Based on the indepth explanation by Kevin over at at CrackBerry, the BlackBerry Slider is not the new Storm 3.  You can certainly check out his article on it as it’s very interesting but we do agree with it not being a Storm.  Let’s face it.  The BlackBerry Storm didn’t do so well or get that great of feedback since its first one launched.  Adding a slider BlackBerry to that family wouldn’t be so bright and definitely wouldn’t attract many folks.

The BlackBerry Bold series on the other hand holds a good name when it comes to RIM’s devices.  Adding a slider to the Bold family would do well and we can all agree that this slider has some features like it also (keyboard, trackpad, chrome bezel style). So is this the final design?  Rumors say yes, and if it’s not, it’s pretty damn close.

So aside from all that, what are the tips of it being a Bold?  Based on the rumors, it could indeed be the 9700a.  In the BlackBerry App World analytics, there have been reports of a 9700a downloading some applications which is very strange to see.  It’s not the 9100, 8910, or 9650 here, but 9700a.  An OS 5.2 shows up for the device as well, but to our knowledge the BlackBerry slider is supposed to come with OS 6.0.  In my opinion, this could just be a pre-production OS, and hopefully will still see 6.0 roll out for the final product.

Check out the full explanation here.

-by Mac Jadalhack

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