The rumored BlackBerry 10 slider smartphone going by the codename “Milan” has been cancelled according to rumors posted up by N4BB.  Maybe the form factor of it was much too large to have a portrait slide out keyboard.  In any case, RIM is waiting on new chipsets for their BlackBerry 10 smartphones this year, so it’s tough to head in a specific direction until then.  Of course it’s a bit worrying to see delayed devices get cancelled now as launch dates can continue changing at this point.  We’ll see what RIM’s next design is for BlackBerry 10 smartphones.  I’m hoping they figure out a way to keep a real QWERTY keyboard on it!  Of course the Milan remains to be a rumored device only because we haven’t seen any official statements from RIM on it, but credible sources have confirmed it was once a prototype device behind the scenes in the BlackBerry labs.

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