RIM has been a pretty leaky sieve lately, what with all the news and hardware shots of their apparently upcoming slider device spilling out, but has someone accidentally let BlackBerry OS 6.0 out of the bag? According to BBLeaks you’re looking at two screenshots of RIM’s next-gen OS, and one of their best tipsters reckons they’re legitimate.
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Back when the iPhone first launched in 2007 RIM thought it would get into the touchscreen smartphone action with the Storm, which turned out to pretty much suck. Many rumors are floating around that are pointing to new RIM devices and Engadget reckons some of the rumors all point to the same device.
After its first blurry sighting, the BlackBerry Slider has shown up again in a new set of photos this time looking far clearer. According to BBLeaks the device – which won’t power on due to a “bad battery” – lacks the physically-clicking SurePress display of previous touchscreen BlackBerry devices, and from the photos we can see that RIM have fitted a large touchscreen and QWERTY in roughly the same bulk as the BlackBerry 8900.
Live images of what seems to be like a BlackBerry slider phone have just surfaced online, and while source BlackBerry Leaks hasn’t been able to verify the authenticity of the images, this looks to be very much from maker RIM.
The talk of a BlackBerry slider smartphone continues to bubble, and BGR’s sources reckon they have some fresh information on the matter. The in-development device is apparently a portrait-orientation slider, more similar to the Palm Pre in form-factor than it is to the more common side-sliding QWERTY handsets, and it’s likely to have a touchscreen along with the pull-out ‘board. In fact the source reckons this particular BlackBerry is what the ongoing Magnum/Dakota project – which paired a keyboard, touchscreen and optical joystick – evolved into.
That would leave the unnamed new device as pretty much a BlackBerry Storm 9520 with a slide-up keyboard similar to the BlackBerry Bold. Other specs include WiFi 802.11n – “100% support” insists the source – and a 360 x 480 display. Software is expected to be BlackBerry OS 6.0, and – best of all – this isn’t going to be a Verizon exclusive; RIM’s first slider will be a GSM/HSPA device.
RIM is showing off its new WebKit-based browser, for all its BlackBerry smartphones, and it’s in fact, rather fleet-footed. Check out the video demonstration after the break.
RIM’s rumored BlackBerry Magnum has been spotted in the wild, at least in prototype form. As you might quickly spot, the smartphone lacks a center trackball or touchpad; instead, this full-QWERTY BlackBerry has a touchscreen display.
The iPhone may be the device that grabs many of the headlines around the country, but it’s also strapped with the worst 3G network in the country according to some users and customer surveys. On other networks some of the most popular smartphones continue to be the RIM Blackberry line and customers on Alltel now have a new Blackberry to choose from.
Apple and other electronics firms seemingly find themselves embroiled in patent infringement suits all the time. One name we don’t often hear with infringement suits is Kodak. Kodak has filed a suit against Apple and RIM alleging patent infringement.
RIM’s new crush, the optical control pad, is slowly making its way through the company’s line, and it looks as though the next handset to lose its trackball will be the BlackBerry Curve 8900. According to BerryReview you’re looking at the BlackBerry Curve 8910, the most obvious change being its new navigation controller.
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