We’ve already torn apart the juicy morcel of BlackBerry OS 6.0 that RIM has handed us at WES, but there is no doubt more. Here are a few things that have been recently rumoured to be included in the new BlackBerry software, but take it all with a grain of salt – there’s no documentation included to confirm anything.
Graphical context menu in tables list and tabs. The long context menu has ended Unified search framework included in 3rd party app data Multiple contact lists Message list enhancements (displaying pushed 3rd party app data) Wi-Fi LBS support, reverse geo coding (geo to zip), travel time service within Canada and USA OS6 SDK in first half of 2010 Toolbox: trackpad support for swipe gestures. This should bring flick scrolling to trackpad devices. Will be system wide, even including apps. Barcode 1D/2D scanning support Auto-Focus enhancements. Camera lens and Auto-Focus are now separate.
It’s good to see third-party app data included in the new universal search, but odds are developers will have to to some re-jiggering to plug in to the new feature. The Wi-Fi LBS support sounds an awful lot like something RIM announced at the last Developer Conference, although that had more to do with cell sites than Wi-Fi. Although the video highlights the touch functions, Mike Lazaridis has made it clear OS 6.0 will work on touchpad BlackBerrys too, and as such, there will be support for trackpad gestures. I’m interested to see some deeper barcode scanning support, which is currently nestled deep within BlackBerry Messenger 5.0. Hopefully it will get dropped right into the native camera app.
Again, these are all total rumours, but sound like fairly reasonable expectations to me.
[via BBLeaks]