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Alain Segond von Banchet, a RIM Channel Sales Manager for RIM in the Netherlands, has openly acknowledged the existence of the alleged BlackBerry Storm follow-up at the TeleVisie 2009 conference. On top of providing a firmish launch date of late ’09/early ’10 on TPN, von Banchet also hints at a new way of inputting text. While it’s unlikely that SurePress will be booted altogether, maybe we’ll something as drastic as a slider variant with a physical keyboard (RIM has a patent for it, and analysts have already called it), or maybe a smaller change like typing that doesn’t require a full click, and operates on light touch alone like traditional touchscreens. Word has it a new screen style called TruePress will make typing a helluva lot easier.
Aside from that, Wi-Fi will likely be in – one of the biggest holes in the old BlackBerry Storm. The release date conflicts a bit with earlier reports of a September launch, but Verizon and TPN likely have different release schedules.
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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