BlackBerry orlando - A Curve Touch with a physical keyboard?!

Wow! They have some neat stuff coming out.

Not a huge fan of the Curve series, but R.I.M. is really getting serious about 2011 and their line-up of devices. Congrats.

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So what you're saying is this is a non-fugly Bold Touch.

I am so into this - I love the curve form factor and keyboard. I was hesitant about the Bold Touch because of the size, but I would definitely pick this up!

That is a nice looking phone - if this is still entry level in price but not in the specs dept (eg screen res), this could be the hotcake of 2011.

For all those who will inevitably criticize my observation, you should note that I am currently using a Blackberry Bold 9650, so I can't be dismissed as a 'Rim-basher.'

RIM is missing the point. Completely. It is not the touchscreen that make their devices less appealing, at least to the North American consumer. It is the size of their screens. Slice it any way you want, all functions on the phone, especially browsing and media functions are made more pleasant with a bigger screen real estate.

A touchscreen on a phone with the same screen size as my 9650 is almost as useless as a mole on a nose. It gives more options, but doesn't necessarily make the user experience any more pleasant.

Not into little touch screen that`s why a love my torch and getting the T2

from the visuals this phone looks WAY better than the new bold but it won't come close in specs... and I can't justify buying a cheaper version of a phone when I know there is something way better out... SMH idk what to do

I totally agree with Barredbard... What's the point of giving a touchscreen to a phone that already has a keyboard/trackpad?

Not much...

I know the Torch also has a keyboard and a trackpad, but can we agree that the phone was designed from the beginning with a touchscreen in mind?

So, as Barredbard said: it all comes down to screen size...

I wasn't too thrilled with the Torch when it came out, but chose to get one anyway, and I have to say that this form-factor is interesting... I think it's the way to go for RIM on their future phones, while still keeping the "old school" format around for those that prefer it...

This pic could easily just be the apollo or sedona again and to be honest it seems quite unlikely that they would release another phone that was exactly the same as those except for the touchscreen.

When we first heard leaks about orlando it sounded more like it would be a cutprice storm model rather than a curve version of the bold touch.

Is it a half touch screen/half physical keyboard phone? I just can't see myself using something like this. I'm a chick and have small hands but with just a half touch screen phone like that, what can you do other than click icons?

Pinch to zoom, copy and paste, and other screen functions. Oh and probably the ability to play a few new/different games.

Please enter me in the contest for a Curve Touch (Orlando, GSM).

I have a Torch and to those users asking "what is the point of a touch screen and trackpad/keyboard", I say it's actually quite nice. I use my torch with the keyboard out all the time. In fact, it is sitting on my desk right now with it's keyboard hanging out (teehee).

The experience of using my phone with the combination of the screen and keyboard is just great. I touch an icon and then start typing on the keyboard. Or, I use the trackpad in those sticky places where the writing is small, because it's accurate.

Now for the BIG question: Camera with a flash?

I don't subscribe to the don't want it don't use it. It gets in the way sometimes. Hope non touchscreen devices are in still projected in the long run

That screen is pretty big though