Is it my imagination....

kraski

or does this look like they're trying to copy BBs: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-defy-pro-tumbles-rogers-today ? And not very well.

Alnamvet68

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I would say Moto has a winner with that design.

kbz1960

LOL, nope not your imagination! Heck according to some places keyboards are dead so wonder why they made one?

Stewartj1

Direct rip off for sure.

Alnamvet68

To be perfectly frank, I love that form factor, and IF BlackBerry no longer offered a physical keyboard, and I needed a new phone, that Moto Defy Pro would fit the bill to a T.

Anthony

It's a 9900 knock-off...just a little bit 8-|

glassofpinot

Appears to be a copy on the surface. Makes you wondere just what RRIM owns in terms of desgin and what they don't.
I would be really curious how well the keys work for a variety of fingers (big, small, long nails & short).

StephenBB81

Motorola has a license to use RIM's keyboard shape I remember reading

the device is ugly it is no RIM copy cat, and it isn't very comfortable to hold.
it will fail.

bungaboy

I wonder if the Apple lawyers have any spare time? LoL

Chaplain_Clancy

Yes! Now you just have to figure out what part of the question I'm saying yes to.

Monty

Wow you won't have any issues finding that space bar! @-)

Not their first time copying the design, but they're getting closer:

subamu

Hmmm....it doesn't look appealing to me at all. Wonder what sort of user experience this device has?

SurrealCivic

StephenBB81 said:

Motorola has a license to use RIM's keyboard shape I remember reading

RIM hasn't licensed their keyboard patent per se. RIM and Motorola were in litigation back in 2009/2010 over a number of issue and patents. They eventually settled and basically Motorola is allowed to build devices with a keyboard "designed to be used with thumbs" of which RIM holds the patent.

belfastdispatcher

They're actually copying BB and Nokia at the same time, the menu buttons are placed the same as in the nokia E series.

Blackjack93117

Is this an admission that Blackberries are the most awesome phones ever made?
Too bad it's what's inside that counts and they don't got it.

StephenBB81

I bought one of these today to try,

Haven't taken it out of the box yet, a bit busy with work, but by the weekend I'll have some pictures and comparisons done