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Pearl 9100 with QWERTY?

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Pearl 9100 QWERTY

Some peculiar news has surfaced over the last few days about the next generation Blackberry Pearl 9100. Al Sacco over at Cio.com has uncovered the above image of a QWERTY keyboard from the parts supplier TrueSuplier titled “OEM Blackberry Pearl 9100 Keyboard Keypad Black.” If this replacement part is in fact for the new Pearl it appears as if one may have the option of a QWERTY keyboard in the fun-sized Pearl body. All of the images that have surfaced of the new Pearl 9100 have featured the device’s signature SureType keyboard. The specs of the new Pearl are impressive, perhaps this QWERTY option will allow the device to function as a mini-Bold.

Via: Cio.com

RIM’s Mike Lazaridis makes Keynote Presentation at Mobile World Congress

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Mike Lazaridis made his Keynote Address at Mobile World Congress today. After recognizing RIM’s leadership in the Smartphone market, he goes on to warn that bandwidth must be conserved in order to maintain operability of wireless data.   Mike goes on to talk about how efficient RIM handsets are and how important RIM’s platform will be going forward.  RIM’s efficient architecture is found in the new Webkit platform.  According to Mike, a carrier can support three Blackberry browsing sessions for every one other Smartphone browsing session. Thanks to Kevin over at Crackberry for posting this video!

Via: CrackBerry

RIM announces WebKit-based browser at Mobile World Congress

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Our friends over at Crackberry have posted a video of the demonstration that Mike Lazaridis, RIM’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO, did this morning showing off RIM’s new WebKit-based browser.  This new technology looks great, a real game changer.  In addition to the real web browser experience, this browser is FAST. There is no news of a release date yet. I can’t wait to get my hands on this browser!

Via: CrackBerry

Wall Street sees RIM as a sound investment

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The E-Trade Baby - my prefered stock analyst

The E-Trade Baby w/ Blackberry - my preferred stock analyst

According to Reuters, Wall Street has an eye on Research in Motion. The current development of the Pearl 9100, webkit browser and Tour 2 are the current apple of Wall Street’s eye. According to an analyst at TD Newcrest, Chris Umiastowski, RIM’s new browser will be comparable with Apple and Android’s browsers. He believes that the new Pearl will be very successful, just like its predecessor; especially considering its updated trackpad, 3G capability, and improved screen. The analyst also confirms that there is a touch screen/QWERTY device in development (Magnum? Slider?), but did not say if it would be definitively released.

Via: Reuters
Image via: Fox News