RIM Releases BlackBerry Prototypes to Kick Off New Smartphone
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Research In Motion Ltd., trying to pull out of a sales slump, moved a step closer to the debut of a new BlackBerry smartphone by releasing as many as 2,000 prototypes to developers.
The touch-screen devices, which have a 4.2-inch display and resemble a scaled-down version of the PlayBook tablet, are being distributed today to developers at RIM’s BlackBerry Jam event in Orlando, Florida. The prototypes lack the physical keyboard that has been a hallmark of most BlackBerrys.