It’s been in the rumour mills for a while now, the touch & type Blackberry Bold’esque shaped device. However today the guys over at BGR report the device (codenamed: Dakota) is real.

Possibly going to be RIM’s flagship device, reported to have HD Recording (finally), NFC (will be all the rage next year or two) and the magnetometer. As well as this, BGR reports the following specs:

What about the specifications for the BlackBerry Dakota? What, you thought we’d skimp out on you? How about the famous original Bold styling, HD video recording, NFC, 3G Mobile hotspot, magnetometer and much, much more! Full specs after the break!

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Tri-band UMTS
• 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording, flash, and image stabilization
• 4GB of built in storage, 768MB of RAM
• 2.8-inch VGA 640×480 capacitive screen
• WiFi b,g,n on 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies
• 3G mobile hotspot!
• MicroUSB port
• Bluetooth
• NFC
• Magnetometer
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• 10.5mm thin
• Launches with BlackBerry OS 6.1

By today’s standards it’s not wow, however for BlackBerry users and lovers it seems like a welcome and appetising upgrade.

[via BGR]

But what do you guys think?