You may have forgotten the BlackBerry Mr. T, but it remembers you
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This article contains unofficial information.
While previous rumors pointed the handset will have a side-sliding keyboard, it now seems Mr. T will actually have a portrait-oriented QWERTY. To be honest, this seems more possible to us, as RIM specializes in portrait keyboards. Another interesting thing is the OS version, which is said to be no less than 6.0. Yep, we also hope it isn’t just a facelift of 5.0. Wi-Fi 802.11n support is said to be 100% in the game, as the source states, as well as a screen resolution of 360x480 pixels. Finally, this should be a GSM smartphone, so Verizon won’t be exclusive in the US.
Be honest with us, do you think the market needs the BlackBerry Mr. T? Is it hot enough to compare with the offerings of other manufacturers right now? So many questions, so little time…
source: BGR
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2. corporateJP posted on 26 Feb 2010, 09:30 0 0
Great. A lousy, outdated manufacturer lifts design cues from another company on life-support.
3. nallison posted on 26 Feb 2010, 09:49 0 0
Really?...."Old and Busted"...."lousy, outdated"....really? The #2 smartphone OEM in the world is outdated? 20% smartphone WW market share is busted??? Please..
4. scottmbolt (unregistered) posted on 26 Feb 2010, 09:55 0 0
Arguably Black Berry started the Smart phone craze (i.e. the coined term "CrackBerry"). How long have the iPhone and Android OSes been out? Not long enough to reach the numbers that BlackBerry have gained over the past almost decade. But they are outdated. You just wait, BlackBerry's market share is lowering steadily.
9. nallison posted on 26 Feb 2010, 11:44 0 0
Regardless of iPhone popularity in the US and the time to market relative to BB, the level of success will never translate WW; Blackberry and Nokia/Symbian will continue to reign.....http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/dist
ribution/ Scroll down to heading "Apple is Luxury Brand for Phones"
21. jhoots posted on 01 Mar 2010, 12:34 0 0
i would have to disagree with you on this one.(OLD) palm and WM would be the companies that revolutionized the smartphone industry. WM basically created it. Blackberry sales alot of phones because of the low costs of their phones and its availability across all carriers. Im a big smartphone buff and i wouldnt even call Blackberry a smartphone its more like a messaging phone. and the UI is so old and way too plain. You will see in the very near future that android and Windows phone 7 will begin to outsale blackerberry unless they can change their phone into actual smartphones.
5. arqjav posted on 26 Feb 2010, 10:02 0 0
I think that blackberry should focus on changing the interface a little bit, make it more appealing I have a blackberry the 8830 and I think is good phone but I seen the newer models sure some are smaller and thin, but the OS is the same the icons are different but is the same OS, I think instead of getting new phone in to the market they should change the OS first.
8. Ebonyks posted on 26 Feb 2010, 11:03 0 0
I think this phone stands a chance of being relevant, it all depends on the OS. RIM delivers some of the best hardware in the mobile market, they just need a windows mobile 7-like face lift if they plan on being a major player in the mobile world in the next few years. Rim's down but not out, let's just hope they have the sense to pick up the pace and become competitive with the offerings of apple, Motorola, HTC, palm, etc.
10. smrt83 posted on 26 Feb 2010, 11:48 0 0
I love BB's OS, they can be personalized to fit any ones needs and they get better reception than most other PDA's or Smart phones. I find touch screens to be unreliable, even the best of them are not always accurate. Do we need another touch screen that doesn't work as well as a keyboard? I for one would be willing to try it out and see.
12. asears08 posted on 26 Feb 2010, 12:38 0 0
RIM Should buy Palm. Take the WebOS, toss the rest in the trash. Retool WebOS to be more BB like, and call it a day.
13. phonedemocracy posted on 26 Feb 2010, 13:17 0 0
At this point I don't think anyone should buy Palm, wouldn't be a good investment. Blackberry's are still strong, they have a fairly loyal consumer base. Remember that your point of view is from the forefront of technology- you're looking at the latest phones, developments, etc. The rest of the world isn't looking at it from the same point of view. This has been the year of Android, but there are times I wish I had my old blackberry's reliable radio. Other devices are excellent multimedia built around an okay phone (looking at you, Iphone). Blackberry's are excellent phones built around a par multimedia device.
14. phonedemocracy posted on 26 Feb 2010, 13:19 0 0
The above statement obviously has the disclaimers about the Blackberry Pearl Flip and the Storm 1. FFFF that noise.
19. donpeppino9 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 08:08 0 0
Perfectly stated... blackberry's are for people who want a phone first then multimedia. Iphone and android are built towards a multimedia device first, phone second. web os is 50/50 phone-multimedia.
15. rwolf1984 posted on 26 Feb 2010, 13:37 0 0
Blackberry...please do not re-invent the Palm Pre...You guys are much better than that. Does blackberry need an updated touchscreen...YES! One that can compete with Android, the next iPhone, and WinPhone 7. A phone with a slide out keypad would be nice, but do not do a Blackberry Palm Pre Remix!
16. vinsterdamus posted on 26 Feb 2010, 14:14 0 0
the palm is better then any BB phone. not in numbers but who cares about numbers except for the company's them self. Web OS is just a solid smartphone os with a bad app store for now.
17. rwolf1984 posted on 26 Feb 2010, 14:35 0 0
I agree that the WebOS is superior to the blackberry OS, but the BB hardware is much better! Numbers are important. The customers (with their dollars) or the market picks the winners...Right now companies like Palm and Sprint are not winning.
