BlackBerry 6, shoot 100 million subscribers

Research In Motion’s (RIM) set an ambitious target to double the number of BlackBerry users by presenting the latest BlackBerry operating system 6. In the opening of the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA, President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said RIM currently there are 41 million worldwide BlackBerry in the User and will reach 100 million subscribers.

Ambitious targets are not bullshit with the lure of new capabilities on the BlackBerry platform 6. Platform version will be released in the third quarter of 2010 was to present a new user interface. Core applications have been redesigned to provide a more comfortable experience in managing email, SMS messages, contacts, and so on and regulate the management of social networking and RSS feeds.

6 The BlackBerry Browser also been able to open more than one web with the desktop browser like tabbed browsing and the most advanced of the existing competitors such as Opera Mini and Safari. In fact, RIM provides WebKit, supporting application development package based on open source developers to provide an opportunity to enrich the browser-based applications.

“This is a big step forward to provide the best experience of using BlackBerry throughout our history,” said Mike Lazaridis told eWeek, Tuesday (04/27/2010). RIM hopes target of 100 million subscribers partly accomplished with the support of six and his new BlackBerry. He did not mention how long these targets to be achieved and emphasized that only 6 of the power of BlackBerry devices are the newest.

BlackBerry 6 also supported the sophisticated technology of its competitors. Such as touch sensors are more sensitive and responsive to pinch to zoom or magnification of the display screen by moving two fingers on its surface. BlackBerry touch screen to the front also supports multitouch touch that recognize more than one point of making it easier for users while typing on the screen or interact with more than one finger.