BlackBerry OS 6.0 Sneak Peeked

It was just last week that the first images of BlackBerry's next generation OS were leaked. Soon after that, at the WES 2010 conference, RIM, for the first time, publicly revealed screenshots of its upcoming OS.

While it was certainly far from a comprehensive preview, the sneak peek was enough to ascertain that OS 6 will be a radical departure from the OS 5. BlackBerry devices have a fan following worldwide and for the past year or so, it has been let down due to an OS that is just not in tune with the times. This is what OS 6.0 intends to change.

According to initial reports, OS 6.0 looks a bit like the new generation OSes that includes the likes of the iPhone OS, Android and even Palm's WebOS. It will come integrated with social-media feeds and multimedia features. We guess the browser would be far more capable than the existing one. The most interesting bit of information is the fact that, in its touch screen avatar, the OS would be fully multitouch compliant.

Many opine that RIM was intelligent enough to give a very limited glimpse of the OS. This ensures that potential users will get excited about the OS and will remain interested in the OS till it is released later this year. Let us wait and see if RIM manages to claw back their win.