The Blackberry Slider could be headed our way as the Blackberry Torch. The new device has been spotted in spy shots across the web for months and we heard new Blackberry Slider rumours just yesterday. We had thought the Blackberry Slider would be released as a Blackberry Bold but now light has been thrown on the new name…
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Word has reached the Blackberry obsessives at Crackberry that RIM is debating whether to launch the Blackberry Slider as the first of a brand new product family under the Blackberry Torch name. The Blackberry Slider phones are reportedly already being built under the new name at RIM’s Mexican manufacturing plants.
RIM registered BlackberryTorch.com in April. That could just be a bit of corporate name grabbing but it makes a lot of sense for the firm to put the Blackberry Slider in its own class. Phones like the Blackberry Pearl 3G come packing SureType, Blackberry Curve devices give you basic QWERTY, the Blackberry Bold line is for full QWERTY phones and the Blackberry Storm name is all about touchscreen devices.
Another inspiration for the Blackberry Torch name could be the new WebKit browser that’s headed for Blackberry 6 OS and in turn the Blackberry Slider. The firm that RIM gobbled up to provide the perked up browser? TorchMobile.
Whether the Blackberry Slider does emerge as the Blackberry Torch or the Blackberry Bold, one thing seems clear: it’s coming very soon.
Let us know: does the idea of the Blackberry Torch spark your imagination? Or does iPhone 4 snuff out any prospect of you running to RIM?
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