Topic: RIM overhauls BlackBerry OS

[Simon]

RIM has confirmed it will launch a new operating system for its BlackBerry smartphones in the next quarter, as it looks to close the features gap on more consumer-friendly rivals.

Describing the long-awaited operating system as one of the "biggest BlackBerry overhauls in years", RIM co-Chief Executive Mike Lazaridis showed a short video of the OS to analysts gathered in Orlando, Florida.  At the heart of the OS is a more finger friendly interface, a customisable home screen, widgets and a much improved browser - long considered a weakness of the phone.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/357535/rim-overhauls-blackberry-os

[sam]

cool... lets hope its a step forward, android must be taken their business away.

[Rik]

Alas poor Nokia, I knew him well Horatio...

[Simon]

The new Nokia N8 looks promising.   

[Rik]

You can't get too many more, Simon, you won't know where to store them.

[Simon]

I know.  I'd like them all, one for each day of the week. 

[Rik]

I have the same kind of problem with gadgets.

[Simon]

These ARE gadgets! 

[Rik]

That's what I mean. I have an even worse problem with food, of course.

[Simon]

[Clive]

Alas poor Nokia, I knew him well Horatio...

Laertes said those very words if my memory serves correct.   

[Rik]

Only in the version set in the modern day.