Next BlackBerry Release Not All About Business, But Media Too
Yesterday at our paidContent Mobile event in New York, BlackBerry Partners Fund Co-Managing Partner John Albright, said the company’s newest devices coming out at the end of August will be far superior to the touchscreen phones they’ve released in the past. Today, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) provided a taste of what the BlackBerry 6 platform will offer, including details on how it will be a multimedia powerhouse.
Of course, calling it a multimedia powerhouse may be extreme, given that iPhone users can tap into hundreds of thousands of apps and a robust catalog of music and TV in iTunes.
The yet-to-be released operating system will be critical to BlackBerry staying fresh in the marketplace. It said photos will be easier to organize and will include the ability to sort by event or date, and phones that have a touchscreen will support pinch-to-zoom. Videos will also be easier to sort through, or upload to the web using a YouTube application. In addition, the BlackBerrys will come loaded with a podcast service, which will allow users to search and subscribe to content for free.
Perhaps, most interesting of all is how the company is making it easier to discover new multimedia applications from the company’s app store. For instance, you can click on
If these new devices and OS are as boring as they sound Rim may as well close shop. iPhones aside, any Android device is many times more exciting and advanced.
This preview of Rim new offerings is already a disappointment, a major disappointment already.
James…..buddy….. get a life!!!!
James I’ve been reading your negative comments on every RIM article. You’ve made a full time hobby of it. The only possible explanation for someone finding the energy to write so many posts of the same nature with such regularity must be financial. Are you at least shorting RIM ?
Rim is as much as I has described. Rim’s steady demise is no accident. Beware of Rim.
At least the money losers know why they lost their investments in Rimm.