BlackBerry 9670 caught trying to justify its existence on video
By Chris Ziegler 
posted May 10th 2010 2:37PM
posted May 10th 2010 2:37PM
posted May 10th 2010 2:37PM
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U.L.G.Y. you ain't got no alibi..
@Mekkakat
Only thing "u-g-l-y" here is your spelling
@Mekkakat pretty sure its UGLY not ULGY?
FUGLY.
@Mekkakat
RFOL!
(Looks at mistyped ROFL)
UUUUFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!
@Mekkakat
if you see a flip phone, they blew it.
@216 OMG HE HAD A TYPO!!!111
I hope you all survived. It was a joke, I don't care that I spelled it wrong with a typo. Have a good day.
@Mekkakat I believe Ulgy was third cousin if Hansel and Gretel.
@Ryan Deen
Hansel! Hansel! Hansel! That's all I hear anymore! Hansel!
/zoolander
@216 The thing is, this thing will still sell like hotcakes because it's made by RIM. Their name is just synonymous with professional smartphones. You just know that some companies will bulk buy these models for their employees. And once other companies see these people using the 9670, they'll have to get on board just to keep up their image of being modern and up to date. Reactions* http://j.mp/blackberry-9670-impressions
it does look like a slightly larger screen, but aside from that....
@PhoenixFox Slightly bigger screen = Netbook.
Omg.. Was that an Ipad?
My phone spends a good bit of time in a backpack and clamshells are much less fragile (at least the screens) than phone without any sort of screen protection. So it's appealing to me for that reason.
And like the original Moto StarTAC, there is something enduringly and exceedingly appealing about a phone that looks like a Star Trek communicator (at least to some people).
@lorennerol
A case helps with protecting the screen. More moving parts only hurts the ruggedness
Wow, looks like those portable n64 mods...
just...no
There so much wasted real estate on that. It just looks so odd to have the high density functionality of the BB keyboard and then 2 square inches for one button. It's the Spruce Goose of cell phones.
Blackberry just loves to give me reason to loathe them, and poor design is top on the list.
It's ugly, but not "please hurry, gouge my eyes" ugly. I would by that, if the "BB tax" wasn't that expensive in my region.
Can't stand paying extra per month to have RIM make available some functionality that I have on other smartphones for free - besides that BB messaging thingy, of course.
Ah, the awaited BB Platypus
The Hummer H2 of cell phones (I say H2 and not H1 because unlike the H1, the H2 was simply big for the sake of being big. It didn't have the off-road capabilities of the H1).
My Samsung flip phone from 2004 is more externally and aesthetically appeasing than this Badberry monstrosity.
so nasty
Kudos to RIM.
They have managed to make something uglier than my mother in law.
@ChazClout
"this message has been forwarded to your mother-in-law."
@ChazClout
Funny thing is, thats what your wife is going to look like in 25 years.
looks the way i like my women: thick.
Kill It.... with fire
The googles indeed do nothing =P
This looks like a Jitterbug phone on steroids! I hope BB only made abou a dozen or so of these because otherwise these things are going to set a record for collection of warehouse and inventory dust.
When he opened that thing, I could feel the WHOOSH from here.
That thing is uglier than Mickey Rourke.
Funny.. anyone remember this from the old days.. 1.2 inches thick..
http://www.valuepage.net/2way.htm
Ew.. what the hell is that.. that's like the ugliest cellphone ever! What is RIM thinking? Well I'm relieved it won't take much for Android to get to the number 1 spot now ;-)
It looks like a 10 year old made it in a garage.
Damnnn that thing is ugly!!!
thats awful, it looks some fan boy had made it using super glue and several existing blackberrys
Finally, a Blackberry with an actual microphone. Too many times people ask me to start yelling into my Tour because it isn't picking up my voice.
Forgot to add. NO ONE is going to admit they have this phone or be seen with it in public. Calls will go unanswered and texts will be ignorned out of the fear and shame of being caught with this thing.
This would have been more appropriate for an April 1 BB announcement/joke.
Whoever's in charge of this phone has just been immediately inducted into the "You're Kidding, Right?" hall of fame.
Perhaps I am alone, but I'm not totally turned off by this design.. I would like to see it in person though before I would even consider carrying it.
Who the hell would buy this? This things bigger than a smart car. And I thought the Pearl flip was bad.
WHY?!?!?!?!? WHY MUST YOU POST THIS FOR THE THIRD TIME?!?!?!?!? I finally blocked out the image and forgot its number (twice now...) and now THIS!
WHY?
Am I the only one who thinks that Engadget missed the larger story here? Blackberry OS 6 in the wild (no dancing required)!
The phone could be better... it's definitely not as ugly as I once thought, though still not something I would consider buying. But this is the first real glimpse at the OS in action, and first demonstration of the OS on a non-touch device. Much more important than a story about a niche phone from RIM.
Way, way, way too much space around the keyboard and home/back/trackpad/etc. Of course, for the screen size, something had to be compensated. Otherwise, I don't think it's too bad looking a phone.
Wider = more spacious, bigger, easier to type on keyboard. Who doesn't want that?? I wish more manufacturers would go back to making wide QWERTY phones for that reason alone, instead of dumping them for this slim all the way around junk. At least give us a choice. It's no wider than a Bold 9700 which isn't wide at all. RIM should never have done away with the Bold 9000 width, but it could really learn how to cut down on thickness.
It doesn't look that bad but it doesn't look good either
Best. Headline. Ever.
Totally looks like a Star Trek communicator. I'm going to get one for everyone in my away team, I mean family!
Blackberry clearly has no idea what they're doing.
Who would buy this?
They clearly don't understand what people want.