This article was published on May 9, 2008

Blackberry 9000: no iPhone Killer, but cool anyway


Blackberry 9000: no iPhone Killer, but cool anyway

Since the iPhone was announced Blackberry users suddenly felt less special. Weren’t THEY the ones that were always connected, always on and always in sync? Flashing a Blackberry Curve or Pearl just didn’t make an impression anymore. But there was just no way we could switch from our trusted Blackberrys and get used to that innovative onscreen keyboard that the iPhone made such headlines with. As a RIM executive said

“I could just never get the feel for it because, well, there is nothing to feel.”

Fortunately you can now get a preview of Research in Motions iPhone killer. Will it kill the iPhone? Definitely not. But it will get us Blackberry users back some self esteem:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wf41zgLf_M]

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