[chrysaurora]

My ideal devices would be:

Physical keyboard device:
(Hybrid of Classic & Passport)

1. 4"+ inch screen but higher resolution than Z10 (preferably).
2. 4 row physical keyboard, touch enabled (like Passport but Classic like sized space-bar key, 4 physical rows)
3. Slightly less wide than Passport (MUST be slightly narrower without having to go for sub 4" screen though).
4. Toolbelt - doesn't matter. If it's not there, it'd be fine as long as keyboard is touch-enabled.

Slider device:
(Hybrid of Torch & Z10)

1. 4.5"inch screen
2. Toolbelt (like Torch) - must have!!!
3. Slider 4 row Physical Keyboard (like Torch) But a note here: Torch's keyboard did not have as much depth. So, pressing keys was not as satisfying. I want the keyboard to have enough depth so that when you press any key, you get that satisfying tactile feedback.

Keyboard doesn't need to be touch-enabled. But tool-belt is a must have in slider form factor.

I think BlackBerry stopped making Slider form factor because they thought (from Torch's sales) that it wasn't a success. But I think Slider didn't sell as well because BlackBerry OS wasn't optimized for touch. So, you needed to keep keyboard open a lot of times. But now that we have BlackBerry 10 OS which is a touch-OS first, it'd work very very well on a Slider device. I think BlackBerry should really release a slider device (with above specs - haha).

Can somebody draw concepts in photoshop and post it here? It'd be fun BlackBerryPorn

[mycj7]

I like both of these ideas! I'm in.

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[chrysaurora]

No takers?



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[hoonigan99]

There are some slider concepts, with "blade" being the most highly regarded. This thread would probably do better under the Concepts page.

+1 Billion for a Slider with Belt!

BB for Life

[bberry1995]

Sounds like a good idea to me!

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