More Details About The BlackBerry QWERTY Slider Emerge – Evolved From Magnum/Dakota And Running OS 6.0? [Rumor]

By Mauricio

Back in September I mentioned that RIM might be working on a QWERTY slider BlackBerry device possibly codenamed Mr. T. Since then we haven’t heard much about it but Boy Genius scored some more details courtesy of one of their ninjas. Here’s what they were sent:

• It’s a portrait-oriented slider. While most people assume a device with slideout keyboard would end up being something like HTC’s devices, we’ve been told this particular handset is more like the Palm Pre in terms of layout.
• The phone will run BlackBerry OS 6.0
• The rumored device will 100% support Wi-Fi 802.11n
• The resolution unfortunately has not improved, it is still 360×480.
• No word on if this will have a touch screen, but we’d assume so, and our source alluded to this possibly being what the rumored BlackBerry Magnum/Dakota evolved into. Not saying there won’t be a Bold-like device with touchscreen, optical trackpad, and physical keyboard, but this might be released first.
• If it does have a touch screen, this could in fact be the mythical BlackBerry Storm slider — picture a Storm 9520 with a slide up Bold-esque keyboard.
• The phone will not be a Verizon exclusive — it’s supposed to be a GSM/HSPA device.

The image above is not a leaked image, it was created by BGR for illustrative purposes. The most interesting detail for me is that this device would be running OS 6.0, which BGR also mentioned might already be in the works. What do you guys think, would you snatch one of these up?