Forget the mockups of the Blackberry Essex, what may be a picture of the real thing has leaked along with news of Dakota, RIM's first phone with a "touchscreen in a conventional shape" and a "liquid lens."

Here's (Update: a mockup of) the BlackBerry Essex—basically a Tour tarted up with Wi-Fi and the Curve 8520's trackpad that's gonna creep across the line. So it's better. How you feel about that, Tour owners? [CrackBerry]