BlackBerry OS is quite an aging operating system that has been already seven editions. At the moment it is not based on the QNX system used in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but is soon to change. His age is striking in many places; you can see that its foundations were designed at a time when no one had yet thought of resistive touch screens and customizing the interface to operate with your finger, but more on that in a moment.
Home screen is divided into several rows, which show different information and to click on (whether a finger or trakpadem) to expand one of the pop-up menu. In the upper part there is a belt, showing hour coverage and information on the state of the battery and how to connect to different networks (whether it is active transmission of 3G / EDGE is turned on Wi-Fi module, is active BIS, etc.). Clicking it expands the menu where you can quickly enable or disable Wi-Fi or cellular network connection, which is very convenient.
Next belt that notification. In the middle there are small icons alerts you of events on the calendar, missed calls, software updates, new messages ... Clicking the selected icon will display more comprehensive information. If you just do not have any Missed events, it is information about upcoming meetings stored on the calendar and the last phone calls. There are also two other small icons: one with a speaker that produces sound profile changes menu, the second slate that calls the search options of the system. You can specify what is to be searched: the list of contacts, system settings, messages, a list of programs, etc. - All that is in the system. This allows you to quickly dig up what exactly is needed
The last bar contains shortcuts of programs. It may take one, two or three rows (can be changed by dragging its upper part), and the list of applications that can be scrolled only if it takes three rows. In other cases it is simply a list of 6 or 12 handy shortcuts. By moving your finger across to the left or right, go to the other "desktop" (as it is called in the system) that really are just different letters grouped application. One of these sorts of software by frequency of use, the other contains only those items that are marked as favorites, while the other two group of tools related to media and those that have been retrofitted. Abbreviations within a desktop can be freely adjusted or grouped into folders, allowing a little easier to comprehend, but it is quite difficult, especially because the icons are not visible signatures, and information, to which lead, that appears after selecting the desired trakpadem . For this reason, initially did not you use the touch screen to run programs. After some time, their function is stored, but the beginnings are difficult.
Generally speaking, the home screen is doing well in practice and is very functional. Everything has been so designed that a single click provides access to all the most important and most frequently used functions. It may not be extremely effective, but it can not be denied convenience and that can efficiently navigate the system in two ways: using trakpada and touch, though sometimes hard to hit your finger exactly the desired location.
However, after leaving the home screen user encounters a small flight of stairs. The deeper we enter into the system settings and functions, the more he sees that the platform had already put down deep roots and was not created with the aim of a touch screen interface. Compared to the later designed systems such as Android and iOS, you really have a lot naklikać and naprzewijać to find something. In addition, a person who only gets acquainted with the construction of the system is much easier to get lost, because not everything is where you'd expect, the more the appearance of system settings and other options is very austere. Besides, sometimes you can even come across some small boxes in which it is difficult to hit with your finger, and kept coming back to trakpada. Of course, everything is a matter of habit.
System of a BlackBerry and you can not deny the multiplicity of functions: he was equipped with everything you should have a modern operating system to a portable device (multitasking, copy and paste, a large number of various settings), but there is no denying that intuitiveness and ease of use (except home screen) remember the previous decade, by which all requires a bit more time and focus. The Playbook shows that RIM is able to create a modern, nice and intuitive. We hope that it will confirm the company's smartphones.
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