Will the blackberry Pluto be the ultimate smartphone? Qwerty and high-res touch display reunited

The Blackberry Bold/Javelin and Storm have made marked a significant progress from Research In Motion (RIM) in phone design. However, it looks like RIM’s next smartphone could feature a full qwerty keyboard, often seen as indispensable for heavy texters, to a high-resolution touch screen that is so great for casual usage.

This is unconfirmed information as you can guess, but the commercial name for the Blackberry Pluto should be Blackberry 9900, and it won’t be released until next year this time. Finally, there’s some discrepency about the codename too. Some believe that it’s not “Pluto” but “Magnum. Go figure… [via BGR]