View Poll Results: Do you like the "look" of the Blackberry Slider?
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I like it!
80 44.69% -
I don't like it!
55 30.73% -
Not sure how I feel about it yet?
44 24.58%
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Any designer (I am a designer) will underscore the need for sturdiness but it's not just the sturdiness, it's the usability experience (or our visceral expectation).
I pick up my BB and start by typing something on its lovely QUERTY keyboard. This is often someone's name. There are many stages to this, but it boils down to: I pick up the keyboard first and the screen just happens to be attached.
The 9500 failed for me because it does not offer immediate access to the keyboard. There are subtle stages to get around to typing someone's name (and then typing isn't as good). The 9700a's photos bring about a similar worry because it shows subtle hinderances to typing someone's name and I don't want that.
In other words, I want the keyboard to be my first point of contact. Furthermore, the 9700a has a very conventional layout and consequently it does not attract an inquiry (or new expectation). Why not slide the screen behind the keyboard? It would not be worse!
I invite RIM to PM me for better ideas
Last edited by flop; 03-03-10 at 07:13 PM.
03-03-10 06:59 PM - Yes indeed.
My earlier suggestion was a button keyboard with a clear window to the screen that is stored underneath: a window to your message alerts and other status displays. Then, if you want to, you can slide out the screen for its full glory. But then, I'm closer to being a business/academic user with somewhat boring needs
It could be a touch screen and consequently extend the keyboard but that's not really going to affect visceral reactions (it would be a behavioural thing). It's a nice idea though.
However, this represents my and your design ideas, not RIM's. RIM is conventional.Last edited by flop; 03-03-10 at 08:02 PM.
03-03-10 07:19 PM - I like the poll results. They basically suggest 'wtf?'
I'm going to change my tune. I remember complaining once that my BB phones people too easily because the keys are exposed. My current BB can phone someone from inside my pocket if I bump into someone and didn't lock the keypad. This feature can ruin talktime or it can even run-up big phone bills!
In my scenario, the 9700a is not a bad idea.
However, I would like to have a clever BB that can be arranged in one of several formations. For example: One for office ease of use, and another for pocket stowage. There could be another arrangement for car or for home. Either way, this keyboard/screen assembly is a serious topic that deserves some ingenious planning and a healthy design budget.Last edited by flop; 03-03-10 at 07:43 PM.
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