These days, the term ‘smartphone” usually implies a full-touchscreen device with a virtual keyboard. After all, almost all of the recent mid- and high-tier smartphones have no physical keyboards. There is a reason for this of course. And let’s face it. What most people want are smartphones with large screens on thin devices along with apps that they can use to entertain themselves or get things... »
If you’re one of the many wondering when they’ll be able to get their hands on a BlackBerry 10 slider phone, then it might be closer than you think. BlackBerry has been awarded a patent filed in December 2011 for a portrait keyboard slider. The image shows what looks like a Z10 mashed up with a Torch, and it looks pretty cool. There’s still no info about this device, but it’... »
I think we can all agree that one of the best features on BlackBerry 10 is the new keyboard. It has been greatly improved to make it easier, a lot more accurate and faster to type. You will absolutely love it, if you don’t already, but there are a few tips and tricks that you should know to make your experience with the BB10 keyboard even better. 1. You can add new languages to the keyboard ... »
The past week has revealed quite a few leaks on the upcoming QWERTY BlackBerry 10 smartphone, a refreshing change from the multitude of images we’ve seen of the full-touch BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Now that it’s pretty much unofficially confirmed how both smartphones will look like, which one will you be getting? If you’re a super fan and are getting both, just pick your favori... »
RIM has been working very hard to make sure developers are up to date and have their apps ready for BlackBerry 10 release, releasing all the tools they need on time for them to test and try out. The BlackBerry 10 Keyboard SDKs though have been delayed. BerryReview reached out to RIM on this matter and they have said that it is only a strategic move since they didn’t want to overload develope... »
Android device from RIM? Windows Phone maybe? There’s a lot of rumors running around the future of BlackBerry maker after the earnings call Q1 fiscal 2013 results and the delay of the BlackBerry 10 device were announced yesterday. If there’s one thing we know, a lot of people are putting interest in the company. Google’s Director of Android User Experience said he would very much... »
Tactus Technology showed off today at SID Display Week 2012 an Android tablet prototype with a haptic feedback user interface that can appear and disappear. What this means is that, when the user wants, the keys can rise out from the screen making it feel like actual keys are in place. The “keys” can go back into the screen as if they weren’t even there. This awesome technology i... »
We all know and love RIM’s qwerty keyboards, they are by far the best and most comfortable I’ve ever used, but even then there are still users with large hands that have some trouble typing in these devices. That’s why RIM has patents on a new trapezoidal design for qwerty keyboard with keys bigger than the other regular designs. The keys were made wider to increase accuracy when... »
We saw that it was coming and it is now official. Research In Motion introduced today the BlackBerry Mini Keyboard, the newest ultra-portable companion for the BlackBerry PlayBook. The new BlackBerry Mini Keyboard connects to the PlayBook tablet via Bluetooth and works with core PlayBook 2.0 and third party applications to provide an even more powerful mobile computing experience. The new BlackBer... »
One of the original (yet misleading) complaints with the BlackBerry PlayBook was the lack of spell check, auto-correct, or word substitution. Spell check and some form of auto-correct were actually in the Bridged BBM app. Word substitution, auto-correct, and spellcheck were sort of in the Word to Go app. The browser did support some spell checking as well. But the actual problem was that it wasn’t... »
It has been said to have been in the works for years, but now RIM is apparently getting more serious about it. We’ve received word from multiple sources that RIM is definitely working on a few different horizontal keyboard designs for future BlackBerry devices. Testers were given just the keyboard to see how comfortable and efficient it was to type on. The keyboards were said to be much diff... »
