I wish people would give up on this idea of a totally new OS for touch screens because IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
Why? Because BlackBerry has anyways been and always will be about a gradual EVOLUTION of things, not something revolutionary new. Yes there are occasional unique new features like push email, BBM, and SurePress/TruePRess, but in all that they never fundamentally changed the system.
Why? Because reguardless of it’s desire to reach out onto the consumer realm, it is first and foremost a business device and as such it needs to remain relatively familiar to their existing user base. A user of the 8830 can pick up a Tour 9630 and feel right at home and pick up on the changes without being fundamentally retrained.
This would not be the case if there was a new OS.
This may not be as “intuitive” as iPhone but that’s just how it is and at least RIM is less likely to get SUED by the overzealous Apple legal department.
RIM is not going to change who they are fundamentally. They will continue to make gradual changes in the OS and improve the things that they do not do as well. My prediction is that the biggest change in OS 6.0 will be the new browser and along with it an improved rendering engine in their HTML email. The other major thing I see them tackling, and this would mostly be behind the scenes, is improved synchronization with Google and various social networking services. WebOS and Android have really set a high bar here and RIM knows it.
Those of you who don’t like SurePress or TruePress, DEAL WITH IT, the RIM CEO has said they are here to stay. If you like a capacitive touch screen then get an iPhone or Android device.
Thank you!
