If you thought RIM had completely run out of ways to mildly remix its existing portrait QWERTY formula, think again -- the transition from trackball to optical pad has opened up a whole new world of exciting opportunities, and it looks like the venerable
Curve 8900 might be the next model to get the refresh.
BerryReview appears to have scored a shot of the alleged 8910 in its most natural environment -- a desk calendar -- preserving the Curve series' typical broken-up keyboard style (as opposed to the connected keys you see in the
Bold line). Otherwise we don't really know much, but naturally, the new model is said to be running BlackBerry OS 5.0 under the hood (in other words, it'll look pretty much like every other BlackBerry you've used in recent memory). More on this puppy as we get it.
Update: Unwired View points out that
there's a Bluetooth SIG certification for an 8910, so this is all lining up pretty nicely, isn't it?
posted January 11th 2010 10:01PM
Eight, nine, ten. Excellent model number! Wonder how long they've been wanting to do that ...
8900 is a joke of a phone. Up here in Canada this "new" phone rides on EDGE and doesn't sport a GPS, only Wi-Fi. We're refreshing our BB fleet this summer and the way it's looking, we're leaning towards Bold 9700's for all.
I wouldn't feel comfortable giving this hobbled device to anyone for the next 2 years.
yawn
hey experts, how do you know which BB is which? they all look the same to em
@(Unverified)
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Is that real? It looks like someone just covered a phone in sharpie!