We know a lot of our readers are owners of BlackBerry devices, and so many of you will be interested to get your first glimpse of the BlackBerry 9000, the latest device from RIM. Pictured above is the brand spankin’ new BlackBerry. I must say that the first thought that popped into my head was that it reminded me, in one way at least, of the iPhone because of the silver rim/border around the phone. This is something new for BlackBerry, none of their other devices had such a rim.
Aside from looks, Engadget Mobile points out some of the new features:
- New interface – previous interface was “cartoonish” while the new one is more modern with wireframe icons
- New “slick” animations
- Features WiFi and HSDPA
For the longest time, rumor had it that the new BlackBerry device from RIM was going to be touch-screen and there were even mock-ups of what it would look like. As you can clearly see, there are the usual buttons that all BlackBerry devices have. RIM has stuck to what they do best, and that does not involve any fancy touch-screen. In the business-world, actual buttons is what a lot of people want versus an on-screen keyboard like what the iPhone features.
Compared to most other BlackBerry models, this one does seem to be a lot more curvy than others (even the BlackBerry Curve). Overall we’d say it’s the best looking phone to come out of RIM, now we’re just left wondering how it performs.
Source: Engadget
Hmmm… the wallpaper looks alot like Ubuntu’s.
Let’s hope..
My only experiences with a Blackberry came last year and ended horribly because it would not connect properly to our email system using the POP3/SMTP standards. They were puzzled about it and we finally gave up. My boss went with a Palm Treo Centro instead. I must admit though the new interface does appear nicer than the Blackberry Curve he had last year.
Looks very similar to Sprint’s Motorola Q9c
Look like a pretty good device could be a nice improvment.
I usually agree with you but I have to disagree on this one – that is the ugliest Blackberry I have ever seen – it looks like a Windows Mobile phone.
Looks like they stayed with the 8830-series kb style too, which is sad because everyone preferred the 8700 style (me included, I have both).
Also I am no fan of the interface it looks generic compared to current – I actually prefer a full color icon (how are the wireframe icons going to look next to legacy third-party icons? Blaech! Couldnt care less about animations, wifi, and hsdpa (hsdpa coverage pales compared to – well, anything else).
I will never leave Blackberry since getting a personal microsoft hosted exchange account – love em.
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I’m surprised that you don’t like the design, but it’s inevitable that some will not be pleased with it. I think it looks pretty slick and really stands out from the crowd.
As far as the case goes I definitely have to agree with you there.
I second that, I really do not like it either. Come on BB, lets show apple what we got! Its time for a fight!
you allo still suck this is the best fricken phone in the world and u all need 2 take ur i phones and go die in a hole