Are there any rumored phones with a Blackberry-like form factor?

[jalb]

Would be perfect for my daughter. I'd get her a Palm Pixie if the OS wasn't dead.

 

[TheDoros]

I think the dell venue pro is something like what you're looking for. Not sure if there is anything coming up with that form factor though.

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[anon(5332812)]

Doubtful the OS really is not suited to that form factor.

 

[gsquared]

I could see Nokia reviving one of their old designs. They made many phones that looked just like the BB's.

 

[gwydionjhr]

I thought that new screen resolutions were being brought in with Tango, 480x320 that would be perfect for a BB style device.

 

[RiseAgainst94]

hmmm....not that I know for Windows but this new Samsung Android phone just came out (I dare recommend Android) and it looks very similar to a Blackberry. It doesn't necessarily have the same form factor but some of the design characteristics are strikingly similar.
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G review | The Verge

 

[jfa1]

Nokia has many phones that are symbian based like the C3 which looks substantially like the treo pro. They could slap WP in that format withou a whole lot of issues I would think. They could make the keybaord a bit less tall and increase the screen size to about 3.3 diagonally and it could work. Or they could come out with something like the BB Torch II with a verticall slider keyboard like the DVP

 

[Mitlov]

Haven't heard anything that meets that description specifically, but the HTC 7 Pro (US Cellular), aka HTC Arrive (Sprint), offers a high-quality slide-out keyboard behind a 3.6" screen, giving much of the same benefit as a Blackberry for lengthy emails and the like. I can't rave enough about the keyboard...I didn't know that a phone's physical keyboard could be this good.

 

[bwood100]

Not sure if there is anything coming up with that form factor though.

 

[anodynamic]

Not sure what happened, but there has been rumors and concept art about something called "chassis 2", which was supposed to be a qwerty-candybar form factor: Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Chassis 2 Design Revealed ? Phone Reviews

There are probably newer sources, just grabbed the first hit off Google.

 

[cedarlog]

maybe will Apollo update
i thought this kind of devices will be seen with Tango Update

 

[gwydionjhr]

maybe will Apollo update
i thought this kind of devices will be seen with Tango Update

Let's see what happens with the big reveal in China. You'd think Nokia will want to have some surprises, qwerty type stuff that might not have drawn favourable attention at MWC, but will make the rollout for China a bigger deal that just the current known devices.

 

[Honestabebread]

The Trophy was actually supposed to look like a BB Bold 9930. Thank God it didn't end up that way.