O2's BlackBerry 7100x
Still not sure we're digging on this new direction Research In Motion is taking things, but UK wireless carrier O2 is coming out with the latest BlackBerry in the 7100 series, the 7100x. This one has the same 20-key keyboard as the 7100t and the 7100v (you know, where they put two letters on each key rather than squeeze in a full QWERTY layout and then use predictive text to guess which letter you want), quad-band GMS/GPRS (which means you can use it overseas), Bluetooth, 32MB of RAM, and a 260x240 LCD screen. We've got a hunch that you'll be seeing something similar to the 7100x over here, only it'll be called the 7100g and be available from Cingular.
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hamacus @ Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM
Over/Under 1 week before our execs want this device. Looks nice in Black though.
scott @ Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM
my 7100 from t-mobile is the first device i've really ever liked enough to keep. just the right phone-to-pda ratio. mail arrives at the phone within 15 secs of it being received by my server, i can type as fast as i can using a sidekick (and i can type one handed when needed). the two-letters per key go a long way to reducing false-hits by the predictive typing system -- my only complaint is that 'get' and 'hey' are on the same three keys and it always seems to be picking the one i don't want...no biggie since i probably shouldn't be using 'hey' all that much since it is, after all, for horses and all that.
PixelBrat @ Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM
I really wish they would have left the QWERTY keyboard alone. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Martin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM
No the full QWERTY was bad. I had 2 older blackberrys and neither were useable as a phone. Besides this looks professional, and dare I say sexy, in black. This is the first blackberry that is actually sexy.