Two New BlackBerrys Appear as Patents, iPhone Rivals Galore

Although it’s behind in terms of release and technology, RIM (Research In Motion) is seemingly catching up, and some new perusing has netted two new patents for the BlackBerry line.

An analyst hinted at the release of two new devices, one of which features a touch screen, much like the iPhone. Of the two devices, one is titled ‘Touchscreen 1.0′, which obviously features a touch screen, and it was said that it features a rollaway keyboard featuring the BlackBerry’s usual QWERTY interface.

The other device, Pearl 2.0 (note: these are not official names, just notes on the patents) is noted to be much like the original Pearl, but with a numeric keyboard that can rotate 90 degrees.

“We believe that the next two generation BlackBerry devices will offer some interesting hardware enhancements that are positioned to target two markets; the touch screen and feature phone segment of the handset market,” says Ray Sharma, Analyst at GMP Securities.

Since these are patents, there is no scheduled release date, but signs would likely point to mid-2008 — just in time to take on the 3G iPhone.

Thanks: Globe and Mail

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