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While the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 seems to be going to everybody and their second uncle twice-removed, the BlackBerry 9670 clamshell may be staying exclusive to Vodafone and Verizon.
The interesting part here is that Verizon was apparently the one to ask for the bizarre form factor, and as much as we might be confused by (or at worst begrudge) Verizon for that, they also pushed RIM to include a 5 megapixel camera and pump out OS 6.0. The general concensus on BlackBerry’s new operating system is warm at the upper-end, but launching in a form factor that completely flops could douse what little hype BlackBerry 6 commands.
As always, this is just talk – no pictures or documents to back it up, so take it all with a grain of salt.
[Fudzilla via PhoneArena]
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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.
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