Differences between OS6 and OS7

**hannalet** · 09-20-2011, 04:21 PM

Could someone summarise the differences between OS6 and OS7 for me? What did you find annoying, what did you find improved?

(I did try to search, I promise — if there's an existing thread please link me to it gently and don't name-call.)

**rrrebo** · 09-20-2011, 05:37 PM

More polished, more refined, better memory management (from what I can tell), Add To Existing Contact is now a native option when highlighting a phone#, otherwise, mostly the same. The biggest difference is the hardware. OS7-capable devices kick booty.

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**OSx86** · 09-21-2011, 12:18 AM

Best thing in OS7 for me is the ability to play music and still get alerts at the same time without it cutting off the music or getting that error about can't play video while alert is active. Now I can listen to Pandora, watch a Youtube video and hear email and bbm notifications all at the same time

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**rrrebo** · 09-21-2011, 07:05 AM

Word Substitution backup works now.

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**chip dawg** · 09-24-2011, 03:55 PM

U cant run two GPS programs at the same time using OS 7. OS 6 ran two GPS programs with no problems.

**jbs-horn** · 09-24-2011, 05:14 PM

Advanced gmail plugin features are integrated into the main messages folder.

**KennyBB9650** · 10-01-2011, 03:25 PM

Many apps that were available for OS6 are NOT available for OS7. These include the Starbucks Card App, Our Groceries, Blackberry Wallet, Moviefone and many more. I hope the developers are going to port some of these apps over to OS7 in the near future. I guess because of the touch screen capability and other differences between OS6 and OS7, backward compatibility is not assured.

**tour_n_nc** · 10-02-2011, 09:53 PM

^^^ our groceries app runs fine on my OS7 device. I just wish they offered a pay option to get rid of the ads ^^^

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**mysticmeg** · 10-03-2011, 06:25 PM

OS 7 is a lot faster mainly due to the hardware that is put in the handsets that come running os7. Although currently there are a few of us os7 users facing glitches with the new OS that can be easily fixed with updates, other than that OS7 rocks

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**rf7991** · 03-08-2012, 10:26 PM

mybe i should stay with 9800 until more apps for OS7 in 9810

**ichat** · 03-10-2012, 11:15 AM

Upgrade!!! The torch is too underpowered. Get the 9810

**chongking** · 11-04-2012, 04:03 AM

is it really faster??
i think os6 in 9780 is already very smooth..... not much differenece btw 6 and 7 seems??
also os6 seems more user friendly

**Bobcat665** · 11-05-2012, 07:23 PM

No more truncated emails!

Liquid Graphics™ on every device for smoother performance!

Selectable panels so you can turn off what you don't want on the home screen!

Optional mobile hotspot!

**raino** · 11-07-2012, 04:29 PM

ARM is one feature I wish OS6 had.

**cevag** · 11-14-2012, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Bobcat665

No more truncated emails!

Liquid Graphics™ on every device for smoother performance!

Selectable panels so you can turn off what you don't want on the home screen!

Optional mobile hotspot!

I can add, NFC (on certain models), Personalized LED Notification, Battery saving mode.

**Maxey05** · 11-15-2012, 12:04 AM

OS 6 is an incomplete version of OS 7. OS 7 brings all the features without limits. Such as bringing in touchscreen features. And it just has the best of what a BlackBerry should have! OS 7 is the Best BlackBerry OS!!