[Rumor] New QNX Phone Info

[kil187]

Just give me a Bold 9930 keyboard, a lil bit more screen real estate, a bigger battery, and 4G and I'm sold. It will almost never happen, as the trend is going towards these skinnier, flimsy, touchscreen phones.

[supraking]

RIM will continue to be a force in the business market. However, the lack of a keyboard on this alleged phone shows that they're really trying to push their way into the consumer marketplace to take on Apple and Google.

RIM will always hold a minimum marketshare which is the business user community. It's all about the keyboard. Hopefully they realize that and don't depart from producing phones that carry this feature down the road (though knowing Lazaridis, he's stubborn enough to keep putting keyboards on phones even when they're connected to our brains and we can think-to-type).

[Huot]

RIM won't be giving up the keyboard, as long as there is demand. I believe a slider and keyboard BBX will make an appearance not long after the release of their non keyboard phone if this is indeed the root they take.

I just think releasing a touch phone first that can maybe tap into all the playbook apps that are already out there, means a phone launched with thousands of apps. Launching a keyboard phone as the first BBX will have a much smaller app count which it will get hammered with.

[Charlie_V]

From what I have read, the keyboard will initially be OUT. That's unfortunate because the excellent BB keyboards are both a serious draw to Blackberry devices and one that keeps people like me coming back. Developing skill with an on screen keyboard (Apple and Android) was a PITA, and one I'd gladly let atrophy. I thought the strategy was to get everyone who had a Blackberry to buy a Playbook... making a smaller, maybe 4 inch, Playbook with phone radios doesn't strike me as smart. Only people with poor vision and fat fingers (me, me) will be wanting a Playbook. What would be smarter is making a QNX phone that can seemlessly run both BBOS and QNX apps.

"Just give me a Bold 9930 keyboard, a lil bit more screen real estate, a bigger battery, and 4G and I'm sold. It will almost never happen, as the trend is going towards these skinnier, flimsy, touchscreen phones. " ... I totally agree. In fact, I'd go for a THICKER device. We already know phones are getting montrously huge, so small dimensions is not the end all be all. Further, if you use your phone alot, having it a little thicker is a plus because it is easier to hold. Thin is only good to the point where a phone's main use is hampered by awkward ergonomics. I've added battery packs to most of my phones over the years, and never bemoaned the slightly larger bulge and heavier weight when I slip it into my pocket--especially when the trade off yields all day, everything on, use.

[51smoker]

RIM is going down for sure. Their bold and curve have double typing issue, bad build quality. and they totally ignored this serious problem, pretended nothing happened

[Charlie_V]

Originally Posted by 51smoker

RIM is going down for sure. Their bold and curve have double typing issue, bad build quality. and they totally ignored this serious problem, pretended nothing happened

I don't know, Smoker... go to a store and check out the 9930... it is a serious device.

[CosmicHeretic]

Ill be using my 9700 until a BBX slider is out. Physical keyboard and big screen in a smaller form factor than the current Torch slider is the ticket for me. Can't get my free upgrade until March anyway.

[KiDPaul]

Well why hasn't anyone mentioned the update picture with the BB London being the first QNX BB phone running BBX? I think it look freaking awesome. Kinda made me look twice cause it reminds me of the Nokia N8 at first lol.

[southlander]

Heck as large as phones are getting now RIM could easily do a slider with BBX that has the full 99xx keyboard on it.

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[KiDPaul]

Slider's have been done and personally I love the Torch but I want to see them try and make a wicked full touch screen phone. RIM should get their foot in that door because there's no one trying to compete with them with physical keyboards. They've released one of the bet keyboards in the 9900 and 9930.