BlackBerry Onyx with optical trackball leaks out

by Nilay Patel posted Jul 10th 2009 at 2:01PM

Looks like RIM's getting serious about optical trackballs -- first the Curve 8520 ditched the spinner and now it looks like the Onyx has been upgraded as well. That's pretty much just as we've all expected ever since we first laid eyes on this 3G mashup of the Bold and Curve 8900, and we're pretty stoked about it, since we find optical trackballs to be pretty great. Of course, there's no word on a ship date, but we're hoping it'll be soon.

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Tags: blackberry, blackberry onyx, BlackberryOnyx, onyx, optical trackball, OpticalTrackball, rim

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Danny @ Jul 10th 2009 2:10PM

This will be my next BlackBerry with T-Mobile. Not sure if their version will be called Onyx or "Driftwood," but I like it.

I do know that this device looks sleeker than the Tour when compared side by side. RIM is making them prettier albeit slowly one device at a time. I'm not including the 8520 series since that appears to cater to the low end crowd.

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