Leaked roadmap reveals BlackBerry OS 7, BIS updates, more

By on Mar 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM
mobile March 7, 2011

We already know just about everything there is to know about RIM’s upcoming GSM and CDMA BlackBerry smartphones, and now it’s time for an up close and personal look at the BlackBerry software we can all look forward to in 2011. Enthusiast blog N4BB has obtained what it claims to be RIM’s software roadmap for the 2011 calendar year, and it certainly looks the part. The biggest revelation on the leaked slides is undoubtedly the mention of BlackBerry OS 7, which the roadmap reveals as being set for core integration this coming November. It is unclear whether or not we’ll see OS 7 on devices this year but all of that empty space on the third quarter makes it look like RIM will be very focused on the next version of its OS in the second half of 2011. Also set for launch this year are two BIS updates — one this month or next month (BIS 4.0), and a second due toward the end of summer (BIS 4.1). Finally, we can see a bunch of apps set to be updated in the near future, including Twitter, Facebook, RIM’s Social Feeds app and more. Hit the break for a few more slides.

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  • Anonymous

    I guess we can’t say they’re not trying.

    • Tony

      We also can’t say they aren’t winning. Going from almost no competition in the smart phone market 5 years ago to a juggernaut like Apple and an unimaginable amount of Android phones, not to mention Microsoft and Palm re-entering the fray and they still maintain over a quarter of the US market. That is impressive. What should be surprising tho is that it took Apple,and its infinite following, over 4 years to finally catch up, and lets not forget that it needed help from a little OS named Android to come out to do so.

      • Anonymous

        Dude, they caught up already in 2007. Not sure where you’ve been.

      • Tony

        in market share?

  • max

    Qnx or OS 7, whats it gonna be RIM job? You morons can’t make up your minds. With OS 7 you’re almost up to DOS. Nice job, RIM!

    • Tony

      QNX isn’t the name of the Tablet OS genius. It’s called the “BlackBerry Tablet OS” and OS 7 is rumored to be the Smart Phone version (which is powered by QNX).

    • Anonymous

      Do you think before you post? Or do you just type something idiotic and press “Post”?

      • Anonymous

        Now, now. Just because max is not intelligent enough to know how to read and cannot understand the difference in terminology, such as QNX and OS7, is no reason to hurt his feelings and point out just how asinine his post is. Go easy on the junior trolls, they’re still growing.

    • RudyH

      Torch Mobile is BB OS 6.0 -> and of interest this is why they called the BB Torch what it is
      QNX is BB OS 6.1 -> running Playbook and most up coming smart phones

      Please at least do some research so you don’t look like a complete idiot.

      • Anonymous

        Not to be rude or anything, but you are soooo wrong. BB OS 6.1 is just an updated BB 6.0. It has nothing to do with QNX. QNX will not be on phones until early next year at the earliest.

  • http://twitter.com/danyay Dan

    Missing: BBM for Android.

    • Lazydogrex

      Also missing … Google aquires RIM.

      • Anonymous

        Talk before you think much? Google has no interest in RIM. Android is growing and doesn’t need help and RIM is not tanking or even close to losing profitability, market share aside, so they don’t need to be bought out.

        So please quit talking crap you don’t understand – or better yet, just quit talking.

      • Lazydogrex

        It’s fun to see people like you getting spun up so easily. Thanks for making my day!

      • Anonymous

        Why would google aquire RIM? First the canadian goverment would never allow it. Second despsite what the retarded robot humping crowds thinks RIM is doing better than they ever have. Hey morons how does a company that can make a billion dollars in profit in one quarter without releasing a single new product equal a company in trouble? RIM has doubled its user base in the last two years and continues to set record breaking quarters each quarter. OH MY GOD what a sinking ship!

        Besides Google already has enough morons willing to carry around their flashy spyware.

      • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljmcgrath Michael McGrath

        If you all are so confident about RIM’s direction, buy some options…calls/puts, I don’t care.

        Put your money where your mouth is.

    • WatchfulEye

      If that story from last week about BBM is true, it wouldn’t make sense to put it on this same roadmap, this one is for BlackBerrys, not for Android or iX products.

  • Anonymous

    It’s too bad… looks like the roadmap will have the new devices out before OS7. 6.1 has some interesting new additions, but the “big” thing for RIM (IMHO) is their QNX offering on the phone. And I also assume that the reason the Playbook is so important is as a beta test of QNX before they attempt to put it on their core / mission critical messaging platform. Duno… maybe the new devices will be OS7 ready, but it seems to me that at some point, RIM needs to break the OS upgrade path to move forward (think of Win Mobile – the older winmo phones cannot be upgraded to Win7, and the apps/etc. are not portable to Win7 – MS had to break free of the limitations and to some extent the backward compatibility in order to move to the next level of OS). Not sure RIM needs to abandon all old apps, as it should be easy for them to include a VM to run them, but… still seems like an architectural switch.

  • Anonymous

    Zach, what is your view…is OS7 = QNX?

    • Anonymous

      It seems to me that OS7 will be QNX. They have already stated that their next phone OS will be the QNX OS. Currently they are working on updating OS6 with 6.1 which will bring along some minor changes. I don’t expect the legacy BBOS to make it past 6.1, ever.

      RIM knows they have the best mobile OS with QNX and they have to realize that as soon as they bring it to their phones, they will be leading the way on the software front.

  • Provosaint

    I’ll let my grandfather know another BlackBerry coming out this year…. I’m sure he’ll be excited… seems safe from what I’ve read it will have the same crappy screen resolution, low end graphics, crappy browser and useless apps… crickets applaud around the world

    • Tony

      yep. the same useless apps that help run the largest corporation.

      • Tony

        *corporations

    • BoLdBuRry

      HAtas ganna HaTe…

      LoVerS gAnNa LoVe…
      I DoNt eVen wAnT,,, nOnE oF tHe AboVe…
      I wAnNa PisS on YoOOoOOoOOooOU…

    • Anonymous

      Do you not know how to read?

  • http://twitter.com/Ether813_IX Ian Ximinies

    lots of leaks of the hardware roadmap and the software roadmap, maybe next some new devices will actually hit the stores…

  • Anonymous

    Why is there no outcry about BB OS “fragmentation”? They have a ton of phones still in use with multiple versions of the OS still in circulation.

    • Anonymous

      Because they have no apps or OS features worth caring about.

      • Anonymous

        Exactly.

      • Tony

        True dat

  • Max

    Derrrrr…I’m a RIMjob MORON…derrrrrrr..I are so happy OS 7 is coming out…derrrrr…dat means I can keep playing brickbreaker…derrrrrr..

  • Anonymous

    Dear RIM: PLEASE ADD CLICK PRESS BACK TO ALL YOUR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES.

    it made them SO MUCH more SUCKY.

    thankx!

  • Chris

    I’d really like to see the Bold Touch(Dakota) with OS 7… OS 7 being QNX ideally and a higher resolution screen than current Blackberry devices.

  • Meeshp3

    yawn

    • Tony

      zzzzz >>>> coma

  • http://yash1229.wordpress.com/ Yash

    What about BBM for Android & iOS? :S

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