[DRZ MADMAN]

I want one! lol

[Impulse2]

looks good.

[9to5guy]

wow, that sounds interesting. how long till that gets released and on what carrier?

[dave79]

I wish it will be released by next spring.

[ssb16]

Last night at the store in Costco the rep confirmed January release for Rogers in Canada. I spoke to a friend who works at RIM and their IT department has already tested it and its release is scheduled for Jan unless they hit a snag.

[blackbandit18]

hope this phone comes to tmobile...im starting to get tired of my 8320 lol

[davethewave67]

I want the new touch screen

[ArgonNJ]

Originally Posted by Blackberryer

I have no idea what the attraction is to a device with both a touchscreen and a keyboard.

Web browsing. Tapping and scrolling on a touch screen are easier then with the trackball. I think a hardware keyboard and a touchscreen would be the ultimate and both camps would be happy.

[alejandro1]

I've had my Storm for about 5 weeks now, and would like to share my likes, dislikes and suggestions for RIMM when developing my "dream" unit.

Pros:

-fantastic screen size and resolution.

-perfect size and weight for entire unit.

Cons:

-the onscreen keyboard. A great idea that renders the unit more of a novelity than a productive function. It will never be as usable as a hard keyboard. The worst part of not having a hard keyboard is the absense of directional cursor keys, or trackball. Trying to relocate the cursor using the onscreen keyboard is almost useless. In my opinion the onscreen keyboard outweighs all the other great advantages of the Storm. I have all but given up using the Storm to input information and have resorted to carrying a small notebook and pen.

-the unit is slow. When clicking on Unlock, I have to wait about 3 seconds before the keyboard appears allowing me to enter my password. This is in additon to the very noticable lag when using the camera, and other features such as viewing my existing photos. The iPhone is much, much faster when scrolling through photos and other functions.

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My dream unit would be the Storm but with a slide out keyboard which includes directional cursor keys. Although I imagine they could develope such a unit by adding ony about 30% more thickness to the unit, I would gladly accept a unit that was up to 50-100% thicker. That is how much I hate the onscreen keyboard and the lack of directional cursor keys. Also, I'd be willing to pay more for a much faster processor.

Hopefully, many others share my thoughts and together we can encourage RIMM to develope such a device.

One more thing: In my opinion, DocumentsToGo is almost worthless and a barbaric step backward when compared to the convenience that Windows Mobile provides, such as automatic syncing without having to hunt and drag files. Also the ability for automatic bi-directional syncing. Either RIMM needs to come to an agreement with Microsoft to allow this feature on RIMM products or DataViz needs to catch up to Microsoft.

Thanks for listening.

[Calx]

I would hate not having a keyboard, i cant think of anyway of doing things quicker, that having everything directly under two thumbs rather than chasing buttons round the screen looking for the next thing to click on.

Comnination of the two might be nice, but i think perhaps touchscreen is not for me.

[sats4eva]

I cant open this website. i get an error

[JSanders]

That post was removed at the request of Research In Motion.

[DacyJ]

Originally Posted by JSanders

That post was removed at the request of Research In Motion.

Better safe then sorry.

[R&Rthemes]

Not bug into the full physical keyboard, but then again I use my BB for more personal measures than business