BlackBerry 7 OS

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

Mobile
Hotspot

BlackBerry
Tag

Wi-Fi
calling

FM
Radio

Auto
suggest

Updates for apps you love

BlackBerry
Traffic
Download the updated BlackBerry® Traffic app3 from BlackBerry App World™ and enjoy hands-free turn-by-turn voice guidance that gives you your route and estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on current traffic conditions—right from your BlackBerry smartphone.

Get the updated BlackBerry Traffic app
BlackBerry
Maps
Find special offers, coupons and discounts with the updated BlackBerry® Maps app.2 Just open up the app and watch as nearby deals and deals from points of interest pop up on screen. Act instantly by calling about the deal, finding a route there or saving the coupon or offer.

Get the updated BlackBerry Maps app
BlackBerry
Travel
The updated BlackBerry® Travel™ app, virtually plans your trips for you. Download the updated app from BlackBerry App World to find a deal on hotels and car rental options, or arrange for limo service to and from the airport. Plus get notifications if your flight's delayed or cancelled, and find a new one right away.

Get the updated BlackBerry Travel app
Smartphones with BlackBerry 7

Already have a smartphone with BlackBerry 7 OS? Update to BlackBerry® 7.1 to enjoy new features.

Update your BlackBerry 7 OS software
BlackBerry® Bold™
9900/9930BlackBerry® Torch™
9850/9860BlackBerry® Torch™
9810BlackBerry® Curve™
9350/9360/9370
Liquid Graphics technology

Smoother, fluid graphics
Enjoy a faster and more responsive BlackBerry experience. Thanks to a powerful graphics processor and blazing-fast CPU, Liquid Graphics™ delivers instant response times, smoother rendering and fluid animations.4

Visually stunning
When combined with the high-resolution screen on the BlackBerry smartphone, you get a stunning graphical display.

Live in the moment
Fast BlackBerry Browser

Explore the web. All of it.
Experience seamless panning and zooming, better web-based video and gaming, and the most powerful BlackBerry® Browser to date. With page load times 40% faster than BlackBerry® 6, HTML5 video support and industry‑leading JavaScript® performance, you can browse the web or check out your friends’ newly posted videos on Facebook® with ease.

Let discovery roam free
Breakthrough 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 music, files, photos and videos with a simple tap between two NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones.

Augmented Reality
Interact and socialize with your world in an exciting new way with Augmented Reality5:

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.6

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 BlackBerry 7.1. 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.7 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.8

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.

SOCIAL FEEDS
Stay up-to-date with your social networks and receive the latest news and information from your favorite blogs and websites.

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.

Get your BlackBerry ID
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