BlackBerry Storm 3 breaks cover

[DivideBYZero]

3.7 inch screen, wifi hotspot, 8Gb internal RAM. No SurePress, touch only.

Next up expect the Pad to leak.

EDIT: The first pic ONLY. The Storm 3 does NOT have a keyboard. The second pic is a bog standard Torch, just in red, they always do colours so there'll be a white one before the production run is finished, too.

http://www.berryreview.com/2010/09/20/first-picture-of-the-blackberry-storm-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Berryreview+%28BerryReview%29

 

[thescreensavers]

Whats with the Jello containers of water

 

[gorcorps]

Why another portrait keyboard? *sigh*

 

[Bateluer]

Why another portrait keyboard? *sigh*

Some like that form factor. To each their own.

What mystifies me is the continued production of the Storm lineup. Did the Storm 1 have a 50%+ return rate and be pretty much universally hated?

 

[zerocool84]

Why another portrait keyboard? *sigh*

Why would you even question it? It's Blackberry's baby.

Honestly they just need to kill the Storm as they already have the Torch.

 

[cvrefugee]

Why another portrait keyboard? *sigh*

That's the Torch, it says so right on the site.

 

[Deeko]

Why another portrait keyboard? *sigh*

Portrait keyboards are awesome - I think a well executed portrait slider could be the ultimate device. *prays for the Dell Lightning to be real*

 

[gorcorps]

That's the Torch, it says so right on the site.

Ah, I missed that. I thought those were 2 pics of the same phone.

And to the others: I know some like the portrait keyboard, but I already knew of the Torch with the portrait keyboard and was just upset that they wouldn't come out with a landscape phone. Why make 2 phones with the same keyboard layout, you know?

 

[DivideBYZero]

It's just the first pic. The second is just a Torch in red.

Expect the Storm 3 to have a high res display, and expect the BB-Pad to have a similar display scaled up in size, ala the iPhone4/iPad.

It's a shame I won't be getting these toys for free any more.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Other rumours are coming in that this will be an LTE device, too.

Speaking to the wife this appears to be the real deal, as the track pad/key combo is how all devices, keyboard or touch based, will be from now on.
^Wife no longer on NDA!

 

[QueBert]

Why another portrait keyboard? *sigh*

Portrait keyboards work wonderfully for 1 handed typing, which I do a lot. My Moto Q9c has the best keyboard of any cell phone ever hands down. I just tried typing a a text on my Droid with one hand, I couldn't do it. It's hard to multitask when I gotta use both hands to send a text or email from my phone. Even on my Droid I use the portrait keyboard 99% of the time. But I find the height of the phone awkward for one handed typing. This is why I still have my Moto Q9c.