New Blackberry OS 6 and what it means to developers

Blackberry has completed its ten years in mobile handsets industry and her comes one of the best Os versions you have ever seen in a Blackberry device. Recently at the WES 2010 Blackberry announced it much awaited Blackberry OS 6 with a pack full of features like Webkit browser and revamped UI. The OS will be featured in the new Blackberry Torch and then for newer Blackberry phones.
Top 6 features of Blackberry OS
Multi-Touch Interface : The new Blackberry OS has got multi-touch capabilities for touchscreens. This is a bit surprising as Blackberry is known for its traditional hard keyword systems. All though off beat it is a good move by blackberry especially considering the future Multi-Touch has got.
New Webkit browser:
The new BlackBerry browser now offers pinch-to-zoom and touchscreen scrolling. That will be great for touchscreen models, and could bring BlackBerry browsing up to speed with iPhone and Android. The web kit makes browsing on the web faster, smooth and less frustrating too.
Redesigned home screen
The old school blackberry interface is off and the new homepage interface looks very meaningful and user friendly.
Universal search
Following the lead of Palm webOS and iPhone, BlackBerry 6 will offer an all-device search that will help you find mail messages, contacts, apps, songs, videos, etc. And it will let you extend the search out to the Web if what you're searching for isn't on the device itself.
Context-sensitive menus
The BlackBerry key has always served as a menu button to provide additional options (kind of like right-click on a PC). BlackBerry 6 extends that concept into the touch interface. So this is another way Blackberry is shifting to touch from hardware.
Social tools
The new Blackberry OS has integrated social hooks in to the platform. This allows social media users to update Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) all at once. And also one can view the social feed at once in a single or multiple columns.
These features will surely excite any Blackberry App Developers