RIM talks design language for BBX phones

RIM in a pair of conversations has given clues as to the design language for its 2012-era BlackBerry phones. One interview with RIM's Industrial Design Senior VP Todd Wood told Pocket-lint that the phones would take a different tack than the serious designs that have dictated the BlackBerry for the past five years. These would be "charming, whimsical, and fun," he said.

Separately, an unnamed RIM contact explained that the company wasn't planning to drop keyboards from its lineup. Although BBX is based around touch, the company was "absolutely committed to building more great keyboard-based smartphones," he told Engadget.

The one possible look at a BBX phone so far, the rumored London, has shown a design that doesn't line up with Wood's description and is instead closer to the more serious Porsche Design P'9981. Regardless of the looks, the phones are expected to break up a largely unchanging look targeted at the workplace and acknowledge that designs for home users are increasingly more important.

By Electronista Staff

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