Whilst the BlackBerry Storm (above) is only just starting to ship to the UK, there are already rumours of another touchscreen based BlackBerry due next year.  This is, apparently, going to add a QWERTY keyboard (the traditional feature of RIM’s devices) alongside the touchscreen, allowing the user the best choice of both worlds.

Whether these rumours are true, it’s certainly likely that such a device will exist from RIM at some point, and there are similar rumours flying around about a touchscreen/QWERTY device from Nokia (the picture above is of a concept touchscreen phone from Nokia).  UK Gadgeteer suspects both manufacturers will continue to innovate and release a number of new products next year, and devices like these are likely to feature in their profiles by the end of the year.

Although the Nokia picture comes from a Nokia webcast, the exact image is courtesy of the Nokia Phone Blog.

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