We have been hearing rumors about BlackBerry 10 packing some nice hardware. Now BBin has scored a screenshot from a BlackBerry Z10 device showing off 2GB of RAM on the device. Who knows if this will be seen in the final hardware but that should all be finalized shortly as they go into full production.
ofutur ( View Profile) - Posts: 1187
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 11:52 AM EST
It has to be 2GB RAM to be competitive in H1/2013.
You can’t keep that many apps open on the dev alpha and it’s really annoying.
dpr ( View Profile) - Posts: 789
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 12:16 PM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.1.0
Absolutely, RAM will be essential in the next generation device.
Diego Nei, MBA, PMP ( View Profile) - Posts: 275
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 1:38 PM EST
Nice one RIM… Make me even more desperate to get a BB10…
2 questions though… Did they change the limit of 8 apps to as many as memory can handle? Can we “pin” apps so they are always on the top?
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3408
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 1:51 PM EST
I think they are keeping those two limits for now
ofutur ( View Profile) - Posts: 1187
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 2:04 PM EST
It is sooooo annoying… I just hate going back to the homescreen only to find it empty or without some of the apps I was using, especially since launching non-native apps takes forever.
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3408
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 1:51 PM EST
Though I have been hearing rumors of a “Service app” that was on github that allows apps to run as a service at boot.
ofutur ( View Profile) - Posts: 1187
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 2:03 PM EST
This can’t come soon enough…
Amir Saad ( View Profile) - Posts: 550
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM EST
What about internal storage? I have thousands of pictures that I hate to have on a memory card and 16GB would serve well, 32 would be ideal in my book.
ofutur ( View Profile) - Posts: 1187
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 2:03 PM EST
AFAIK, the new devices have an SD card slot.
Joe257 ( View Profile) - Posts: 628
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 2:11 PM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.1.0
Is it HC or XC SDs?
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3408
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 3:14 PM EST
It’s microsdxc
Joe257 ( View Profile) - Posts: 628
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 2:15 PM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.1.0
Consider the cloud for those libraries of photos. I backup everything I have but the cloud serves me well. I don’t have to carry much locally, and it’s always available unless I’m roaming. Sharing between devices is also far easier.
ofutur ( View Profile) - Posts: 1187
Posted: December 26, 2012 at 4:36 PM EST
Ditto, but RIM or someone really needs to release a DLNA player for BB10
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Posted: December 30, 2012 at 11:13 PM EST
RIM is a member of DLNA, so yeah, BB10 is DLNA compatible!
ofutur ( View Profile) - Posts: 1187
Posted: December 31, 2012 at 7:47 AM EST
That doesn’t mean squat as far as the player is concerned. They have a server on BB7, so great we can show our pictures and videos on a compatible TV, but we still can’t watch anything stored on the DLNA servers.