Blackberry As A Smartphone OS: The Features

The Blackberry OS is designed as a mobile operating system that was designed by Research in Motion for the Blackberry Smartphone. The operating system offers multi tasking. There are specific input devices that have been taken in by RIM and these are being used on handheld mostly on the trackball, the track wheel, track pad and the new to the Blackberry is the touch screen. The Blackberry platform is really well known for their support with email through the MIDP 1.0 and even more recent the MIDP 2.0. The 2.0 version allows the wireless activation as well as the synchronization of the Microsoft Exchange Program, Lotus Domino or the Novell Group Wise Email. The calendar, tasks and notes are used with the Enterprise Sever also associated with the Blackberry.

What makes this system different from the rest is that any upgrades that need to be applied are automatically available through whichever wireless carrier that supports the Blackberry through OTASL, which stands for Over The Air Software Loading Service. Developers can actually write the software by using the Blackberry API classes that are found through apps that do make use of specific functions and they all must be digitally signed.

The current version of the Operating System is the Blackberry 7, some of the upgraded features of the Blackberry Smartphone OS include a way to interact and socialize through a new system called Augmented Reality 2, with this new program you can check to see which one of your Blackberry Mobile friends are close by. You can also read reviews on local restaurants that you may have just passed by. The technology is incredible.

The Blackberry 7 OS offers a mobile experience unlike no other. With their NFC or Near Field Communication, this technology is built right in and you can even link up with other NFC enabled devices or with actual authentic Blackberry devices all with one light tap. Some of the other built in apps are listed below but these are just a few, there are too many to list.

Some of these services are not available on all of the Blackberry Smartphones:

The NFC technology is not carried by all mobile wireless carriers. NFC is available with the Blackberry Bold 9900/9930 and the Curve 9350/9360/9370. The Augmented Reality 2 is not available on the Blackberry Curve 9350/9360/9370. When you are shopping for a phone, make sure that you ask about all of the features that you want to make sure that the phone that you choose has all of the features that you want to have. Blackberry is one of the most popular smartphones on the market today. Checkout the Blackberry website to find a local location where you can go and check out the Blackberry smartphones available. With technology growing more and more every day, once you decide on one phone another one is coming out.

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