RIM Patent Shows of Weird Keyboard Design?
Ever so often we see rumored patents that RIM has filed. Some of these patents make it through and some just die off. Well seems like we have another rumored patent to look at in the image above. However if you look at this patent it seems like RIM might be trying to think outside of the “Berry” so to say. Looks like RIM wants to design a completly rotatable keyboard.
“In a first aspect, a handheld electronic device, such as a smartphone, has a first device member and a second device member that are connected via a connector. The second device member is rotatable about a rotation axis that is canted relative to an axis of the second device member. As a result, when the second device member is rotated between a first position and a second position, its orientation changes. This may facilitate, for example, switching the handheld electronic device between a text entry mode and a telephone mode.”
I know RIM might want to try and beat the competition, but I am afraid RIM is trying a little too hard. If you think about the reason why someone wants to buy a BlackBerry is because of the BlackBerry Keyboard. Lets hope this is a better idea than it sounds.
Source: CrackBerry
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