... and the build quality of the hardware will be?
Crap. Why don't they make sturdy casings? Sigh.
Details of the first BlackBerry clamshell format phones have appeared online, following a mistake made by online retailer Expansys. Blackberry_clamshell The BlackBerry 8210 and 8820 were said to look almost identical The firm has since removed all trace of the two talkers, which were dubbed the 8210 and 8820, from its …
"The BlackBerry 8210 and 8820 were said to look almost identical" ...<pedant> ... errrr ... the 8820. The one with a qwerty keyboard and isnt a clamshell? </pedant>
(I know, it's a typo, but it confused the hell out of me when the daily digest came through :). Mines the one with the curve in the pocket)
So these articles on Boygeniusreport.com are just figments of my imagination?
First photo - 30th April:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/04/30/blackberry-launching-clamshell-model-this-year/
More photos and the specs - 2nd May:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/05/02/blackberry-kickstart-t-mobile-launch-and-a-whole-bunch-of-specs/
I expect a lot better from The Reg than lazy journalism like this.
Yeah, it looks like journalists on a whole don't seem to do research on Blackberry stuff before posting. Some twat on ZDNet was implying that the Kickstart, Thunder, and Javelin blackberries were all mere rumours, and that the Javelin was named as such to capitalize on the Olympics buzz.
And then implied that these rumours were leaks from RIM to generate buzz.
Shock! Blackberries that will be released within the year are being talked about?! WHAT IS THE INTERNET COMING TO?