BlackBerry Application Suite coming to S60, too?

BlackBerry Application Suite is the ghost of the RIM world, making an occasional appearance as a fuzzy leaked pic -- but to the chagrin of WinMo and BlackBerry fanatics the world over, never actually getting announced or released. Boy Genius Report claims to have more details on what exactly BAS is and how (and where) it's going to work, and for the most part, it's a depressing read -- only the Touch Pro, Fuze, and TyTN will be compatible initially and it's only running BlackBerry OS 4.2 -- but there is one bright spot: Symbian compatibility. Presumably, this means S60 devices will have a crack at the package, and seriously, can you imagine this action humming along on an E71? Sorry, Curve 8900, but your title of "hottest BlackBerry" is in serious danger here.

[Image via BerryReview]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2009 3:02PM]

S60 is lot superior than blackberry OS. i dont want cripple my E71

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2009 4:08PM]

I'm with John on this on having dropped the BB for the E71, however its always nice to have more apps and less compatibility issues.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 1:37AM]

The Curve 8900 is cool and all, but "hottest BlackBerry"? Come on.

[Chris Posted Feb 8th 2009 12:42PM]

Absolutely. What model would you say is hotter? The Storm?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 1:05PM]

Actually, after fiddling with all three handsets, I'd give that honor to the Bold. The 8900 has a slightly nicer screen, but the Bold's form factor and keyboard are far more comfortable (your claim from your comparison article that the 8900 feels fresher design-wise honestly baffles me, since it has more or less the same old Curve keyboard, and since the "newer" design cues are mainly non-functional ones). And of course the term "hottest" doesn't seem seriously applicable here in 2009 to a 3G-less smartphone; I know T-Mobile doesn't have 3G anyway, but that merely raises another issue not in the 8900's favor here in the US: its carrier.

[Chris Posted Feb 8th 2009 1:18PM]

If you put an 8900 and a Storm side by side, you can see that they share common ID elements -- it's clear that this is RIM's design direction going forward. The Bold's ID has been discontinued.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 3:02PM]

Be that as it may, the Bold's keypad and ergonomics strike me as being a rather sizeable improvement over the various iterations of the Curve, the 8900 included.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 6:32AM]

s60 ftw!
i love it...it never fails me!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 6:46PM]

"... can you imagine this action humming along on an E71?"

I dunnobout you but I'm going to axe Gary!

On a serious note, I definitely am not looking to replace the OS on my E71.