We heard rumors that RIM was working on a wireless keyboard case for the BlackBerry PlayBook back in April of last year. Since then they have been very quiet on that front though I have been keeping an eye out for it. I was sent a slide deck by one of our sources who told me that the keyboard is now shipping to BlackBerry distributors and should probably be available soon. My guess is that it will coincide with the PlayBook OS 2.0 launch.
We also have more details on how the new BlackBerry Mini Keyboard works with the PlayBook. Here is a breakdown of the features listed:
- Both a keyboard and a touchpad
- Can last up to 30 days on a charge
- Comes with a case that folds over your PlayBook
- Multitouch touchpad with one finger left click and two finger right click (for remote desktop apps)
- Mouse scrolling with two fingers on the touchpad
- Charges via MicroUSB
Hopefully we will get a launch date and pricing soon! Check out all the slide deck for the BlackBerry Mini Keyboard below:
kiddo2050 ( View Profile) Master - Posts: 1493
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 1:26 PM EST
Can you blow up the pics so we can read them? Thanks!
THis is cool
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) Senior admin - Posts: 5341
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 2:07 PM EST
Blown up as requested
Peter Hansen Not Registered
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 2:22 PM EST
kiddo2050, tap on the image in the post and it should come up as an actual slideshow, and you can tap on the view at that point and it goes to larger images.
BBA Brian ( View Profile) Master - Posts: 1893
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 1:33 PM EST
wow
thats awesome
I wonder how thick it will be
Will Robertson Not Registered
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 1:55 PM EST
I’ve seen the keyboard, and it is awesomely thin! Much thinner than a PlayBook. It has a micro-usb port like the PlayBook and it about as thin as that port.
kiddo2050 ( View Profile) Master - Posts: 1493
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 2:13 PM EST
I can picture that, pure awsome. Can’t wait for 2.0 and this. This really deserves to sell. it’ tough for RIM nowadays but 2.0 with Android player, hell it’ll be a great tablet.
Peter Hansen Not Registered
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 2:21 PM EST
I hope your “source” can take some feedback to whomever put this together. It’s riddled with typos, mistakes, grammatical errors, and generally poor writing. They didn’t even capitalize BlackBerry correctly (at least some of the time), nor PlayBook. I hope it’s not directly from RIM… I counted at least 6 errors in the first thirty seconds reading it.
BBA Brian ( View Profile) Master - Posts: 1893
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 3:05 PM EST
you are a grammatical error!
Terrence T ( View Profile) Guru - Posts: 1744
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:31 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9900 | OS 6.0+
How about we look at differently… Maybe they used a PlayBook to type it out… Hahaha
Todd Not Registered
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 4:27 PM EST
Looks like someone’s personal PPT presentation. This is not something put together by their Marketing/communications dept. I wouldn’t worry about typos here.
Todd Not Registered
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 4:29 PM EST
I’m wondering if that USB port will be also be capable of not only charging, but as a host port as well (USB key, external devices etc…)
BBA Brian ( View Profile) Master - Posts: 1893
Posted: January 25, 2012 at 4:53 PM EST
If this is not much more bulky than the similar looking booklet case that Blackberry makes… I don’t see why one wouldn’t buy this…
Terrence T ( View Profile) Guru - Posts: 1744
Posted: January 26, 2012 at 1:42 AM EST from my BlackBerry 9900 | OS 6.0+
I just thought of something, will it come with Auto-correct?
carnitos ( View Profile) Newcomer - Posts: 8
Posted: January 26, 2012 at 5:24 AM EST from my BlackBerry 9900 | OS 6.0+
I love that you can usually always count on RIM to release high-quality, solid products like this.
Everything from the wall chargers, to usb cables, earpieces and bluetooth products to devices themselves always feel & perform solid & that’s why I keep coming back to them.
Sphamandla Maduna Not Registered
Posted: January 26, 2012 at 5:27 AM EST
This a great one should get one.
Joe257 ( View Profile) Enthusiast - Posts: 372
Posted: January 26, 2012 at 7:58 AM EST
Good move, RIM! This will sell. Me FIRST
DanielH ( View Profile) Moderator - Posts: 2490
Posted: January 30, 2012 at 7:29 AM EST
Impressive, definitely looking forward to this.
Paul Not Registered
Posted: February 6, 2012 at 11:28 AM EST
Will the keyboard have f-key functions?
Paul Not Registered
Posted: February 6, 2012 at 11:30 AM EST
Never mind..saw one of the slides