BlackBerry OS 7 (on a BlackBerry Torch 9860) |
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| Company / developer | Research In Motion |
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| Programmed in | Java[1] |
| OS family | mobile operating systems |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | version 1.0 for Pager BlackBerry 580; January 1999[2] version 3.6 for smartphone BlackBerry 5810 Wireless Handheld; march 2002[3][4] |
| Latest stable release | 7.0 (BlackBerry Bold 9900) / May 2011 |
| Available language(s) | Multi-Lingual |
| Available programming languages(s) | Java |
| Supported platforms | BlackBerry line of smartphones |
| Default user interface | Graphical |
| License | Proprietary |
| Official website | us.blackberry.com/apps-software/blackberry7/ |
BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system, developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices. The operating system provides multitasking and supports specialized input devices that have been adopted by RIM for use in its handhelds, particularly the trackwheel, trackball, and most recently, the trackpad and touchscreen.
The BlackBerry platform is perhaps best known for its native support for corporate email, through MIDP 1.0 and, more recently, a subset of MIDP 2.0, which allows complete wireless activation and synchronization with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise email, calendar, tasks, notes, and contacts, when used with BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The operating system also supports WAP 1.2.
Updates to the operating system may be automatically available from wireless carriers that support the BlackBerry over the air software loading (OTASL) service.
Third-party developers can write software using the available BlackBerry API classes, although applications that make use of certain functionality must be digitally signed.
A June 2011 research indicates that approximately 45% of mobile developers were using the platform at the time of publication.[5]
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Many popular apps are compatible with BlackBerry OS 4.x or higher.[8]
While RIM develops and releases updated versions of its operating system to support each device, it is up to the individual carriers to decide if and when a version is released to its users.
| Obsolete | Discontinued | Current | Upcomming |
| Version | Supported devices: BlackBerry 8000 series |
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| 4.5 | BlackBerry devices in the 8100 and 8800 series, plus BlackBerry Curve 8300/8310/8320. |
| 4.6 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip. |
| 5.0 | BlackBerry Curve 8330/8350i/8520/8530/8900. |
| Version | Supported devices: BlackBerry 9000 series |
|---|---|
| 5.0 | BlackBerry Bold 9000, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Storm 2 and BlackBerry Tour. |
| 6.0 | BlackBerry Bold 9650/9700/9780, BlackBerry Curve 9300/9330, BlackBerry Pearl 9100, BlackBerry Style 9680, and BlackBerry Torch 9800. |
| 7.0 | BlackBerry Bold 9790/9900/9930, BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360/9370/9380, and BlackBerry Torch 9810/9850/9860. |
| Version | Supported devices: Upcomming Smartphones and Tablets |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | BlackBerry London, BlackBerry Milan, and BlackBerry PlayBook |
| Model | Name | Input | OS | T-Mobile[9] | AT&T[10] | Bell[11] | Rogers[12] | Telus[13] | Mobilicity[14] | Verizon[15] | Sprint[16] | SaskTel[17] | WIND Mobile[18] |
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| Last updated: | Oct 21, 2011 | Nov 7, 2011 | Dec 7, 2011 | Dec 5, 2011 | Dec 5, 2011 | Dec 5, 2011 | Oct 25, 2011 | Dec 16, 2011 | Nov 30, 2011 | Nov 21, 2011 | |||
| 8100 | Pearl | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.2.1.107 (8/23/2007) | 4.5.0.182 (1/15/2010) | 4.5.0.102 (11/28/2008) | |||||||
| 8110 | Pearl | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.182 (12/17/2009) | 4.5.0.102 (11/20/2008) | ||||||||
| 8120 | Pearl | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.124 (3/13/2009) | 4.5.0.182 (1/15/2010) | 4.5.0.102 (10/31/2008) | |||||||
| 8130 | Pearl | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.127 (2/27/2009) | 4.5.0.169 (9/22/2009) | 4.5.0.175 (1/21/2010) | 4.5.0.175 (11/10/2009) | 4.5.0.173 (10/29/09) | |||||
| 8220 | Pearl Flip (Kickstart) | Trackball | 4.6.0 | 4.6.0.180 (12/1/2008) | 4.6.0.293 (9/17/2009) | ||||||||
| 8230 | Pearl Flip (Kickstart) | Trackball | 4.6.1 | 4.6.1.284 (9/14/2009) | 4.6.1.284 (9/22/2009) | 4.6.1.309 (12/1/2009) | 4.6.1.309 (10/27/2009) | ||||||
| 8300 | Curve (Baby Bear) | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.182 (1/15/2010) | 4.5.0.174 (12/18/2009) | ||||||||
| 8310 | Curve | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.182 (12/17/2009) | 4.5.0.174 (11/27/2009) | ||||||||
| 8320 | Curve (Momma Bear) | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.81 (10/20/2008) | 4.5.0.182 (12/17/2009) | 4.5.0.81 (9/29/2008) | |||||||
| 8330 | Curve (Papa Bear) | Trackball | 5.0.0 | 4.5.0.127 (2/27/2009) | 4.5.0.186 (2/26/2010) | 4.5.0.191 (1/18/2011) | 4.5.0.173 (10/29/2009) | ||||||
| 8350i | Curve | Trackball | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.807 (9/22/2010) | 5.0.0.1051 (1/24/2011) | ||||||||
| 8520 | Curve 2 (Gemini) | Trackpad | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.900 (11/17/2010) | 5.0.0.1067 (3/24/2011) | 5.0.0.900 (11/2/2010) | |||||||
| 8530 | Curve 2 (Aries) | Trackpad | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.1000 (11/15/2010) | 5.0.0.973 (6/28/2011) | 5.0.0.973 (10/15/2010) | 5.0.0.1030 (11/30/2010) | 5.0.0.459 (3/11/2010) | |||||
| 8800 | (Huron) | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.2.1.74 (4/23/2007) | 4.5.0.182 (1/15/2010) | 4.5.0.174 (1/6/2010) | |||||||
| 8820 | (Huron) | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.139 (4/17/2009) | 4.5.0.182 (12/17/2009) | 4.5.0.174 (12/24/2009) | |||||||
| 8830 | (Huron) | Trackball | 4.5.0 | 4.5.0.127 (2/06/2009) | 4.5.0.186 (3/29/2010) | 4.5.0.186 (4/15/2010) | 4.5.0.186 (3/26/2010) | 4.5.0.173 (11/3/2009) | |||||
| 8900 | Curve (Javelin) | Trackball | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.900 (2/3/2011) | 5.0.0.1067 (3/24/2011) | 5.0.0.900 (12/2/2010) | |||||||
| 9000 | Bold | Trackball | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.1067 (3/24/2011) | 5.0.0.681 (6/29/2010) | 5.0.0.900 (11/18/2010) | |||||||
| 9100 | Pearl 3G (Stratus) | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 5.0.0.921 (10/5/2010) | 6.0.0.600 (7/22/2011) | 6.0.0.526 (4/26/2011) | 6.0.0.481 (3/28/2011) | 6.0.0.534 (5/5/2011) | 6.0.0.600 (10/21/2011) | ||||
| 9300 | Curve 3G (Kepler) | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0.448 (3/28/2011) | 6.0.0.668 (10/18/2011) | 6.0.0.600 (7/18/2011) | 6.0.0.526 (4/26/2011) | 6.0.0.534 (5/2/2011) | 6.0.0.650 (8/29/2011) | 6.0.0.534 (5/5/2011) | 6.0.0.600 (10/21/2011) | ||
| 9330 | Curve 3G | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0.524 (5/16/2011) | 6.0.0.706 (11/28/2011) | ||||||||
| 9350 | Curve | Trackpad | 7.0.0 | 7.0.0.261 (8/23/2011) | |||||||||
| 9360 | Curve | Trackpad | 7.0.0 | 7.0.0.319 (9/28/2011) | 7.0.0.464 (11/2/2011) | 7.0.0.319 (8/25/2011) | 7.0.0.319 (9/2/2011) | 7.0.0.319 (8/25/2011) | 7.0.0.319 (9/2/2011) | 7.0.0.474 (11/21/2011) | |||
| 9370 | Curve | Trackpad | 7.0.0 | ||||||||||
| 9380 | Curve | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.0.0 | 7.0.0.482 (12/7/2011) | 7.0.0.482 (11/29/2011) | 7.0.0.482 (12/5/2011) | 7.0.0.482 (11/25/2011) | ||||||
| 9530 | Storm (Thunder) | Touchscreen | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.419 (2/12/2010) | 5.0.0.419 (4/6/2010) | 5.0.0.328 (10/26/2009) | 5.0.0.866 (6/15/2011) | ||||||
| 9550 | Storm 2 (Odin) | Touchscreen | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0.517 (4/19/2010) | 5.0.0.713 (9/7/2010) | 5.0.0.1015 (11/24/2010) | 5.0.0.517 (3/17/2010) | ||||||
| 9630 | Tour (Niagara) | Trackball | 5.0.0 | 4.7.1.57 (10/08/2009) | 5.0.0.419 (2/2/2010) | 5.0.0.975 (10/15/2010) | 5.0.0.1030 (12/13/2010) | 5.0.0.419 (1/27/2010) | |||||
| 9650 | Bold (Essex) | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0.524 (5/16/2011) | 6.0.0.706 (11/28/2011) | ||||||||
| 9670 | Style (Oxford) | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0.286 (1/6/2011) | 6.0.0.415 (3/28/2011) | 6.0.0.706 (11/28/2011) | |||||||
| 9700 | Bold 2 (Onyx) | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0.448 (3/28/2011) | 6.0.0.668 (10/18/2011) | 6.0.0.615 (7/22/2011) | 6.0.0.666 (10/11/2011) | 6.0.0.461 (3/1/2011) | 6.0.0.650 (8/29/2011) | 6.0.0.534 (5/5/2011) | 6.0.0.615 (10/21/2011) | ||
| 9780 | Bold (r020) | Trackpad | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0.448 (3/14/2011) | 6.0.0.600 (7/18/2011) | 6.0.0.666 (10/11/2011) | 6.0.0.461 (3/16/2011) | 6.0.0.650 (8/29/2011) | 6.0.0.534 (5/5/2011) | 6.0.0.600 (10/21/2011) | |||
| 9790 | Bold (Bellagio) | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.0.0 | 7.0.0.528 (12/7/2011) | 7.0.0.528 (12/5/2011) | 7.0.0.528 (12/5/2011) | 7.0.0.528 (11/30/2011) | ||||||
| 9800 | Torch (Talledega) | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
6.0.0 | 6.0.0.600 (7/8/2011) | 6.0.0.600 (7/18/2011) | 6.0.0.448 (3/4/2011) | 6.0.0.448 (3/16/2011) | 6.0.0.534 (5/5/2011) | |||||
| 9810 | Torch | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.0.0 | 7.0.0.439 (10/21/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/21/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | 7.0.0.254 (8/11/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/26/2011) | 7.0.0.474 (11/21/2011) | |||
| 9850 | Torch | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.1.0 | 7.0.0.374 (10/25/2011) | 7.1.0.163 (12/16/2011) | ||||||||
| 9860 | Torch | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.0.0 | 7.0.0.440 (11/7/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/18/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | |||||
| 9900 | Bold | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.0.0 | 7.0.0.250 (9/7/2011) | 7.0.0.440 (11/7/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/11/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/18/2011) | 7.0.0.353 (9/20/2011) | 7.0.0.261 (8/16/2011) | 7.0.0.439 (10/21/2011) | ||
| 9930 | Bold | Trackpad/ Touchscreen |
7.1.0 | 7.0.0.374 (10/25/2011) | 7.1.0.163 (12/16/2011) | ||||||||
The following is a list of fonts that were included in some versions of BlackBerry (note: some of them were not included in older versions):[19][20]
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BBAlphaSans and BBAlphaSerif are based on the free software DejaVu fonts.[21]
On September 27, 2010, RIM announced a new unrelated QNX-based platform, BlackBerry Tablet OS, to run on its recently released BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer.[22]
QNX is currently included in the BlackBerry Tablet OS, and will power the next generation BlackBerry 10 OS, which, according to the Q3 2011 RIM earnings call, will be released in the latter half of 2012.
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