Anyone who follows my Tweets will know I am a keen BlackBerry user and fan so I just couldn't help but blog my thoughts on BB’s (long awaited) announcement today (Tue 3rd August).
So the long rumoured BlackBerry 9800 has been confirmed as the ‘Torch’ to go alongside the ‘Bold’, ‘Curve’, ‘Pearl’ and ‘Storm’ brands in BlackBerry’s current offering.
However, from my point of view, the launch of the Torch is more about the launch of BlackBerry’s new operating system, OS6, or BB6. Further to this, I was keen to see the answer to a big question that has been circulating over the last few months… Will BlackBerry 6 be available for any other handsets? i.e. (In my case) the BlackBerry Bold 9700.
I was prepared for bad news if I'm honest.. with many people commenting that BB6 will only be able to run on devices that have 512mb of memory and that it was Touch Screen orientated..meaning that the the Bold 9700 was out of the running for BB6…
But by the looks of it… BB6 will be available for the BlackBerry Bold 9700… Sounds good to me!
All the details of the BlackBerry Torch can be found on BlackBerry’s website so there is no point me going in to any detail about the handset and if this is the ‘most important device for BlackBerry to fight the iPhone’ – That is not my main concern.
I guess the next big question(s) is… When will the updates be available for the other handsets? What networks will get their hands on BB6 first? and (here is a controversial one) If BB6 is going to be available on other handsets, Will it be a fully functioning or ‘watered down’ version of BB6? … I guess we’ll have to wait and see?!
