RIM continues to taunt, shows off more BlackBerry 6 screenshots

i highly doubt that… it looks almost exactly the same as 5.0 except they smothed out the icons and added a drop down notification bar… plus the phones have looked EXACTLY for the past 4 years… they’ve made like 3 phones that didn’t fir their boring form factor…big whoop. and just so you know i’m not bashing bb, i own one so i’ve been biting my tongue for quite some time…

Lets see, the Iphone has been a “slate” form factor since it was first brought to the market. Pretty much every HTC android phone is a “slate” form factor as well,(not counting the Droid and slide) so lets not preach about boring form factors from Blackberry.

They use a design that works for them, just like every other phone manufactor

Waste of time reading your post – device may look the same, but as with the iphone, why deviate from what works…

Same as OS 5? Come on man…there a new browser, enhanced touch features, social / rss feeds built into the core os, new menu styles, and on and on…

I was very specific. I said “consumers” and not corporate. I understand that corporate wants their employees to use their phones for email and calendar. They don’t care what games are available.

It was RIM that choose to enter the consumer market when they launched the Pearl. I was stating that they are losing their grip on their consumer market.

And yet BB will still likely remain the best messaging and communications device on the market.

Oh and the new browser appears to rival the iPhone – we’ll see what the official release version does though…who knows.

It is a shame that I can’t play uber games on my BB though…oh wait I’m an adult with a job. Nevermind.

You obviously haven’t tried the Droid X yet. The messaging is comparable, and the phone is loud and clear on calls even on speakerphone. About my only complain is that the speaker could be a little louder.

Also, between the swype keyboard, and the great voice to text functions on my Droid X, there’s just no contest w/ my BB which almost never got my voice to text correctly. Point is, BB is falling further behind, and this latest attempt at catchup may end up falling short.

As for the browser rivaling the iPhones, big deal! Pretty soon the stock Android browser will surpass both, like next week, and Skyfire or Dolphin BrowserHD for Android are probably better already. Neither Bolt or Opera Mini can compare, mostly due to the limitations of the BB platform.

As for games, yeah, they are much better. I’m a working adult too, but from time to time I need to just relax, and take my mind of things. Between Skies of Glory, Need for Speed Shift, or even Asphalt HD, the Droid X has BB beat by a long shot, and don’t even get me started on all the other features.

From my experience typing text messages and emails on a touchscreen is far less efficient than a Bold keyboard.

People keep saying BB is falling behind – presumably in the consumer market – which assumes they were ever ahead in the consumer market…they were strictly business phones until a few years ago you know?

Yes, Android is an impressive platform, but RIM is learning by leaps and bounds how to satisfy the consumer market. The point being, give OS6 a chance before you assume it’s garbage just because you love you some Android.

The Droid X is plagued with a low volume speaker. If you think that is loud, then you must have superman like hearing.

Oh my… are you serious, the speaker on the Droid X is sh*tty!!! I’m sure they’ll fit it though, stay tuned!

As you guys note, I said the Droid X was loud & clear on phone calls. Right after, I did note that I wished the speakerphone volume was louder, specifically for movies, songs, games, etc.

And yes I can’t wait to get my next Blackberry with OS6, touchscreen + Bold keyboard, 4x the memory, significantly better camera, optical trackpad etc.

I just can’t function with a device with no physical keyboard and no one does it like RIM.

I’m sure there’s no one out there with needs like mine though and RIM is doomed. blah blah blah

The keyboards on BBs are nice, and there is definitely a market for such devices. However, Although I was speaking specifically about the Droid X above, there are some very good Droids coming out with keyboards, like the Droid 2. The keyboard is supposed to be better than that on the original Droid, which I hear sucked big time. I’m not much of a keyboard fan though, I like the bigger screen space. So far, Swype and Voice-to-Text are working great on my X, and I’m typing far faster on it than I ever did on my Storm. As for actual keyboards, like RIM’s other devices, I dunno as I’ve never used Droid w/ one to compare.