Blackberry Storm/Bold Qwerty Slider Gets Outed

Our friends over at BBLeaks outed what appears to be a new Blackberry slider/Storm/Bold QWERTY combo. A closer look at the photo above and you see a Storm type facade. When we look a little closer, we see the Bold type (and well loved) qwerty keyboard. What we do not know if this was one of RIM’s failed test projects or is this an actual phone about to hit the market this summer during the June Tsunami of phones.

I would have to take the latter and say that this is something RIM is working on, but I do not think that this will be the final product. Why? Because RIM has reduced the amount of chrome around the bezel of it’s devices the last couple of years and this design looks dated and about 2 1/2 years old already. I am excited to see something similar to the Palm Pre and Samsung Flight with a portrait slider and qwerty action running a newer RIM OS, but I really hope that RIM doesn’t produce this particular style. Why? I just asked my girl who is a Blackberry lover and supporter (9000 and now 9700) “Would you buy this phone?” She said “oh…no.” Enough said.

via BBLeaks

[tweetmeme source=”fonefrenzy” http://wp.me/pv73k-G1%5D

BlackBerry 9990 Photo (New Device) Surfaces. Is it the Storm2 or Magnum?

Apparently, the guys over at Crackberry have received a photo of a device they believe to be the 9900 Storm 2. They’ve stated that it may be an internal (to RIM)  model number “9990” and that it actually exists. But Crackberry reports that doesn’t seem to point to a new device at all. They believe that it is classified as Storm 2 hardware. We think that this may be the model number for the “Hybrid” Blackberry Magnum.

In another post by Crackberry last year, they stated: “A little more info for you – we’re now hearing it will be called the BlackBerry 9900 and it’s currently codenamed Pluto.” Also, BoyGenius had this photo not much later. I think we are going to see the “Hybrid” touchscreen with full qwerty keyboard running the latest (hopefully revamped) OS Blackberry Magnum. And I would probably breakdown and buy one if it was half decent because I love the Bold’s keyboard. Just make sure RIM uses a trackpad and not trackball, OK? Your thoughts?