First shown in a teaser video at this year’s WES event, the OS offers plenty of new features, many of which are meant to take advantage of touchscreens. The new swipe gesture support in the home screen and media player are fine examples. There are also new context sensitive menus that appear on screen, and a host of new features such as universal search, an all-new BlackBerry Messenger application, and the ability to post to multiple social media networks  simultaneously.

The new WebKit based browser is sure to please users who have felt hamstrung by BlackBerry’s old browser, and the RSS news feed support should also be welcomed.

From RIM blog, Andrew Bocking, VP of Handheld Software Product Management states: “In addition to the new fluid user interface, the video illustrates a few of the new applications and features in BlackBerry 6 that are designed to provide users with a mobile experience that is fun and approachable, yet extremely powerful. We’ll discuss these features in more detail on Inside BlackBerry as we move closer to the point when BlackBerry 6 becomes publicly available”

This looks to be an exciting developent in the SmartPhones market and will surley be welcomed by users.