14 DAY TRIAL // Research In Motion has just brought to the market a new series of mobile phones running under its BlackBerry platform, and should launch even more of them in the near future, but the company is expected to move to a new platform with the next generation of handsets, the first of which should be the BlackBerry Colt.
Supposedly running under a QNX-based OS, the mobile phone already emerged into the wild a few times before, and has just made another appearance on the web, this time with some more possible specifications being unveiled to the world.
Apparently, the BlackBerry Colt might be the first dual-core mobile phone from RIM, and could also be the first full-touch BlackBerry device from the company.
RIM already announced plans to move away from the BlackBerry OS and to adopt the QNX platform for its smartphones as well (the Tablet OS on the PlayBook is based on this software), but did not offer specific info on the devices that would be based on this OS.
However, leaked info on the BlackBerry smartphone codenamed Colt emerged, suggesting that, the same as with the PlauyBook, RIM might adopt a dual-core design for the future smartphones.
By all means a superphone, the BlackBerry Colt would be a full touch device, lacking the trackpad that can be seen on the Torch 9850/9860.
Moreover, it is expected to sport a larger touchscreen display than the latest touch-enabled phones from the company (Torch 9850/9860 sports a 3.7" display), and to include support for next-generation wireless connectivity.
RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis reportedly stated during the company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders that the new device would be released in the beginning of 2012, but provided no specific release date.
QNX should prove a great platform for touch-enabled handsets, especially when complemented by powerful hardware, and it seems that RIM is heading to this with the next high-end smartphones.
The traditional BlackBerry OS has evolved to so much better with the latest platform release, OS 7, and it remains to be seen what it would happen with it. After all, it has been suggested that devices running under it will have short lives to live, being replaced by QNX-based phones in a little over half a year.