Comments on: Will RIM Or Apple Be The First To Follow Palm With A Slide-Out Keyboard? http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RyFly http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-124248 RyFly Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:43:56 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-124248 RIM will follow. Apple made the iPhone to show that a device could rely specifically and exclusively on a Multi-touch surface...Which they didn't actually do, considering the volume rocker, home, camera and power buttons, but they did pretty darn good. I can't see Apple wanting to undo what they've began just yet, or any time in the near future. RIM will follow. Apple made the iPhone to show that a device could rely specifically and exclusively on a Multi-touch surface…Which they didn’t actually do, considering the volume rocker, home, camera and power buttons, but they did pretty darn good. I can’t see Apple wanting to undo what they’ve began just yet, or any time in the near future.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122487 Andrew Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:03:25 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122487 Is the G1 with a combination of a slide out keyboard and a touch screen not serious competition? Maybe not, but with android, and hopefully even better phones to with Android on them, I think they may progress to that level. I for one do not like the touch keypad on the Iphone or the storm, and definitely prefer a full tactile keyboard, so I hope RIM does go in that direction...with 3G included. Is the G1 with a combination of a slide out keyboard and a touch screen not serious competition? Maybe not, but with android, and hopefully even better phones to with Android on them, I think they may progress to that level.
I for one do not like the touch keypad on the Iphone or the storm, and definitely prefer a full tactile keyboard, so I hope RIM does go in that direction…with 3G included.

]]> By: PeeJay http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122468 PeeJay Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:55:08 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122468 The only reason I don't like the Storm is because it doesn't have a physical keyboard. They all seem to work well with people with small hands and fingers but I do a lot of typing without looking at the keyboard. It is annoying not having a keyboard so I will stick with my new Curve until or if they do something like that. The only reason I don’t like the Storm is because it doesn’t have a physical keyboard. They all seem to work well with people with small hands and fingers but I do a lot of typing without looking at the keyboard. It is annoying not having a keyboard so I will stick with my new Curve until or if they do something like that.

]]> By: Simon http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122446 Simon Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13:41 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122446 This was actually part of a roundtable I did at WES regarding predictions over the next three years. RIM's been flirting with new form factors since the Pearl, and I think a slider BlackBerry is just a matter of time. Like you said, the patents show they've been kicking around the idea for awhile. This was actually part of a roundtable I did at WES regarding predictions over the next three years. RIM’s been flirting with new form factors since the Pearl, and I think a slider BlackBerry is just a matter of time. Like you said, the patents show they’ve been kicking around the idea for awhile.

]]> By: Sean http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122443 Sean Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:03:46 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122443 It won't be Apple. Jobs absolutely HATES buttons It won’t be Apple. Jobs absolutely HATES buttons

]]> By: Neil http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122442 Neil Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122442 I would be kind of woried about the size but if RIM could keep the device thin without sacraficing durability I think that it would do well. I would be kind of woried about the size but if RIM could keep the device thin without sacraficing durability I think that it would do well.

]]> By: bluehorseshoe http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122437 bluehorseshoe Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:40:34 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122437 Simple one here...RIM. They already make a solid keyboard. As for Apple, they are extremely conscious about aesthetic and a slide-out of some sort would really have to work well with the rest of the device. RIM has multiple models and can pump one out, where Apple has been pretty consistent with its annual launch/upgrade, thus allowing RIM to push one out fast and in between. And I agree with Josh, HTC makes some crappy Windows devices IMO. It's not so much that I don't like the Windows platform (I immediately purchased the Treo 700 when it came out on VZW), it's that it gets slow and sluggish, memory gets killed, constant crashes, and a browser that doesn't cut it. Simple one here…RIM. They already make a solid keyboard. As for Apple, they are extremely conscious about aesthetic and a slide-out of some sort would really have to work well with the rest of the device. RIM has multiple models and can pump one out, where Apple has been pretty consistent with its annual launch/upgrade, thus allowing RIM to push one out fast and in between.

And I agree with Josh, HTC makes some crappy Windows devices IMO. It’s not so much that I don’t like the Windows platform (I immediately purchased the Treo 700 when it came out on VZW), it’s that it gets slow and sluggish, memory gets killed, constant crashes, and a browser that doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: Robb Dunewood http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122436 Robb Dunewood Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:53:42 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122436 Yeah, I probably should have said new to the table as far as Palm, Apple, and RIM go. I so rarely talk about Windows Mobile devices that I sometimes forget about them until I see one of those poor souls that uses one. Yeah, I probably should have said new to the table as far as Palm, Apple, and RIM go.

I so rarely talk about Windows Mobile devices that I sometimes forget about them until I see one of those poor souls that uses one.

]]> By: Josh http://www.rimarkable.com/will-rim-or-apple-be-the-first-to-follow-palm-with-a-slide-out-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-122435 Josh Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:35:48 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=4791#comment-122435 New to the table? Shitty HTC phones have been coming with full touchscreens and slide out keyboards for years upon years. New to the table? Shitty HTC phones have been coming with full touchscreens and slide out keyboards for years upon years.

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