NEW FEATURES IN BLACKBERRY 7.1
Make productivity
easier
Waiting in a coffee shop or airport but unable to find a Wi-Fi® hotspot? Turn on Mobile Hotspot on your BlackBerry smartphone, found under Manage Connections, and create a hotspot. Then share it by connecting up to five Wi-Fi devices at once.1
Pull up documents on your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet while tethering it to your fully functional BlackBerry smartphone and still have three other devices connected to Mobile Hotspot at once.
Mobile
Hotspot
BlackBerry
Tag
Wi-Fi
calling
FM
Radio
Auto
suggest
Updates for apps you love
Twitter® is now a BBM connected app, which means BBM is built right in. Quickly and easily post your latest tweet as your BBM status by selecting the Share with BBM icon. The best part? You can do this right from the Twitter app.
Share even more without ever leaving your Facebook® app. It's now a BBM connected app and that means BBM is built right in. Post a status update or location check-in on Facebook, then easily make it your BBM status by selecting the Share with BBM icon.
BlackBerry
Travel
The updated BlackBerry® Travel™ app makes it easier than ever to share your travel activities.5 BlackBerry Travel is a BBM connected app, so you can instantly update BBM contacts on your travel status with just a few clicks—you won't even have to leave the app.6
BlackBerry
App World
BlackBerry App World is now a BBM connected app, so your most recent app download can be automatically shared to your contacts via your BBM profile—without ever having to leave BlackBerry App World.
BlackBerry
Messenger
With BlackBerry Tag integration, invite a friend to BBM or accept an invitation by aligning the back of your NFC enabled BlackBerry smartphone with the back of their smartphone.1 BBM is now also built into many of your favorite apps—like Facebook, Twitter, BBM™ Music and BlackBerry Travel.
BBM Music
Within BBM Music, you can now use the "request a gift" feature by sending a current BBM Music contact a request to purchase your subscription.6 Since BBM Music is a BBM connected app, new contacts with BBM Music are recommended to you right from within the BBM Music app itself. This makes it easier to find others to connect with so you can expand your music collection.
Smartphones with BlackBerry 7
Already have a smartphone with BlackBerry 7 OS? Update to BlackBerry® 7.1 to enjoy new features.
Liquid Graphics technology
Smoother, fluid graphics
Liquid Graphics™ is the graphics processing technology that makes the BlackBerry experience faster and more responsive. Through the combination of hardware and software engineering, it delivers instant response times, smoother rendering and fluid animations.7
Visually stunning
When combined with the high-resolution screen on the BlackBerry smartphone, you get a stunning graphical display—whether you're opening apps, zooming in on pictures or browsing the web.
Fast BlackBerry Browser
- Most powerful BlackBerry® Browser to date
- HTML5 video support
- Industry-leading JavaScript® performance
- Seamless panning and zooming
- Better web-based video and gaming
- Page load times 40% faster than BlackBerry® 6
Let discovery roam freeBreakthrough technologies
Near Field Communication (NFC)
With Near Field Communication (NFC)2 built right in, you can get information and link up with other NFC-enabled devices or authentic BlackBerry accessories—all with a single tap.
And with BlackBerry Tag, available with BlackBerry 7.1, you can invite a friend to BBM and share an app from BlackBerry App World, videos, pictures and music by aligning the backs of any two NFC enabled BlackBerry smartphones.
Augmented Reality
Interact and socialize with your world in an exciting new way with Augmented Reality8:
- Check to see which BBM friends are nearby
- Read reviews on restaurants you just passed
- Get the story behind an interesting landmark
HD video recording
Leave your digital camera behind and capture every moment with full HD 720p video recording capabilities.9
Voice-activated Universal Search
With speech-to-text translation, search for files, emails, contacts, music and more—all without typing a thing. Comb through everything on your BlackBerry smartphone and even search the web.
Auto suggest via Universal Search
Find what you need, and sometimes things you didn't even know you wanted, with the auto suggest feature in Universal Search. It filters local search results and suggested Bing™ web search terms with each key stroke.
Pre-installed apps and services
From productive to playful, discover a new world of pre-installed apps and services.10 So, right out of the box, you get the powerful features you need to get you from the coffee shop to that important meeting, then back home for dinner.
Connect in new ways-
BLACKBERRY PROTECT
Log in to the BlackBerry® Protect™ website to lock, locate or wipe your smartphone from wherever you are.11 -
BLACKBERRY BALANCE
With BlackBerry® Balance™ technology, your work and private lives never mix—so you can do it all on one device. -
MUSIC STOREFRONT
Powered by Amazon’s huge catalog of music, discover, instantly preview and buy songs or albums just about anywhere you want. -
DOCUMENTS TO GO®
Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs, and view PDF docs anywhere, anytime with this free, mobile document suite. -
BBM
With BBM features built right into many of your favorite apps, you can share or chat with your BBM friends while you’re in the app.
Unlock your potential
Your BlackBerry® ID is your master key to BlackBerry products, sites, services and applications. One login. One password. One less thing to worry about.
Comments
Post a Comment