"BlackBerry 8100 cameraphone! Stealth revealed!"

trinybwoy · #1 08-06-2006 -

Thanks to PinStack.com content affiliate engadgetmobile.com who posted these. Too bad it isn't QWERTY, i would upgrade from my 8700 in a hearbeat. Anything from RIM is worth upgrading for, no questions asked! - Read more

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**cp6169** · #2 08-06-2006 -

No scroll wheel, sure it will give my thumb a rest, but isnt that the whole point of a BlackBerry? It looks verry nice though, count me in.

CelebrityBB · #3 08-06-2006 -

Why did they get rid of the trackwheel? does this mean that the next full qwerty keyboard'd blackberry wont have a trackwheel? not liking the sounds of this! id rather keep my blackberry with my trackwheel then get a regular phone type blackberry w. no trackwheel but a camera... BUY A DIGITAL CAMERA

**melissaox** · #4 08-06-2006 -

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ maybe my hubby will upgrade. Don't think I will. I like my full keypad. Although who knows. Maybe I will. Ofcourse if tmo let me try it a few days might change my mind.

CelebrityBB · #5 08-06-2006 -

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Originally Posted by melissaox

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ maybe my hubby will upgrade. Don't think I will. I like my full keypad. Although who knows. Maybe I will. Ofcourse if tmo let me try it a few days might change my mind.

You do realize there's no trackwheel?

**cp6169** · #6 08-06-2006 -

Now no trackwheel is just my speculation. It may be there, but may not. It was hard to tell. Im crossing my fingers we get a joystick and a trackwheel!

**hayden** · #7 08-06-2006 -

the track wheel positioning has been vulnerable in previous designs.

**hayden** · #8 08-06-2006 -

I could swear this pic read "StackBerry" lol. Must be the reflection:

trinybwoy · #9 08-06-2006 -

i HIGHLY doubt that RIM would get rid of the trackwheel; reading email via the jopystick would be PAINFULLY annoying. i personally think that the "joystick" would be used for media purposes

**cp6169** · #10 08-06-2006 -

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I could swear this pic read "StackBerry" lol. Must be the reflection:

Or SlackBerry!

**Crewdawg257** · #11 08-06-2006 -

I'm holding out for a full keyboard. ~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

penk · #12 08-06-2006 -

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Originally Posted by cp6169

No scroll wheel, sure it will give my thumb a rest, but isnt that the whole point of a BlackBerry?

the large center button now looks more like a D-pad, but can we be sure that the trackwheel is in fact gone? is it possibly just recessed?

those questions asked, the trackwheel being replaced with a 5-way would place this higher on the mainstream usability and interest list even more than the camera.

i monkeyed with the brightness of the pics, and the keys flanking the button look to be SonyEricsson style, with the 'berry-b's likely to be a "wheel-in" or menu key, and the arrow being an obvious "back" button.

this will allow for more user-friendly ambidextrous use and give my right hand index finger a rest!

racinrocker · #13 08-06-2006 -

I agree, do you really need a camera on your phone ? if ya want pictures use your high end digital camera, thats just one more thing to keep track off. i dunnoo.. etting some more coffee

**hayden** · #14 08-06-2006 -

At least we know now OS 4.2 will be out as early as next month. Hoping it's not for the cam BB's only

**eatmypiano** · #15 08-06-2006 -

The top selling smart phones at the moment from Nokia, Motorola, SonyE, HTC and Samsung (and probably others) are all devices with cameras in them. You may not see the point of a phone with a camera in it, but a lot of other people do.

And it's a trackball. No trackweel on the 8100. RIM don't want to alienate left handed consumers. Obviously I know nothing about it but once you've used a trackball, you won't miss the wheel.