Leaked Blackberry OS screenshots (v5.0.0.130)..

[BigDiesel07]

It seems that some screen shots of RIM's upcoming Blackberry Curve OS (v5.0.0.130) update have been leaked.. Great photo gallery here...



New features include-

• Today screen: which includes your latest messages, missed calls and your upcoming calendar;
• Default account management: allowing you to choose service books for specific and priority calendars and message servers;
• GPS management: including location aiding which bridges location accuracy using the network and easing the burden on the battery without using GPS all the time;
• New icons: still the same user experience as before so it won’t throw you off but more precise icons;

• TTD support: telecommunications device for the deaf;
• Enhanced call quality: such as default call volume, handset and headset call quality;
• Smart dialling: including office access extensions and rules which apply;
• Easier wiping: a simple yet secure way of removing certain bits or all data from your BlackBerry;
• Advanced profile settings: simpler categorised tones and alerts with more complex combination of settings;
• Voice dialling improvements: with playback name, speed and volume settings;
• New media folder: separating out your media into distinct areas instead of a media center;
• Enhanced searching: much clearer in what you are searching for with a white-on-black search bar;
• Details on media: picture names and date taken highlighted on pictures taken with the camera;
• Web browser improvements: a better looking start screen with address bar and search functions;
• Customizable web search: select from pre-configured search engines (Yahoo! by default, probably won’t be now this has happened) or configure your own;
• Embedded media support: integrating embedded media into your mobile browsing experience;
• Google Gears included: allowing online and offline sessions to merge to speed up browsing;

• Send/share files easier: sending and sharing files are now easier with a dedicated included application;
• Documents to Go updated: although at the moment it just looks like the icons;
• Better power management: options to turn off or full power off, and scheduled turn-on times;
• Music statistics: showing you how much music you have, where and in which area;
• Redesigned music player: more space for automatically downloaded album art;
• Try-before-apply settings: letting the user pick their alert and notification settings and test it there and then to make sure it is right;
• Home screen preferences: lets you set the download folder, change the home screen layout, set the theme or wallpaper and reset the icon arrangement all from one screen.

Source: ZDNET iGeneration

[cooltech59]

This is system is almost like the one in the Blackberry 9630 series Quad band World phone.

[ZuneNinja!]

I wished PPCGeeks stuck to Windows Mobile content...

[Vertigo]

Originally Posted by cooltech59

This is system is almost like the one in the Blackberry 9630 series Quad band World phone.

its the same just better tweaked. I'm running a 5.0 hybrid rom and is fast!

[cooltech59]

Originally Posted by Vertigo

its the same just better tweaked. I'm running a 5.0 hybrid rom and is fast!

Where did you get the hybrid rom at? I just got the 9630 and like when I had my TP I feelk the need for more.

[Vertigo]

Originally Posted by cooltech59

Where did you get the hybrid rom at? I just got the 9630 and like when I had my TP I feelk the need for more.

crackberry.com is not as exciting as windows flashing was, but HEY is better than nothing!

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by ZuneNinja!

I wished PPCGeeks stuck to Windows Mobile content...

I'm glad they give us a glimpse of more than that, because it helps to weigh the pros and cons of everything mobile including iphones, crackberries, Android, etc... would be a shame if the forums ignored everything except wm

[shaggylive]

Originally Posted by ZuneNinja!

I wished PPCGeeks stuck to Windows Mobile content...

na, it's all good. actually it's very likely this site would not exist if it wasn't for bb.

I know some geeks *cough*hibb*cough* weren't even born yet, but remember the pagers that got news feeds, email, and pages. well, that's where bb started (mobitex). they were one of the first to put a keyboard on those to easily send emails. sooo they were kinda the first pocketpc, considering windowsCE took a quite large pocket and required additional hardware for cell style wireless communication.

also some of us have work phones, often bb. Everyone interacts with people that have them, so what kinda geek would you be if you didn't know anything about them.

Remember, PPC is an acronym for Pocket Personal Computer. Microsoft just happend to be the only one making an o/s for them until recently. (thanks goog..err.. interne...no, I mean google... lol )
I understand your loyalty to windows mobile, but it's almost dead (over 5yrs old so m$ sent it to the nursing home.. lol), soon to be replaced by Windows Phone.

besides there are far too many players in the portable communications market these days to count any out. wm ppc's just have always been closer to the desktop versions in that they can do anything with the right software. lately these role's have been reversing and it's the desktop/laptops playing keep up.

[Geekcop]

Well said!

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Good stuff.. seem like BB have been improving very nicely now. It is just too bad I never used a BB before xD.