BREAKING: New Blackberry Touch Screen with Full Size ‘Slider’ Qwerty

September 26, 2009 by 3 Comments

Simulated photo of the codename "Mr. T" Blackberry

Simulated photo of the codename "Mr. T" Blackberry

A new Blackberry was reported by Sal working on a new type of Blackberry handset for the masses. The code name of this new handset is called “Mr. T.” Yes, you read that correctly, the new device is called Mr. T.

This new Blackberry device is going to sport a full Touch Screen phone, approximately the size of the Blackberry Storm and Storm 2. But this devices comes with one twist; a full qwerty in a slider form! This is not a rumor, but an actual phone currently under development at RIM laboratories. Furthermore, the handset should come with the ON/OFF and SEND/CANCEL buttons located directly on the screen. So this device could be either a landscape or portrait qwerty, but we do know, unlike the Sidekick, the keyboard will be underneath the phone itself.

Although this breakthrough handset is in the very early stages of development, it could be RIM’s response to all of the new phones coming out with both Touch Screen and sliding qwertys like the Palm Pre, Moto CLIQ, HTC Touch Pro 2 and the forthcoming Moto ‘sholes’.  What is not known if this is a possible Storm 3 or a completely new device.
Considering the Storm and Storm 2 both have Touch Screen and lack a physical qwerty and the strange code name of Mr. T, I would have to bet that this is a completely new device. There is no mention at all whether this will be a GSM, CDMA or combo world phone.

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The Real Cost of Owning a Smartphone. Who Wins?

September 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment

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Smart phones are selling like crazy. It seems almost every week a new smartphone is announced. With the proliferation of the smart phone market in the last two years since the original iPhone launch, and several new phones featuring better processors like the Snapdragon and NVIDIA Tegra, smartphones are becoming more like mobile do-it-all computers than the cell phones of yesterday.

You have the Blackberry, iPhone, HTC G1, Nokia E71x and of course, the Palm Pre. The phones and plans associated with them do vary greatly and it would be beneficial for your to do your research before you make that two year commitment in purchasing a very costly service. For some of you, the need for owning one is easily convinced, for others it may take more time.  For some like me, this may be the only phone you now own and did away with your land line years ago.

A great article was written by PC World examining the costs associated with the cost of ownership for a smartphone. Hit the link to read.168486-smartphonechart_2_original

[via PC World]

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Motorola CLIQ Preview

September 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment

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Boy Genius received an early review unit of the new Motorola CLIQ running MOTOBLUR. BG has always been a Blackberry fan and he has good reason to do so. But after spending some time with the new CLIQ at the Mobilize 09, I would have to disagree with several of his points.

First point is the keyboard. BG stated “The buttons are hard, cheap plastic, and while there is some tactile feedback when you press a single key, it doesn’t “bounce” back up and it’s a little unsettling.” This is simply not true. Compared to the Blackberry Bold, the keys feel much more solid and tactile feedback is superb.

Second part that bothered me was this comment: “It seems decently solid, albeit a little cheap.” This is just not true. Several bloggers standing around one of the units we got to play with said that the handset was one of the more solid built devices we have held.

Once we receive our review unit, we plan on doing a complete walk-through of the day to day apps that most people use and give you our opinions of the device.

[image courtesy of tnkgrl mobile]

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VIDEO: HTC Leo With TouchFLO 3D 2.5 (Manila 2.5) Build 1919

September 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment

manilaA new build of the TouchFLO 3D (Manila) interface with a new ROM adds brand new functions to the HTC Leo. One of the newest changes is the Twitter tab which comes straight from the HTC Hero which runs great and allows you to upload photos with TwicPic.

- Animated wallpaper and weather wallpaper option for Home tab
- Redesigned calendar tab
- New email tab with longer message previews
- Large, more colorful icons for the swipe action
- The addition of Footprints tab
- Album adds Facebook integration for photos and YouTube integration for videos

[via pocketnow]

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VIDEO: Archos Android Phone

September 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Although the video introduction of the device is in French, we do have some specs on a pretty decent handset:

  1. 1GHz ARM Cortex processor
  2. 4.3-inch 854 x 480 screen
  3. 10mm thin titanium casing
  4. Front-facing camera

[via engadget]

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