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BlackBerry 9670 Clamshell has a name: BlackBerry Style

Posted by Sam Joseph Hobson on 2010/09/02 at 6:27 am No Responses »

Sep 022010

BlackBerry 9670 Clamshell has a name: BlackBerry Style

Or lack thereof. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the new BlackBerry clamshell device now has a name of its own: the BlackBerry Style. Not much more to say, but, seriously, am I the only one that finds the name…oxymoronic? via CrackBerry.com

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