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It’s more than likely that the last batch of BlackBerry slider pictures left you unsatisfied, so here’s a fresh serving, showing the device side-by-side with the BlackBerry Curve 8900,and the rear, complete with the door off. Sure, it puts on a few millimeters for being in two parts, but as you can see, the difference in size versus existing BlackBerrys is negligible.
We still aren’t sure what family this device would fall under, although it’s likely not a Storm, but we do know it will have Wi-Fi 802.11n, and a 360 x 480 display. I’m glad to see RIM continuing to experiment with new form factors, despite the mixed performance of both the Storm and the Pearl Flip – a sea of standard, full QWERTY-keyboard candybars does the brand no favours in terms of building distinctive, characterful products. We’ll have to hold out for other details, such as the quality of the slide mechanism, operating system, and camera (anything up from 3.2 megapixels would be nice). What do you guys think, is this thing looking any better than it did before?
[via BBLeaks]
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Simon Sage
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.
