Research In Motion keep on pumping out the BlackBerry smartphones, and today Crackberry reports on a new BlackBerry handset in the making codenamed “Essex”

Rumour of an BlackBerry codename “Essex” isn’t new as there have been mentions of the codename before, but apparently now the word is the BlackBerry Essex will be the new iteration of the BlackBerry Niagra/BlackBerry Tour.

It may seem somewhat early to be working on a successor to the BlackBerry Tour, but word has it the BlackBerry Essex will address some of the complaints with the BlackBerry Tour such as the new touch sensitive touchpad on the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and the addition of WiFi and global roaming, and 3.2 megapixel camera.