Anyone else besides me think a modern RIM 850 would be cool?

[adam917]

Make it the same size of the old pager (OK maybe thinner unless the thickness is taken up by a battery that can run all month before dying) & give it support for only these: SMS, plain text e-mail, some IM services, clock, calendar, memo pad, & contacts. Monochrome screen.

Make it an unlocked multiband GSM/UMTS model suitable for global roaming (it would use hardly any data anyway, but the UMTS support could be for use in countries/regions that have no GSM, like Japan & South Korea).

Am I the only weird one here that would like to see something like this come to market? Perhaps after the market gets totally saturated with bigger & bigger screen phones & tablets, demand may open up for a simpler & much smaller device.

[LOVEtheXIV]

Yes. You are the only one.

[Zach7]

I think it would be a very limited market. But some businesses do not allow devices with cameras. So maybe something similar with a twist!

[Puppys]

I'm not totally sure on this idea, Seems a bit odd.

[blackberry396]

I wouldn't dislike it actually! It can be a spare device used for emergency stuff, or just something very simple and cheap! Of course not many people will get it, but a few ones with not much money will do!

[sportline]

Going back retro simple can be good, at some point people will get tired of all this connectivity and social crap...twatter or facebutt and the rest of the narcisstic syndromes.

[JasW]

I still have my old 950 -- my first BB, more than ten years old now. The problem is that you'd still have to carry a cell phone. I remember carrying both, one on each hip. Don't think I'd want to go back to that.

[nickdalzell1]

i would love to see and Inter@ctive Pager still working. if anything for the nostalgia. i still have my old Nokia 5185i lying around as a backup on Page Plus and up until my iPhone, Droid failures and now Blackberry i was still using the old brick of a phone. the BB has finally replaced it

the 850 would be nice for a cheaper market such as the TracFones and Net10s. they have cheap basic non-flashy phones from $15. would be a neat addition to that market to have a RIM offering even if dated.