The BlackBerry® Torch™ smartphone family is welcoming a whole slew of new siblings today. In addition to the all-touch BlackBerry® Torch™ 9850 and 9860 smartphones, we also announced the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810 smartphone, the evolution of the popular BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone. #TeamBlackBerry members in North America will be able to purchase the BlackBerry 9810 smartphone from AT&T, Bell, Telus and Rogers. For more details on pricing and international availability, make sure to check out our BlackBerry Torch product page or contact your local carrier.

Our intention with the BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone was to build upon the success of the original BlackBerry Torch all-in-one design by combining powerful new hardware with the powerful new BlackBerry® 7 OS. The new BlackBerry Torch 9810 improves upon its predecessor, the BlackBerry Torch 9800, with a crisp new 3.2” inch touch screen with a VGA (600×480) resolution at 246 DPI (“dots per inch”), which is a great tip-off to the new hardware under the hood. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone also features a 1.2 GHz processer, a 5 MP camera with HD video recording, face detection and image stabilization, a digital compass and HSPA+ network support. Combined with the BlackBerry 7 OS, these new hardware features ensure that the BlackBerry 9810 smartphone is faster and more fluid than its predecessor.

We’ve also added subtle refinements to the traditional BlackBerry Torch casing, as well as its keypad. To top it off, we coated the BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone in a distinctive silver color that we feel reflects the power and performance of the device.

Unlike its new siblings, the all-touch BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860 smartphones, the BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone features the original Torch’s popular full QWERTY keypad, touch screen, trackpad combination. With a touch screen larger than its new cousins, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry 9930 smartphones, the BlackBerry Torch 9810 is a flexible device for people who require both form and function from their smartphone.

Like the other new all-touch BlackBerry Torch smartphones, the big, brilliant touch screen of the BlackBerry Torch 9810 is well-suited for 3D games, watching videos and browsing the web. If you need to get some work done on the go, that screen is also handy for viewing Microsoft® PowerPoint® and Microsoft Word documents with the free bundled Premium version of Docs to Go™. Of course, if you need to start editing those documents, or you want to fire off a few emails or BBM™ your friends, you can easily switch to portrait mode and slide out the full QWERTY keypad. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone’s HD camera captures photos or video and makes it easy to share both with friends via Facebook, Twitter, and BBM 6 (or possibly through that BBM 6-connected app you’ve downloaded). Regardless of your needs, the BlackBerry 9810 smartphone offers the flexibility to get it done.

Like the all-touch BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860, the BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone is running the brand new BlackBerry 7 OS, and thus shares many of the same benefits. For starters this means a new and improved BlackBerry browser, optimized touch screen UI (“user interface”), BBM 6, hardware accelerated Liquid Graphics, and support for new apps like the Wikitude augmented reality browser on the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. Make sure to check out what my coworkers Sangita and Troy had to say about these BlackBerry 7 features in their BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860 post, and stay tuned for a more in-depth overview from BlackBerry 7 Product Manager, Annu, in a future blog post.

For my money, my favorite BlackBerry 7 feature has to be the next generation BlackBerry browser. The BlackBerry browser is smooth and responsive, whether scrolling through web pages with your fingers or using the trackpad. Web pages load at tremendous speeds, and are naturally rendered as you’d expect to see them on your desktop browser, thanks to Liquid Graphics.

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The new BlackBerry Storm 3 is a great device that is equipped with the 3G network that allows users to experience high speed internet connectivity using Wi-Fi in it. The large display of this phone has a capacitive touch screen of 3.7 inches with the highest resolution ever for BlackBerry – 800×480 pixels. More impressive is the 1.2 GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM which should provide enough power for the device and the device will work on it very efficiently. It is a 5MP camera which clicks great qaulity photo and video capable of recording 720p.

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RIM today introduced the BlackBerry Bold 9780 Ssmartphone – the newest addition to the BlackBerry Bold series of smartphones that featuers a large 2.4-inch, and a full QWERTY keyboard and the smartphone packs a wide range of communication and multimedia features.
Featuring a premium and iconic design with an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard and revolutionary optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone is the first BlackBerry Bold smartphone to come with the new BlackBerry 6 operating system.

Featuring quite similar looks and feel of its predecessor Blackberry Bold 9700 smartphone, this new Blackberry model delivers a wide range of enhancements including a brand new rich user interface, a fast and powerful WebKit-based browser like in Android OS, broadly improved communications and multimedia capabilities, an incredibly useful Universal Search feature in addition to a high quality new 5 megapixel camera.

The quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz and 3G HSDPA network ready Blackberry Bold 9780 smartphone sports a stylish design has 2.4-inch 400 x 360 pixels TFT scratch resistant display and includes 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.

The BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone supports 3G networks around the world, includes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g wireless LAN with support for carrier supported Wi-Fi calling (UMA where available) and GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging.

The Bold 9780 comes with a 5 Megapixel camera with a full complement of high-end features including continuous auto focus, scene modes, image stabilization, flash and video recording. The smartphone also supports BlackBerry App World which features a catalog of mobile applications.

The Blackberry Bold 9780 smartphone is equipped with all new touch-sensitive trackpad instead of traditional trackball and includes several social networking appls for Facebook, Myspace, and Flickr. Since new touchpad involves no moving parts, it should be more robust and expected to last long.

The smartphone also integrates a new and rich WebKit-based browser that renders HTML web pages quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience. The browser offers fluid navigation using the handset’s optical trackpad, includes tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously and provides a zoom feature that can intelligently auto-wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page’s key elements for easier viewing.

The trackpad employs all the same gestures as the conventional trackball, besides feels similar to using a trackpad on a laptop. To select an option, one can click the pad just like one would with the conventional trackball.

The Blackberry Bold 9780 features 35 key backlit full QWERTY keyboard in addition to several dedicated keys for functions like Send, End, VAD/PTT (User customizable), Camera (User customizable), and 2 x volume. The handset also sports dedicated Media Keys which includes functions like Play/Pause/Mute, Back, and Forward.

Equipped with a 624 MHz processor, Blackberry Curve 9780 phone is powered by BlackBerry’s own brand new Blackberry 6.0 Operating system and it comes with 512 MB shared internal flash memory and it has microSD memory slot supporting up to 32 GB maximum memory storage.

Supporting Polyphonic ringtones along with MP3 ringtones, the new BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone supports 3G HSDPA network and is equipped with GPRS Class 10 connection with upto 48 kbps speed, HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switching Data) wireless connection with upto 38.4 kbps speed, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN connecivity and ultra fast EDGE class 10 connection allowing upto 236.8 kbps data speed.

The 3G ready BlackBerry Bold 9780 also offers wireless Bluetooth v2.0 connection with A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) option . The Bluetooth v2.0 with Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) allows listening to music on bluetooth compatible headset like 3.5mm HSP headset absolutely wire-free and in full stereo.

The smartphone is also equipped with standard fast USB v2.0 port (miniUSB port) which is used for both power recharging and PC connectivity for data exchange.

The included media player in BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphones is a full featured media player that allows playing video and audio files. Audio media files supports AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 PRO/WMA 10, and AAC-LC and Video format supports MP4/MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV3 files and file transfer is fairly fast using USB v2.0 interface.

In addition, it also offers 3.5 mm audio out port to allow users plugin their choice of headphones. One can play, rewind, fast forward, equalize, shuffle tracks and create playlists – just like in any other digital music player.

Available in black color, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone’s some other features includes, WiFi access to Blackberry Enterprise Server, WiFi access to Blackberry Internet Server, built-in full HTML browser, Email Client, Wireless Email, voice memo recording, built-in handsfree Speakerphone, WAP 2.0/xHTML Browser, Java MIDP 2.0 support, picture caller ID, applications such as calendar, currency converter, alarm clock, auto keypad lock, stop watch, and preloaded polyphonic ringtones with ringtone composing application.

Additional features of the new BlackBerry 6 operating system include expanded messaging capabilities with intuitive features to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), and integrated access to BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various instant messaging applications on the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone.

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Equipped with Li-Ion 1150 mAh standard battery, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone offers upto 21 days of standby and 6 hrs of talk time (on GSM network).

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RIM today introduced the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone featuring capacitive touch screen, easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard, full HTML browser with pinch to zoom or fluidly navigate and the optical trackpad.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone is the first BlackBerry smartphone to launch with latest BlackBerry 6 operating system, a new operating system that retains the familiar and trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh, approachable and engaging experience that’s powerful and easy to use.

The Blackberry 6.0 OS features a redesigned user interface that seamlessly works with the touch screen and trackpad, includes expanded messaging capabilities with intuitive features to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), and provides integrated access to the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various instant messaging applications available on the BlackBerry Torch smartphone in addition to featuring a dedicated YouTube app and Podcasts app.

The new BlackBerry 6 operating system also integrates a new and rich WebKit-based browser on BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone that renders HTML web pages (as well as HTML email) quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience.

The WebKit based browser features tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously (like Opera Mini 5), pinch to zoom feature for easy navigation and an auto-wrap text zoom feature that can intelligently wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page’s key elements  by simply double-tapping the BlackBerry Torch.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone also features universal search, that is always accessible from the Home Screen, allowing users to search through email, messages, contacts, music, videos and more on the smartphone, as well as extend search to the Internet or to discover applications on BlackBerry App World.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone expands on RIM’s popular messaging solutions with the support of AT&T’s advanced messaging features for SMS and MMS.

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone comes with a set of pre-loaded icons which allows them to download and immediately begin using a variety of rich entertainment and social networking applications to access Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and more.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 Smartphone also comes loaded with Visual Voicemail, which benefits customers by allowing them to select the voicemails they want to hear first.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is powered by new BlackBerry Desktop Software 6 with integrated media sync for easily syncing music, photos and videos. It also includes Wi-Fi Music Sync, a unique feature that allows users to view their entire iTunes or Windows Media Player music libraries from their BlackBerry smartphone, create and edit playlists as well as select music for download. When in range of their home Wi-Fi network (or via USB), the changes are synced with iTunes or Windows Media Player and the songs are automatically downloaded to the smartphone.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 also offers several premium phone features that includes voice activated dialing, speakerphone and Bluetooth (2.1) with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits (including systems that support the Bluetooth Message Access Profile standard) and other Bluetooth accessories

BlackBerry Torch Smartphone Features

* Tri-band 3G UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
* 3.2-inch 360×480 pixels HVGA capacitive touch screen display
* 35 key full QWERTY backlit slide-out keyboard, designed to feel optimally balanced when opened for typing
* Trackpad located on front face of device, ESC key to the right,
Menu key to the left
* Touch screen with on-screen keyboard: portrait SureType, QWERTY and multi-tap, landscape QWERTY
* Slide-out QWERTY keyboard with backlighting
* Optical trackpad that makes navigation fast and smooth
* Powerful 624 Mhz processor with 512 MB Flash memory
* 4 GB built-in memory storage plus a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB cards; a 4 GB card is included giving users 8 GB of storage out-of-the-box
* 5 MP camera with flash, continuous auto focus, image stabilization, scene modes, geo-tagging and zoom, as well as video recording at up to 640×480 resolution
* Built-in GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging
* Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n); qualifying smartphone customers can enjoy seamless connectivity to over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots at no additional cost
* Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR
* Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP)
* Windows Media DRM 10 for music & video
* Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV3
* Audio format support: MP3, AMR-NB, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMV, Flac, Ogg Vorbis
* 3.5mm stereo headset jack
* Integrated speaker and microphone
* Hands-free headset capable
* Bluetooth headset capable
* Integrated hands-free speakerphone
* Rechargeable 1300 mAhr Li-ION battery that provides approximately 5.8 hours of talk time on 3G networks or 30 hours of audio playback or 6 hours of video playback
* Dimensions: 4.4? (5.8? open) x 2.4? x .57?
* Weighing: 161 gms (5.68 ounces)

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The BlackBerry Storm2 9520 is a sleek and very well weighted smartphone with a better clickable SurePress screen than previous models.

Comes with pre-installed applications and some say texting is fantastic on this handset, for more information please look below at the full specs and features.
Battery – Standard, Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery offering up to 305 hours standby time using 2G and up to 280 hours using 3G. You will also get up to 5 hours talk time using 2G and up to 6 hours using 3GSpecifications:

Camera – 3.2-megapixel camera (2048×1536 pixels) featuring autofocus, LED flash, image stabilization, Geo-tagging and video

Data Features -

* GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
* WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA
* Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
* microUSB v2.0
* EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps

Display – 3.25-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen (65K colours/360 x 480 pixels), featuring Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

Size and Weight – 112.5 x 62.2 x 14 mm and weighs 160 grams

Networks – 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G Network HSDPA 2100

Memory Features – Phonebook can store unlimited entries and fields including photocall, call records, the handset has 2GB of internal storage with the option to expand up to 16GB thanks to the microSD card slot

Sound – Vibration alerts, MP3 ringtones, Speakerphone and 3.5 mm audio jack

Other Features

* BlackBerry OS
* SMS & MMS Messaging
* Email
* IM
* HTML Browser
* A-GPS support
* Games
* Java
* Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
* BlackBerry maps
* MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
* MP3/WMA/AAC+ player
* Voice memo
* Voice dial
* Organizer

Despite its impressively compact and elegant design, this stylish new Blackberry Pearl 9105 handset is a powerful 3G BlackBerry smartphone with uncompromising performance and rich features that includes all the industry-leading BlackBerry email, messaging and social networking capabilities that so many people love.

The Blackberry Pearl 9105 allows consumers to enjoy a full-featured, easy-to-use and fashionable 3G enabled smartphone that supports BlackBerry Messenger and many other apps while maintaining a handset design and layout that is familiar and comfortable.The new BlackBerry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone measures less than two inches wide (50 mm) and weighing only 3.3 ounces (93g), it still manages to pack in support for high-speed tri-band 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) networks, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/N wireless LAN and GPS with A-GPS support along with a powerhouse processor that drives visually stunning images on the sharp, high-resolution display.

The smartphone for a change sports a traditional 14-key numeric keypad in place of Blackberry customary full or half QWERTY keyboard and also features an optical trackpad for smooth navigation, dedicated volume and media keys for added convenience. Optical trackpad makes navigation fast and smooth, plus a comfortable keyboard that enables quick and accurate typing. The phone also include SureType software that can complete words as the user types, making texting fast and accurate.

The Blackberry Pearl 9105 support tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks and it features a large 3.5-inch, 360 x 400 pixels, 256 QVGA display and features a 14-key traditional phone keyboard and touch-sensitive optical trackpad.

The Blackberry Pearl 9105 smartphone is powered by fast 624 MHz Intel processor and runs Blackberry 5.0 OS. Equipped with 256 MB internal memory that allows practically unlimited entries and field phone book and supports Photo ID call with upto 30 received, dialed and missed call records, the Blackberry Pearl 9105 also offers microSD media card support that allows upto 32-GB expandable memory storage. A 2-GB card comes with the package.

The Blackberry Pearl 9105 smartphone’s high resolution landscape QVGA LCD display has intelligent light sensing technology that automatically adjusts both the LCD and keyboard lighting for optimised viewing.

Supporting Polyphonic 72 channels ringtones along with MP3 ringtones and AAC ringtones, the new Blackberry Pearl 9105 smart mobilephone offers exhaustive options for data connection including GPRS Class 10 connection with upto 48kbps speed, EDGE Class 10 with upto 236.8 kbps speed connection, 3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps speed, wireless Bluetooth v2.1+EDR with A2DP connection and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/N Wireless LAN connection.

Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone is also equipped with standard fast microUSB v2.0 port which is used for both power recharging and PC connectivity for data exchange.

The EDGE Class 10 network connection offered by Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G mobilephone handset allows ultra fast data transmissions, and faster downloads and file transfers, while Bluetooth technology enables communication with other Bluetooth compatible devices and gadgets such as color printers, PDAs and laptops for instant sync-ups, data transfer and print jobs in a flash.

Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone also features 3.15 Megapixel autofocus Camera with 2048 x 1536 pixels still image resolution, built-in zoom and automatic LED flash. The digital camera is also capable of video capturing in 3 diffrent resolutions – 320×240, 176×144, and 129×96 pixels with live sound in QCIF format. It support video playback in MPEG4, 3GPP and h.263 video file formats.

The 3G ready Blackberry Pearl 9105 smartphone also sports media player application which supports a large range of audio formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA and MP4 and audio player software also offers album art, playlists, equaliser and audio visualisations along with universal 3.5-mm Audio Adapter to plug-in your choice of headphones.

The Blackberry 3G smartphone also has combination of sophisticated styling, excellent navigation, and high-powered applications make it the favorite tool for mobile communication across the globe.

The Premium smartphone also allows voice activated dialing, and feature speakerphone and Bluetooth 2.1 with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth accessories.

Handset also allows access to BlackBerry App World, featuring a broad and growing catalog of mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones and there is support for BlackBerry Media Sync for easily syncing photos as well as iTunes and Windows Media Player music with the smartphone.

The new Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone allows viewing common attachments such as Microsoft’s PowerPoint, Excel and Word. The smartphone allows checking Email or the news in full screen full browser view. The big USP of Blackberry is that it allows PUSH email meaning it automatically collects email and allows you to reply to it while on the move.

The Pearl 9105 handset also features GPS with A-GPS support and comes leaded with Blackberry maps as well as photo geotagging. Google is offering two excellent applications viz Google Talk and Google Local for ready use on the new blackberry 3G that turn this device into a lifesaver at times.

Google Local for the Blackberry is just as good as the one found at Google.com. It is a fast, easy-to-use application that allows you to get directions, find restaurants, and a lot more using your Blackberry. Users can view in both Map and Satellite modes and can zoom in to street level.

The Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone also supports MMS (Multimedia Message Service) for Multimedia text messaging allowing sounds, pictures, animations and formatted text in SMS message and its integrated image blog features allows sharing photos instantly by directly posting them onto any blog site.

Weighing just about 93.6 gms, the Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone’s some other features includes; built-in Image viewer and Picture editor software, built-in handsfree Speakerphone, full screen HTML Browser, Java MIDP 2.1 support, picture caller ID, applications such as calendar, currency converter, alarm clock, auto keypad lock, stop watch, and preloaded polyphonic ringtones with ringtone composing application.

Equipped with removable 1150 mAh Li-ion standard battery, the Blackberry Pearl 9105 3G smartphone offers upto 432 hrs of standby time and 5 hrs 30 mins of talk time on 2G while 312 Hrs of standby on 3G and 5 hours of talk time on 3G network.

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There’ve been persistent rumours of a Blackberry slidephone coming to the market, and even a couple of spy shots, but today, we get to the device properly, in some beautifully clear photos… and it looks mint! You may remember seeing the name on these pages before, and that’s because TechnoLiz did a post about it not long ago.

In those spyshots, it looked fairly decent, but I’m happy to say that, in the new clear photos that I saw on EngadgetMobile, it looks oh so much nicer. Well, let’s be honest, it looks like a cross between the Storm series and Bold series, which is hardly surprising considering that the Blackberry Bold 9800 (that’s it, to the right) is a basically a Bold phone with a touchscreen.Alas, it seems you don’t get the same quantum-powered clicky touchscreen that you get on the Blackberry Storm 2 (or the Storm 2: Judgment Day, following the correct and proper Terminator-themed naming system), but the pay-off (and it’s a big pay-off to a lot of users) is that you get a full, slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Unfortunately, however, when it comes to specs, I have no clue what this beastie’s capable of. No idea how fast the processor is, no idea how big the camera is, and no idea how long the battery’ll last. Sorry about that. All we can say for definite is that it’ll run on Blackberry OS 6, and it’ll be really rather good at emails. ‘Cos it’s a Blackberry. Obviously.

Anyway, I’m a little bit excited, as I always had a soft spot for the Blackberry Storm 2… sorry, Storm 2: Judgment Day, so I really would rather like to get my grubby paws on one to have a fiddle about with.

The folks at BBLeaks have posted some leaked spy photos of the upcoming mid-range BlackBerry Curve 9300. As likely, the handset is very akin to the Curve 8520, which is sort of replacing. Coloring aside, the handsets materialize to have the same plastic body casing, right down to the keyboard. However, it seems like the Curve 9300 is getting some humble upgrades.
This Curve 9300 is codenamed “Kepler” and the pictures show off that it’s still running BlackBerry OS 5 – at least at this point on this pre-release handset. The tipster purposefully mentioned that the handset is able of OS 6 support. The handset has 802.11n support, along with the 3G (the Curve series, being the user BlackBerry, didn’t have 3G support until recently).

The handset will have “more” memory than the Curve 8520. The curve had 256MB of RAM. Newly, the Bold 9650 came out with 512MB of RAM, so it’s not impossible that we’ll see the Curve 9300 get an alike RAM upgrade. While it’s true that the Curve string is RIM’s consumer line, they have gone to the Curve series first with some innovations, like the optical trackpad, which first came out on the Curve 8520.

It’s being suggested time and time again from multiple sources that BlackBerries will need at least 512MB of RAM to use BlackBerry OS 6.0. This seems a bit hard to believe, considering that 99% of RIM handsets won’t be able to run it, but if true, it would make sense that they’re starting to roll out more memory to all phones, including the mid-range Curve 8520

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Key Features
Curvaceous Bar Form Casing
2.4 Inch 65k Colour TFT Screen (480 x 360 Pixels)
Full QWERTY Keyboard with Backlight
BlackBerry® Operating System
3G HSDPA Technology
Email
Instant Messaging
HTML Browser
Social Networking Compatible
WiFi® Technology
Media Player (MP3, MIDI, AMR NB, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ & WMA)
3.2 Megapixel Camera with 2 x Digital Zoom & Flash
GPS Navigation with BlackBerry® Maps

If you’re anxiously awaiting the release of the BlackBerry 9650 on either Sprint or Verizon then it would appear that you may have to keep your expectations in check as a purported source at RIM is quoted as confirming that both networks are holding back on the release of the BlackBerry 9650 for the time being.

The blogosphere leak machine is in action – and this time it’s the rumoured BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider that is the focus of attention.

The photographs on TheBerryFix reportedly show what the site says is an apparently late prototype or early production model of the slider phone.

And while the photographs show off quite a few new features, the most interesting may be that the high-end smartphone has two keyboards, yes count it, two keyboards.As far as quirky or innovative features go this is a strange choice for BlackBerry. I can understand them going for one or the other in an attempt to attract new customers and compete with Apple, HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

After all Apple, Sony Ericsson an HTC are dominating the touchscreen market with the iPhone 3GS, HTC Desire and Xperia X10. While, Nokia’s enjoyed success with its slider phone the N97 and Sony Ericsson is soon to release its latest X10 phones – the Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro.

BlackBerry 9800 slider (as seen on TheBerryFixer)And I can get BlackBerry wanting to get in on the action but you’d think they’d go for two phones with one being a slider and the other being a touchscreen, like the Blackberry Pearl 3G 9105 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100. Wouldn’t you? I can’t believe that customers would want a two-in-one, “I’m in a slide-out mood today” or “I just have to go touchscreen now” are just not thoughts I think people have. And if they are, post a comment below and enlighten me.

Getting over the two-in-one aspect, I’m also not convinced people really want BlackBerry to copy its rivals. It has a fairly iconic, if big, phone design which people are increasingly growing to like… there is also the fact that I don’t like change.

And while I’m not overly keen on having touchscreen keyboard when there’s a capable slide-out keyboard, the phone does promise to have improved general touchscreen capabilities which has been a bit of an issue for the brand’s manufacturers Research In Motion.

MobileCrunch claim BlackBerry have responded to criticism of its previous touchscreen attempt the Storm and dropped its SurePress Technology – a system BlackBerry had developed to try and recreate the feel of a physical keyboard on a touchscreen. Users had complained the screen went funny when they pressed it, so this news will hopefully bode well for a smoother experience.

Other things to note include the BlackBerry 9800 slider’s screen size. For those who think BlackBerry screens can be on the small side compared with its smartphone rivals (some do apparently) – this could be the phone for you. The screen appears to be bigger than three inches but by how much it’s hard to guess. However, that would still be an improvement on the BlackBerry Bold 9700 with its 2.6 inch screen.

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