Every time RIM (makers of our beloved Blackberry) file for a patent in the US, several site, such as UnwiredView.com descend upon them and dissect them to bits.
E.g., these latest 2 patents "SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATING A TOUCHSCREEN WITHIN AN LCD" and "HANDHELD MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE DISPLAY/COVER MEMBER", accompanied by some interesting images:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJuut0Efv-XSLsZUjjZqPwd6FqrpuOBBIqnIT3SoKZvoh_97GyeM8EqhQBWihZGFo4J5FDDaGxTUjL3extbM55eWBdr-PEYgIumzHNWUCjtLgPaQxVriiC5Ll0W_zn_xgZruc/s400/rim-tilt-and-slide-1.jpg)
As can be seen, the screen would be tilted at an angle to the keyboard, allowing you to treat your Blackberry as a tiny laptop. They're also toying with the idea of a roller to replace the pearl (hope they won't take that route - I find the pearl highly intuitive and useful).
Probably the only people who won't like this new direction, will be companies like iGo, who make products like this ($38 on Amazon for the Bluetooth collapsible model):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7BCqIDFMgFGv4i4YVxn4KaBP4dFcPaZkX9sgxQe_NFQLfCJYY9nPlC37N8lbuWxYuxIbULtA8iS_WxJxbPldD9Y0xS4mbXrj3YYFSunZPirNwTKAOa8OMFPHrBzqVfAVV-Bg/s400/iGo+keyboard.jpg)
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