// Pocket Picks //

You can’t really describe BlackBerry handsets as having a candybar shape. Not unless it’s a square-shaped candybar, anyway. But it’s a fact that Research In Motion hasn’t taken its smartphones down the clamshell path. Not yet, anyway. The latest leaked internetweb photos hint that this strategy is about to change, with a new BlackBerry codenamed ‘Kickstart’. There’s details too, including that it has a 240×320 internal screen, and a 160×128 external screen to be used when closed. It’ll be quad-band with support for EDGE data (no 3G?), and will have a BlackBerry Pearl-style numeric pad with two letters per key. Oh, and a two-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Naturally, all of this is still rumoured, but the spy shots look pretty authentic to me.