In the midst of all of the iPhone 4 hype, this is what we all needed as BlackBerry users and fans alike. We all needed something to restore our faith in RIM and their ability to manufacture new, current devices rather than the same ‘ol time and time again. While the clamshell BlackBerry may be blacklisted in your own personal books (mine included), the Torch or Slider is not. Every time we see pictures of this, the more I want it and the sooner I want it to hit the market to get one in my hands.

This time around, it’s openly visible that this is, in fact, going to be on AT&T which further confirms the roadmap that was leaked last Friday. Another thing I’m glad to see is that it apparently will not have the D-X1 battery that I’ve grown to dislike. However, the 1400mAh D-X1 has apparently been replaced with a 1270mAh mystery battery. These pictures show off BlackBerry 6 ever so slightly and quite honestly, I’m loving looks of it. I just hope the functionality and usability isn’t trumped by RIM’s attention to visual detail in an attempt to launch them back into the smartphone wars. BlackBerry 6 came flying out of nowhere and took us all by surprise, so I’m definitely a little weary on how well they may or may not have executed it. With the roadmap claiming this device being slated for AT&T in August, RIM still has time to refine 6. Let’s hope they do so. In the meantime, we’ll all salivate over the Torch and how amazing we all hope it will be. A partial gallery will be available at the end of this post, but to see the fully gallery, hit the source link.

via: Engadget

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