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More BlackBerry (Bold?) Slider Photos Emerge!
By
Kevin Michaluk |
03 Mar 2010 19:50
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202 comments
WooHOO!! More photos of the BlackBerry Slider have emerged. These new photos posted by BBLeaks are much clearer now than the original ones that popped up in the CrackBerry forums last night. Take a look. The unit has a dead battery and won't power up so there's not too much to be told about the experience just yet. They note that the battery is a new design, FX-1, and apparently is only 1050mAh, which is quite small for a BlackBerry. I'm definitely itching to see more specs on this one. Be sure to checkout the BlackBerry Slider Rumor Roundup we put together earlier for our latest grasp of what this device is all about. More photos below and you can jump over to bbleaks for higher res images. 
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Different pictures, same ugly design.
it slid from the side and had the keyboard sideways, the phone would look better. with it slid open that long way, that is a major turn-off for a phone period. it would work with a smaller screen, but with the screen that long...I mean come on. You gotta do better RIM. Don't make blackberries for teens, make them for adults. SMH...
In this photos it looks larger, But check BB Leaks, the picture in there looks better
Not sure what you meant by SMH, but I thought I would say that those are my wife's initials!
Shakes my head...
Amen! This BB can do without the small buttons and use the great space of the hight of the screen to introduce a landscape QWERTY with a BB-touch.
If they make it a landscape keyboard you won't be able to type on it for ****. Every other phone with a landscape qwerty can't touch blackberry keyboards for sped and comfort, so why would RIM sell out the one thing they have that leagues ahead of the opposition ?
Even if this baby doesn't look as sleek as most modern berries, it sure as hell shouldn't be aspiring to be some kind of android powered fail-maichine.
I agree...landscape keyboards suck. Sure they are spacious but you can't type on them for crap (at least not physical landscape qwerty's - touchscreen's require them in my opinion). I like the portrait slider idea. RIM has perfected the portrait keyboard. Stick with what you're good at, I say.
Whenever I pick up a phone and it has landscape keyboard that is all I need to see in order to KNOW it's not for me. The compressed Blackberry keyboard is the only way to go.
Does anyone know if this is going to be 9000 keyboard size? I currently have the 9700 and love the 9000 size of keyboard.
It's a basic, standard looking phone. Certainly not ugly. Just being haters...
Ummmm, no it's ugly.
I don't see how anyone can call this ugly unless they think other BB's are ugly. It totally fits into the BB line-up. If someone doesn't like the form-factor that doesn't mean it's "ugly."
i love the form factor the design is ugly, it should just be glossy black like the palm pre
So nice looking, I want :D
Second! lol
Im curious about one thing, If its like the bold then this keypad is going to be uncomfy. Im a big fan of sliders myself and I know that sometimes it can be a pain, but a Blackberry Slider? its kind of sexy!
the idea is sick but the desighn it couldve been sooo much more slicker
Touchscreen?
Hopefully it is with that large of a screen, but im not a fan of moving parts on cellphones.
Yea, it'll be a touchscreen like the iPhone...no SurePress like the Storm. Just a normal touchscreen.
Yea which I think is dumb to have a regular touch screen it should be the SurePress and why the hell is there a trackpad if its touchscreen
i think its dumb to have a trackpad and a touch screen...sorta like when they made laptops with the mouse pad AND the little button thing in the middle of the keyboard. i think they should either pick one or the other, and having the SurePress on this doesn't make much senss, you're using the keyboard for like 99% of your input anyway.
Try selecting text with a storm, it is a pain. That is what the trackpad is for. When you are browsing the web you are not using the keyboard, you are flicking through web pages and clicking on links and surepress is great for making sure you click the right link.
I have a feeling that most of the haters do not use their berries for web browsing and do not understand the significance of a big touchscreen with a Blackberry keyboard.
So far thats the only good thing I see with this device, the fact it has a big touchscreen with no surepress. However it looks a little to thick for my liking...if made sleeker, I may have a change of heart.
But my opinions on sliders have kind of been tarnished since owning a Nokia 7650 years ago, nice to use at first but when the mechanics get a good run-in..hinges start to slacken, and quite honestly I don't think RIM are up there when it comes to making robust handsets.
Which brings people back to the question of why do you need both a trackpad and a touchscreen. Sure, selecting text on the Storm is horrible. That's because it has surepress. Since this isn't suppose to have surepress then selecting text shouldn't be a pain. So then there's no need to have both. RIM overthought this and at the same time didn't think enough.
is the problem for the storms erratic text select. I actually believe its a software issue... So with that said, I take back what I wrote about surpress being awful...its not, its just not great, and at times i wish I could turn it off.
Have you ever REALLY used an iPhone for web browsing, typing selecting text. Making a typing mistake in an e-mail or a Word Doc and have to go back with a touch screen and try to select one word or a phrase to delete or edit. It is VERY hard. I actually LOVE the idea of having both. If you don't think you will use the touch pad then don't, but I think the use of both is a GREAT idea. It eliminates all the flaws that a "only touch screen" has because it gives you a touch bad. And it eliminates the speed issue that a non-touch screen have. It give you both and I think you would be surprised at just how often you might use both. Web navigation for one I think would be great with the touch pad, clicking on a text box or drop down menu without missing 19243 times and having to go back...
I like the option to have both of them. I'm not a huge fan of touchscreen in general and would like to be able to use the trackpad to navigate.
I'm hoping they put an option in there to turn the touchscreen off completely then you just have a big screen with slider keyboard. I'm going to try this phone out for sure when it comes out but not sure about the slider. I am a fan of the "candybar" style. (the less moviing parts the better)
"i think its dumb to have a trackpad and a touch screen..."
actually, it's the best of both worlds if you think about it. no surepress though, that is a total joke.
I can totally see the Trackpad as being useful even though the screen is touch (which I hope is SurePress). I have the Storm2 and there are times I wish I had the Trackpad for finer adjustments of the cursor location. Why the frick do web designers have such small page numbers, hot links, and other page controls on mobile version of their sites? (CB included). The Trackpad is an EXCELLENT idea. I hope Storm3 has one.
I used a Storm before in was a pain in the @$$ when, you're web browsing and wanna click on a certain link like ESPN's site. Sometimes I just want to click NBA not NFL cuz my finger accidentally touches links I dont want. I find it a pain to double click on the screen to zoom in then click on the link to make sure its correct.. ITS A WASTE OF TIME TO DO THAT.. With a trackpad its FASTER WEB BROWSING..
I think if the screen came more out to the edges, it will make it better. I would pick one up, hopefully it will come to T-Mobile!
The first two comments sum it up pretty good I think.
Kevin, I hope you're wrong! I've been waiting for something like this to come out for verizon, but you broke my heart when you said it was being tested on ATT :(
You're not the only one....
Sprint too.
There seems so be so much wasted screen retail with the bezel and buttons
I like it! Best of both worlds although a horizontal design would be better
Agreed!
a horizontal slide would make it a little better. hopefully this is just a concept and not a final product
Something tells me that if you NEVER want to open this phone it will have a side keyboard like the Storm does...I want to see it on and running before I judge it.
KEVIN! When is our hands on video coming? You need to get your hands on this thing ASAP!
It just looks...awkward... I would rather have just a touchscreen with a Bold-keyboard. That trackpad placement seems like it could be uncomfortable, personally.
yeah. they should put the trackpad right in the middle of the screen.
but as you can see, there really isnt space to put it anywhere else.
I'd try this out...
Or at least the next step up, for those that want a full keyboard but hate the "accidental butt dialing" (ie: my parents).
new Blackberry designs to Samsung. 2007 Samsung.
I have never met a company with such BRILLIANT products that is so averse to a bit of modernity......sigh...FYI this is UGLY
enough said there. good concept just not there quite. if it comes out, i think RIM would be disappointed in the sales.
"i think RIM would be disappointed in the sales."
hahaha, no they wouldn't. This thing will sell like hot cakes. People want a change in Blackberry style and this gives in to them.
Looks like it would be top-heavy when typing. It's a toss-up for me on the looks tho.
If it is gonna be a touch screen then why have a track pad??? seems useless and waist of screen space!!!
Think about nexus one. Or the mytouch. I think its good to have touchscreen and a trackball, or in this case, track pad.