, and look at why they are being added and just what apps may be able to take advantage of them. (more…)

Wired trashes Verizon smartphone line-up

Commentary — Tags: , , , , — editor @ 11:37 pm on September 19, 2009

In a new article by Wired Magazine, writer Priya Ganapati trashes the Verizon smartphone line-up by posing the question “Why does the U.S. carrier known for the best network have the worst smartphones?”.

From the article:
“They lack the star products that their competitors have,” says Avi Greengart, research director, consumer devices for Current Analysis. “They recognize they don’t have compelling devices right now but feel they can make up for it with network quality.

With the Storm and Tour on Verizon, what is Wired trying to say? Let us know what you think with a comment!

New Storm 2 Tapping Video!

Commentary — Tags: , , , , , , — editor @ 11:08 pm on

Check out a video we found over at BlackBerryOS.com, where we see a teaser video of the Storm 2. The video shows the user does not click, but instead pushes harder while tapping in order to select, which acts a lot more like, well, pretty much every other touch screen device on the planet.

What do you think? Did you like the unique clicking of the Storm 1, or do you think it was a flop and are ready for the Storm 2? Leave a comment and let us know!