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I'll be waiting!]]>Jan 21st 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://bit.ly/blackberry-8910-more-details]]>Jan 21st 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
conclusive evidence that we are never going know exectly just what the hell they're up to in waterloo]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/You could just use Opera Mini. It's better than either.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
Peace and love, peace and love.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/rim-adding-touchscreen-to-bold-like-qwerty-us-bound-hsdpa-storm/

Just saying.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
but... that post isn't tagged Magnum...]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
http://gizmodo.com/5064935/rim-announcing-blackberry-with-touchscreen-and-full-keyboard-storm-with-us-hsdpa-in-may]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
Yeah, "dat would suck" like your ability to write the english language. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
How much longer will RIM be able to pull the wool over cheap consumers that want a smartphone but aren't willing to jump to Android or AT&T for the iPhone?

Old crap is old, and that form factor, no matter how much it's tweaked, is still straight out of the late 90s. It's 20-fricking-10 already RIM, rebuild your OS, reinvent yourself like Palm, finish your WebKit browser, and make people care again.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/I'm hoping they wake up and reinvent themselves before they're left behind.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Who cares what the phone looks like, so long as it does its job. And it does, it's still the leading marketshare holder in the smartphone market, well and above even the iPhone. They design their phones with practicality in mind for business users. They don't give a shit if some uppity consumer doesn't buy their phones because they don't have a full touchscreen, with a slick form factor. That's not what they build their phones for.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
Sometimes in cases where a product is aimed at a certain end-user, it IS better to evolve than reinvent.

The remarks about the OS needing a spiffing up, though, are spot on.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
The reason? Because up until about two months ago, it was one of the only affordable smartphone choices on VZW. Now, up against the likes of Android, it's kind of like the smartphone platform on training wheels.

I've used blackberries, and honestly think the whole thing is stuck in early 2000s, late 90s design. Let's not forget that BB in general spun off of a strange take on Palm's platform at the time. Since then, the innovations have been what? Color? Basic web? A crummy application store? BBM (ha!)? Frequent service outages through BIS?

Yeah, whatever. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/And yet they lead all smartphone companies in sales, marketshare and customer satisfaction.

Clearly you're right, and they're wrong. That's so obvious by now. Maybe you should take some advice from your own photo, and stop shoving your head up your own ass. It's blinding you to the truth.]]>Jan 21st 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
You know, your Avatar is hilariously accurate.]]>Jan 21st 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/keyboard is so 2005
screen too small need at least 3.5 inches
can't be docked like iPhone
no real iTunes so bb music player is useless
smartphone that can't 100% replace iPod touch
will not sell zero to millin in 72 hours guaranteed
doesn't appeal to 16-39 year olds which buy more smartphones than any other demo.
]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/No one has ever called this an iPhone killer, how stupid are you? Go look at how much marketshare advantage RIM has over Apple then come back to me.]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/You are right, the thing about Blackberrys is that there is a huge variety of handsets that all work pretty much alike. They are all multi-tasking and tend to work very well indeed for a compl;ex product that is so easy to use.

It's true that the OS could use a few more modern bells and whistles but for me, the Blackberry is the best phone on the market, bar none. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
however... it will be a fail until BB completely revamps their OS...
]]>Jan 21st 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
Seems. So. Pleasant.]]>Jan 21st 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 21st 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/
Most of you have never used a Blackberry beyond 30 seconds on a dummy at the ATT store.

I owned an iPhone for a year, great device. I now own a Bold 9700. I agree that improvement is needed but for Christ's sake this is not a RAZR we're talking about.

These phones are great and they work perfectly for the lifestyles of a lot of people. I love my keyboard to death and I can text faster than I ever could on my iPhone and not come out with a mashed excuse for a sentence. That is what is important to ME.

Please guys, these are fucking cell phones. CELL PHONES. Not absolute truths or Socratic ideals.

SUBJECTIVITY.]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/blackberry-magnum-prototype-spotted-canned-in-favor-of-somethin/Jan 22nd 2010 12:48AM