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RIM has already shown us a lot of BlackBerry OS 6, but for those who want to see it working on a real device and not just some slick/irritating commercial, two videos have popped up showing both the BlackBerry 9670 clamshell and 9800 slider running the software. Yep, it all works fine with trackpad, even though they were pushing the touch-friendliness in the big unveil.
As you can see, everything is running pretty smoothly. The BlackBerry 9670 video is considerably more in depth and shows us a few new things. The official Twitter app is preloaded on there, and RIM’s recent acquisition, Viigo, has also cooked up a version that works on 6.0. I was under the impression that the Viigo app would disappear into the native Feeds app, but that might not be the case. Our first look at the camera app shows a few new UI elements, such as the status of your location lock, and the number of pictures left that you can store.
As for the BlackBerry 9800 slider, it bears the Bold branding and should be coming to AT&T. No new info on specs, but both should have an HVGA display, and the clamshell will be the first BlackBerry with a 5 megapixel camera. Check the second video after the jump!
[via Cellular Guru, BGR]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
