Following a few suggestions I have been trying the new Google Patent Search Service to look for patents applied for or granted to BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion.
While there is some interesting stuff, I have to tell you that most of what's currently in the database is old, cannot efficiently searched for by date range, and does not include newer applied-for patents that indicate future devices, features and modifications in forthcoming generations of BlackBerrhy handhelds.
Still there are a few gems, such as the Mobile Device with a Rotatable Keyboard.
This patent was posted more than two years ago, on November 18,2004.
Somehow, the rotating keyboard technology has not made it to any BlackBerrys.
But gotta admit it does look cool.
