Black. Berry OS for Mobile - Free download and software reviews. The RIM Black. Berry Torch will be the first device to run Black.

Berry OS 6, but you won't necessarily have to get a new smartphone to enjoy the revamped operating system. Though the Torch might not be the smartphone for you, you can at least get a sense of what the new OS has to offer in case you're looking to update your Bold or buy a Black.

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Below that is a new notification bar that includes one- touch access to change your phone's profile and to conduct searches. It will also alert you to new messages, missed calls, upcoming appointments, and so forth. Tapping on the bar will expand the tray where you can view more details and go directly to the appropriate app. It makes good use of the touch screen as you can swipe from left to right and vice versa to access apps and content based on five categories: All, Favorites, Media, Downloads, and Frequent. In addition to swiping sideways, you can tap on a category to expand it and see the full list of associated apps.

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You can also add contacts and Web sites by going to an individual address book entry or Web site, pressing the Menu key, and then selecting Add to Home Screen and selecting Mark as Favorite (should be checked off by default). Meanwhile, the process for adding favorite apps simply requires you to do a long- press and then select Mark as Favorite from the contextual menu. With the contextual menus and improvements to the Web browser and multimedia features (more on this below), we got a sense that RIM really took advantage of touch- screen capabilities this time around, whereas the Storm models felt a little half- baked. In addition, you can extend your search to Google, You. Tube, Black. Berry App World, and third- party apps, so you're getting a very robust search experience here. It was rare that we weren't able to find what we were looking for using universal search on the Torch.

You can also instantly connect with friends through the widely popular Black. Berry Messenger. People also want access to their social networks, and RIM now offers a Social Feeds app, which aggregates updates from these sites, as well as instant- messaging clients, into one spot. You can pick and choose which sites you want pulled into the feed, and also adjust notification and display settings.

It's very much in the light of HTC's Friend Stream and Motoblur's Happenings widget, but Social Feeds isn't a widget per se, so it doesn't feel like the information is in your face all the time. In addition, the app also acts as an RSS feed aggregator.

The previous operating system developed for older BlackBerry devices was BlackBerry OS, a proprietary multitasking environment developed by RIM.

Sluggish and limited in functionality, Web browsing on a Black. Berry was no walk in the park. To its credit, the company acknowledged the problem and acquired Torch Mobile in August 2. Web. Kit- based browser for the Black. Berry platform, and we're finally seeing the fruits of their labor.

There's also support for pinch- to- zoom and text reflow, so if you double- tap on a part of page to zoom in, the browser will automatically adjust the text to fit the screen. Another improvement is better HTML and Java. Script rendering, and partial support for HTML5 and CSS3. Unfortunately, there is no Flash support and RIM would not comment on whether it would be added in the future. We really liked the tabbed browsing setup as it minimizes your current page and brings up thumbnails versions of all your open pages at which point you can swipe through until you find your desired page.

For the most part, the text reflow function works as advertised, but if there's any type of in- line tables or graphics, some scrolling might be involved; there's also a slight redraw delay when you zoom in using the pinch- to- zoom gesture. To be fair, the sluggishness might have been in part because of the Black. Berry Torch's processor.

This all changes with the Black. Berry OS 6, as you now get a Cover Flow- like presentation that utilizes the touch screen for navigating through tracks and playback. It's both attractive and functional, so we were quite happy with the changes. The upside is that the store now supports carrier billing and the new Black.

Berry ID service, which keeps track of your downloads and purchases so the next time you get a new Black. Berry, you can enter your Black. Berry ID and password and automatically reload your apps to the new device. RIM said most existing apps should work with Black. Berry OS 6, but initially, there might be some variation on how well all the features of an app work with the new platform. Admittedly, none of this is new and at this point RIM is really only playing catch up, but at least it puts RIM back on track.

The company will have to continue to push hard and fast if it's going to try to overtake Android and i. OS, and hopefully, we'll see some better hardware in the near future as well.