Google patents shows Next Nexus will have slider QWERTY

Last year, a frequent leaker of all things Nexus tweeted that there would be a version with a slide out keyboard but this wasn't implemented on the Galaxy Nexus models, but according to some fast-track patents that Google filed with the USPTO in January, a Nexus slider is something google is still working on, it's similar to the Xperia play but it have a QWERTY keyboard instead of the play station joystick. Here is a photo of the device sketching leaked from google patent file.

A series of three patents were field, which listed lead Android developer Andy Rubin as the main inventor. Each showed new internal mechanisms that appear to allow for a slider that is thinner, and has less overlap when opened, then other devices. The upshot would be a larger physical keyboard without a bulkier phone. The mechanisms (pictured below) include a "spring and stabilizing link" slider, a "serpentine spring styled" slider, and an innovative looking "scissor-hinge" slider.