BlackBerry 10 Concept Devices
Many people have been designing concept devices and most stay close to the descriptions RIM released for their production units.Below is a long list of blog posts describing many of the concepts the general public have created. I have chosen not to write at length about each as their respective sources do so themselves.
Blog post from Of Interest To Me --> Hello BlackBerry L-Series
Another by Of Interest To Me --> Four Awesome Unofficial BlackBerry 10 Concept Phones
The full article from All BlackBerry All The Time --> Leak Alert: Clear Images of the BB10 L-Series!
BerryReview article --> BlackBerry 10 TK2 Victory Concept Is Full of Win
PhonesReview blogpost (courtesy of the guys over at Ubergizmo) --> BB10 BlackBerry Blade Concept A Stunner
UKMobileReview --> BlackBerry 10 physical keyboard device concept revealed
This is post describes one of my favourite concept BlackBerries and the article describes the creators motivations. |
| BlackBerry 10 QWERTY concept device accredited to John Anastasiadis |
BB10 Concept Devices on Flickr (All Rights Reserved for Alex Hong Yao Zhong) --> BB10 Dev Alpha/ KB concept
As you can see people have been quite conservative and stuck with traditional BlackBerry design cues. The BlackBerry Blade however is reminiscent of the Motorola Banana shaped phones from the 1990s and the Matrix films. Despite their similarities all of these would make wonderful flagship designs for BlackBerries dependent upon what direction Thorsten Heins wants to move toward. Full touchscreen devices (an over saturated market) or to focus on BlackBerry's QWERTY roots?
Its likely that the company will want to work on its touchscreen device in order to regain marketshare. I just hope it doesn't become another company to ditch all physical buttons on their devices. Not sure if I am up to typing full emails on a small pane of glass.
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