BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6.0 Now Available

Today Research in Motion (RIM) released BlackBerry Manager 6 for the PC. It offers a new and simpler overall user interface. Its Media Sync feature now offers support for music, video, and picture sync from one location, as well as the option to sync music by artist or genre.

Whats new in version 6.0 of Desktop Manager for PC:

* An improved, simpler design for the software
* Added BlackBerry® Media Sync features to import and synchronize your media files (music, pictures, and videos) from one location
* Option to synchronize your music by artist and genre
* Support for the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 Smartphone and the BlackBerry® Curve™ 9300 Smartphone
* If your device is using BlackBerry® Device Software 6.0, you can use the Wi-Fi® music sync feature to download or remove songs from your computer’s music collection using your device when you connect to your home’s Wi-Fi network

BlackBerry 6 Coming in Third Quarter 2010

RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis today said that the company will launch BlackBerry 6 – the new version of the OS for the company’s handsets in the third quarter. The new OS was confirmed to be arriving to both touchscreen and non-touchscreen BlackBerry smartphones and while RIM will try to make the new mobile platform available to most BlackBerry handsets out there it’s been hinted that not all of them will get OS 6.0.

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Twitter for BlackBerry Beta released

Fianly Blackberry Launched the official Twitter App for there Blackberry Mobile Phone, the app is in the Beta Stage right now. With Twitte for BlackBerry smartphones, you can easily stay connected to the information and people you care about.1 It’s available now as a beta release – download Twitter for your BlackBerry smartphone today. The app’s now got some comprehensive notification support for DMs, replies, and mentions, the ability to create and manage lists, on-device profile editing, magnified avatar viewing, and improved performance — features that might stand a shot at catapulting the app toward the upper end of the Twitter echelon on the platform.

Features

With Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones, it only takes a moment to do the things you love on Twitter.

* Get your Direct Messages as soon as they arrive
* Reply to tweets, re-tweet and send Direct Messages
* Post a link from your BlackBerry® Browser
* Take a funny picture and upload it
* Share your thoughts or join a conversation

Download the Twitter Blackberry App here

Blackberry Storm2 in India: Price Rs 31990

Very Soon BlackBerry Storm2 9520 is now in Indian market at Rs 31990. The BlackBerry Storm2 is a significant improvement on the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with enhanced technology and new features that allow customers to stay connected to people, places and things that matter most.

Storm2 boasts a smooth design with sloped edges, stainless steel backplate and features a 3.25-inch (360×480) capacitive touchscreen display, 3.2MP camera, Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM and 3G support, 2GB internal memory, microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS and Blackberry App World support. It has a 1400mAh battery that gives up to 6 hours of talk time and 280 hours of standby on a 3G network.

BlackBerry OS 6.0

Yesterday BBLeaks posted some new images of Blackberry OS 6.0. It looks like a new direction for RIM with a QWERTY/touchscreen hybrid. Even so, one can easily spot the presence of widgets on the homescreen, which means that RIM might have adopted the same approach as Google did with its Android operating system. For the time being, there are no details available on when the new OS might land on the market, nor on the devices that will sport it. There are chances that existing phones like the Storm series will receive an upgrade, but nothing is certain.

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