Lately, we’ve all been teased with picture after picture of all of the upcoming devices with no real news or any sort of deliverance. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of photos with no official news or dates of arrival. Just under a month ago, we saw some other pictures of the 8980 along with the clamshell. Here we have some more pictures of it sporting a Bold branding on the back and looking identical to the Bold 9700 save the Curve style keyboard. Let’s just hope this thing comes with enough memory for BlackBerry 6. We already know that it’s slated to hit China Mobile and India carriers, have an evolved-EDGE radio (no 3G to our knowledge), and is expected to release somewhere in Q3 or Q4 this year. This all came from the rumored roadmap from late last week, so none of this is concrete, but more than likely true.

The 8980 is an odd mixture of a device. Branded as a Bold, Curve keyboard, no 3G, trackpad, etc. What do you guys think? Is this device too much of the same ol’ thing we’ve been seeing (just mix-matched)? Is this device going to be outdated before it ever hits the market?

via: BlackBerryRocks

Notice: The trackpad is slanted to the left, they obviously haven’t fixed this.