RIM Reveals More About BlackBerry 10

RIM reveals more BlackBerry 10 features

After suffering at the hands of Apple and Google, RIM has shown that world today that there are not giving up without a fight. The company hosted a BlackBerry® Jam event in California, where they show case some of the upcoming features in the BlackBerry 10 operation system.

Developers were given access to the “Beta 3 SDK” of BlackBerry 10. Some of the key features of the new operating system include:

• Waking the device from sleep mode by swiping up from the bottom of the screen without the need for a power button.

• The first screen has up to  8 “Active Frames,” which are the applications currently running on the phone. These “Active Frame” are described as actual running applications displayed in thumbnail form. 

• There is a BlackBerry Hub, which is a unified messaging solution that integrates all of your email accounts, Twitter messages, Facebook messages, and LinkedIn messages. It also serves as a unified notification center. The Hub can access by making an upside-down L-shaped gesture from the bottom of the screen. There is also a “peek” gesture which allows you to have a quick look notifications. 

• The “BlackBerry Balance,” feature was also on show. This allows users to have business apps and personal apps running together.