A canceled BlackBerry smartphone has surfaced online showing off its physical design and build. The BlackBerry 'Ontario' could have been a flagship of the company running its own software, BlackBerry 10.3. It was scheduled to be the successor of the BlackBerry Z30. Obviously, the Ontario never got its commercial release and BlackBerry opted to have the Passport instead. RIM fought back and introduced its first touch screen device -- the Blackberry Strom (9530). It also has mobile streaming, allows tethering to your laptop to share internet and can sync your desktop iTunes music files using BlackBerry Media Sync. The top feature of Blackberry is the full suite of email connectivity and management -- MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise as well as enterprise email account and personal email accounts -- that trumps MobileMe by a mile. When Research-in-Motion (makers of BlackBerry) tried making a touchscreen phone the first time with the BlackBerry Storm, it was plagued with lots of complaints from people. Read more in our articles including "Canceled BlackBerry 'Ontario' handset shows up online" and "Blackberry Storm: RIM sheds the keypad".
A canceled BlackBerry smartphone has surfaced online showing off its physical design and build. The BlackBerry 'Ontario' could have been a flagship of the company running its own software, BlackBerry 10.3.
It was scheduled to be the successor of the BlackBerry Z30. Obviously, the Ontario never got its commercial release and BlackBerry opted to have the Passport instead. RIM fought back and introduced its first touch screen device -- the Blackberry Strom (9530).
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