BlackBerry Magnum Will Sport a Keyboard and a Touchscreen

Most BlackBerrys have keyboards, and a couple others have touchscreens, but so far there hasn't been one with both. That will change when the BlackBerry Magnum is released.

This smartphone is clearly still some time away from release, and RIM has yet to acknowledge its existence, but a new video show off an early prototype unit in action.

By all reports, the Magnum will combine the features of the BlackBerry Bold and Storm, with a QWERTY keyboard and a 480-by-360-pixel "Surepress" Touchscreen (see image at left). There's no D-pad or trackpad.

It will reportedly be a GSM phone with 3G, plus Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Of course, a CDMA version is also possible.

This device will include a microSD memory card slot, a GPS receiver, and a camera, but the resolution of this remains unknown.

In fact, at this stage, most of the details of the BlackBerry Magnum are still unknown. This includes the release date and price.

Source: The Cellular Guru