I feel like a proud parent watching my kids kick ass in youth soccer, if BGR reports accurately then I am one happy BlackBerry Fanboy!

Anybody who knows me, knows all too well that I LOVE to wade full tilt into a heated debate about smartphone superiority.  I am a BlackBerry Loyalist to the point it could be considered an illness, just ask my wife.  Do I have frustrations as a BlackBerry user?  Of course I do, but make no mistake…..  I will snap my SIM card back into may trusty old 8100 before I take a ride with a non battery or memory swappable piece of icrap.  My hourglass and I will be just fine with our reliable email and shitty browser thank you very MUCH!

Alas with the news from Boy Genius Report this morning it appears that I won’t have to resort to those dramatic antics, showing off some pics of a slightly refined UI(user interface) and a hefty list of feature improvements( Most of the listed features appear to be touch related leading me to believe that these pics are from the much anticipated Slider BlackBerry)  Looking at these pictures I have to admit that I can barely contain my excitement, I would sell my soul to be able to handle one at WES next week (R.I.M. if you can hear me, I am not proud….. I will beg!)  I really really really really really hope that there is a timely update to Theme Studio so that we can roll out some KICK ASS themes for this tantalizing new gem.

 The list of Features Quoted Include:

• Multi-Touch throughout the OS
• Pinch Zoom
• Webkit Browser
• Paged Home screen
• Updated Media Player
• RIM has finally implemented system-wide kinetic scrolling with rubberbanding (quoted)
• Slight refinement of the UI which appears to include slightly refined precision icons
• Slight changes to the inbox including thumbnail identifiers such as twitter, facebook, etc and RSS integration (YAY!!)

 Read the full breakdown on BGR HERE

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