Kickstart for a new BlackBerry flip

[+Mirumir Subscriber¹]

Looks like business-minded RIM are exploring a new form factor. A novel flip phone is expected to be officially unveiled in the coming weeks. Live photos of the first-ever clamshell by RIM leaked at BoyGeniousReport. Codenamed Kickstart, the newcomer is likely to get launched by the end of 2008

With specs still to come on the record, some BGR leaked images should do for a taster. TrackBall navigation and the proprietary SureType keypad look the right BlackBerry purists stuff. The form factor is another story. The clamshell features a secondary external display and will be among the imaging-enabled BlackBerry devices.

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[cropcircles]

Internet data plan is too expensive. PDA with the slide out qwerty keyboard seems to be the in thing. Nice phone however.

[ahfunaki]

I'd rock it...

[Nashy]

That looks terrible.

Oh god, I've never seen such a horrible looking phone.

[rocks1985]

actually, it is the first mainstream flip phone with wifi. that's actually pretty cool. not bad

[Scotsman88]

That's Rev1 of the handheld...Rev2 looks a little different, and Rev3 is out soon internally..The phone is sweet, trust me....it's a very nice size, very durable feeling, with Wifi....can't complain...

it's got a few nice new features too...stay tuned

[russellc]

I have to say that looks pretty bad, in my opinion. The operating system looks nice though.

[acnpt]

Im not too keen on it, then again I don't really like any flip-phones.

Flip-phones seem alot more popular in the US than here.

[+Mirumir Subscriber¹]

Compared to all other crackberries, this one actually looks pretty good imho.

The biggest advantage of this device, however, is functionality in a small form factor. The majority of blackberry users are business people who need easy access to email on the go - they couldn't care less about how the device looks as long as it works.

How many flip phones are there with qwerty keys anyways? In this sence, this phone is quite evolutionary (Y)

[JayArias]

Its gay. Blackberries should stay as they are now flat and simple.