Blackberry Milan with Blackberry 10 is leaked

ANOTHER Research in Motion (RIM) future handset has been leaked, the Blackberry Milan.

RIM seems to be sticking with city names for its upcoming Blackberry 10 smartphones. The latest leak is the Milan, which will come with a slider Qwerty keyboard in a similar fashion to the Torch, according to Crackberry.

Unfortunately details are thin on the ground with just the image to go by for the moment. The device does seem to have a large screen, possibly 4in or 4.3in, which could have a higher pixel density than the Apple Iphone 4S.

The design is similar to the Blackberry London that was leaked last month with cut-off edges at the bottom but rounded corners at the top. Unlike today's Blackberry handsets the optical trackpad and physical buttons are gone, suggesting full touchscreen user interaction apart from the keyboard.

Upcoming devices such as the Milan and London will run RIM's Blackberry 10 operating system (OS). It was previously called BBX but Basis International won a lawsuit banning RIM from using the name. Other codenames for future handsets include Lisbon, Black Forest and Nevada.

We know from the London leak that the OS will be similar to QNX, which runs on the Blackberry Playbook. This could mean there will be bezel gestures on upcoming RIM smartphones. µ