{"id":208670,"date":"2010-01-21T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=25184"},"modified":"2010-01-21T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T18:41:14","slug":"touchscreen-blackberry-bold-esque-handset-prototype-caught-on-camera-possibly-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/208670","title":{"rendered":"Touchscreen BlackBerry Bold-esque handset prototype caught on camera, possibly scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/x2_8c5218.jpg\" alt=\"x2_8c5218\" title=\"x2_8c5218\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever since RIM got their act together with the BlackBerry Storm 2, we&#8217;ve been pretty excited about their new-found interest in touchscreens. When word got out not too long ago that RIM was cracking away on a half-touchscreen\/half-keyboard hybrid handset (think BlackBerry Bold, with a touchscreen), we started getting all hot around the collar. Word on the street (the cell phone rumor street. It&#8217;s a tough place.) indicated the handset&#8217;s nickname was &#8220;Dakota&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aaaaaand<\/em> here it is  &#8211; or at least an early prototype which the guys over at <a href=\"http:\/\/crackberry.com\/first-live-images-blackberry-dakota-emerge\">CrackBerry<\/a> say has been scrapped in lieu of something &#8220;nicer&#8221;. You know, I think I&#8217;d be just fine with the one pictured up above &#8211; but hey, bloggers can&#8217;t be choosers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Crunch Network<\/em><\/strong>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\">TechCrunch<\/a><em> <\/em>obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ypDW2MZlPR4sz_a_kN-aSXxKGsY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ypDW2MZlPR4sz_a_kN-aSXxKGsY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ypDW2MZlPR4sz_a_kN-aSXxKGsY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ypDW2MZlPR4sz_a_kN-aSXxKGsY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=1dgzn3GZAgQ:jxrLEEd471A:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=1dgzn3GZAgQ:jxrLEEd471A:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=1dgzn3GZAgQ:jxrLEEd471A:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=1dgzn3GZAgQ:jxrLEEd471A:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=1dgzn3GZAgQ:jxrLEEd471A:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since RIM got their act together with the BlackBerry Storm 2, we&#8217;ve been pretty excited about their new-found interest in touchscreens. When word got out not too long ago that RIM was cracking away on a half-touchscreen\/half-keyboard hybrid handset (think BlackBerry Bold, with a touchscreen), we started getting all hot around the collar. Word [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}