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Analyst confirms BlackBerry touchscreen slider coming in 2010

By on November 16, 2009 at 9:34am in Asides, Mobile News, Various News

RIM patents BlackBerry "Hybrid" slider with trackballThere has been a number of rumours of when RIM is going to release a device that has a full QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen capabilities. This has been labeled with the name “Pluto” and model number 9900.

We’ve written about this many times but Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu has written a report that it’s in the prototype stage and likely to ship in 2010. Wu says it’s the “best of both worlds” and that “contacts in the industry and parts suppliers who say the touchscreen slider phone is in development and resembles a cross between the Storm2 and one of RIM’s non-touch QWERTY devices.

The pic to the left is from a previous post we wrote way back on March 2nd, 2008 of a RIM patent that could actually be a working model of what they will be releasing. A device that has the QWERTY feel of a Bold 9700 and the touchscreen capabilities of a Storm2 is a natural progression.

More soon!

Via: electonicista

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  3. BlackBerry 9900 (Pluto) coming to Rogers Q3 2009?
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5 comments for “Analyst confirms BlackBerry touchscreen slider coming in 2010”

  1. I am glad I didn’t go for the Iphone yet I can’t wait for it to come out if it does…. Lets Hope. I will be the first in line to get it.

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    Posted by Andre | November 16, 2009, 2:09 pm
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  2. I’d much prefer a portrait slider, but any slider is better than none. I like the large screen of the Storm but it needs a physical keyboard.

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    Posted by Joe | November 16, 2009, 2:32 pm
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  3. finally a blackberry that does not look like a clone of the others

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    Posted by frank yu | November 16, 2009, 3:17 pm
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  4. Please file this story under:

    2 years 2 late.

    or

    Motorola drank my milkshake!

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    Posted by Ned | November 16, 2009, 3:28 pm
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  5. Where can I get this phone I am from kuwait finally this back berry is better than the others it is not like a copy cat it is I there touch with keyboard or so times normal but it has to be the same but with a little touch but this time it is perfect.

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    Posted by Essa | January 15, 2011, 7:47 am
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