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BlackBerry 9800 Slider hitting Rogers?

on July 15, 2010 – 2:43 am2 Comments

I never used a BlackBerry device in my whole life, but after seeing the new upcoming BlackBerry 9800 Slider, I want to try it. The BlackBerry 9800 is a quite beautiful phone, and we are waiting for it to come out so then we can give it a try. According to MobileSyrup, the first mobile network to carry this device in Canada will be Rogers. It’s also reported that AT&T will be carrying this phone in USA. The Blackberry 9800 Slider features:

  • BlackBerry OS 6
  • 3.2-inch touchscreen display
  • full QWERTY keyboard
  • optical trackpad,
  • 5 megapixel camera
  • 3G connectivity
  • WLAN
  • A-GPS Bluetooth
  • 3.5 mm headset jack
  • 4GB of internal memory
  • 16GB with a microSD card.

Few years back, RIM was conquering on the Mobile World with the Blackberry, but when Android and iPhone came out, they gave RIM a very hard time, and people start leaving BlackBerry and joined iPhone and Android bandwagon. I asked some people that ” Why they leaved BlackBerry and joined Android/iPhone? They said that ” It’s very old, and phones are not that high-end like the EVO 4G and iPhone4,” and somehow they are right. “Shares have declined because some investors think RIM can’t match its past performance,” said RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie. RIM lost 18% in stock market this year. When RIM saw that they are losing their position in market, then they decided to come back in action with the new BlackBerry 6 OS. The new BlackBerry 6 is almost re-designed with a lot of new things. Here are some of the changes in new OS.

  • A redesigned home screen
  • Universal search
  • Context-sensitive pop-up menus
  • Revamped browser (WebKit)
  • Social feeds

I am an Android follower, but I can’t wait for the BlackBerry 6 to come out, so then I can give it a try. Also check out the Sneak Peak at the BlackBerry OS 6.

What do you people think, would you give Blackberry a chance?

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  • http://www.twitter.com/twittison Amit Kumar Choudhary

    It’s time for RIM… 9800 slides looks pretty nice. But it seems to be bulky. Hope my prediction will become wrong. So is it coming with BlackBerry OS 6.

    • Asad Rafi

      I made it clear in the post that it’s coming with OS 6 :)