BlackBerry 6.1: New Features in RIM's Upcoming Mobile OS

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) released the first BlackBerry smartphone running its "BlackBerry 6" mobile OS just six months ago, but the company is already hard at work on the next major BlackBerry OS device software update, BlackBerry 6.1.

Thanks to a wealth of information posted yesterday on CrackBerry.com, we now have a fairly clear look at a number of cool new feature and enhancements RIM plans to include in BlackBerry OS 6.1 when it ships along with a few as-of-yet unannounced BlackBerry devices, likely later this year. (It's not clear whether or not current or existing BlackBerry device models will get BlackBerry 6.1 upgrades, but since many of the new features require newer, stronger hardware, it seems unlikely.)

Those upcoming devices include the first touch-screen BlackBerry Bolds: the codenamed BlackBerry "Dakota" (GSM version) and the BlackBerry "Montana" (CDMA variant); and the BlackBerry "Monaco Touch," a.k.a. the Storm 3.

Keep moving for a breakdown of six of the coolest features in the upcoming BlackBerry 6.1 mobile OS.



Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/012811-blackberry-61-new-features-in.html?hpg1=bn