
BlackBerry is either getting better at marketing or worse at keeping things secure from the public’s eye before a product gets announced. Either way we’re happy to learn that a new BlackBerry Onyx (also known as BlackBerry 9020) is probably going to pop sometime soon and that the smartphone is going to boast an optical trackpad instead of the trackball – just like the white T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 (Gemini) we told you about yesterday.
Given the fact that there are no moving parts, your fingers won’t clog while browsing, and that warranty costs would reduce by using the optical trackpad, and considering the fact that the new BlackBerry Onyx got snapped along with BlackBerry Gemini – both withouth the trackball, it’s only fair to consider that the company is ditching the trackball on future smartphones.
Expected to be available on AT&T and probably T-Mobile, it’s goin to land soon as BlackBerry 9020.
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