BlackBerry Curve 8980 escapes via FCC, switches to trackpad

It seems the aging BlackBerry Curve 8900, is finally getting a Blackberry successor. The Blackberry Curve 8980 features almost the same specs, but has picked up WirelessN connectivity and an optical trackpad instead of a regular trackball.

The rest of the specs are quite familiar - 2.4-inch display, QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel snapper, GPS, Bluetooth and microSD card slot. Similar to its predecessor, the new Curve 8980 also lacks 3G connectivity.

BlackBerry Curve 8980

There is no info on the processor or the amount of RAM yet, but the OS should be BlackBerry OS 5. But don't worry, there will be upgrade to OS 6 for sure.

We guess the official announcement should take place soon.

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PlayBook ( the RIM's latest product )

SAN FRANCISCO, Research In Motion (RIM) revealed The first tablet homemade device that BlackBerry called Playbook. Tools It is designed as a separate product for Internet access as well as possible as a partner for BlackBerry users.
The format of the RIM Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday (9/20/2010), Co-CEO of RIM Mike Lazaridis exhibit BlackBerry Playbook for the first time to our application developers in attendance.
Unlike a BlackBerry smartphone, tablet uses an operating system QNX Software
Systems, a company that recently acquired the rim. Screen size 7 inches or smaller iPad than 9.7 inches. BlackBerry Playbook is designed to access the web full so that supports Flash and HTML 5.

The following details the main features of the BlackBerry Playbook.

1. 7-inch LCD touch screen, resolution 1024 x 600, WSVGA, with capacitive multitouch
2. Tablet BlackBerry operating system made by QNX OS
3. 1 GHz dual-core processor
4. Memory 1 GB RAM
5. Dual HD cameras (3 megapixel front camera, rear 5 MP camera), can record HD video 1080p.
6. Supports video playback of 1080p HD video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
7. Supports audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA HDMI video output
8. The wireless connection Wi-Fi - 802.11 a / b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
9. Connector microHDMI, microUSB charging contacts
10. Supports WebKit/HTML-5 platform, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
11. Dimensions 130mm x 193mm x 10mm
12. Weight less than 400 g
    
    

BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800

Good news for users of BlackBerry gadgets middle-class output, because the BlackBerry generation 9800 Torch comes with a brand.

 

Where after RIM issued two BlackBerry smartphones champion of Onyx and BlackBerry Storm II years.Apparently RIM is developing your latest OS for BlackBerry newest products BlackBerry 9800 or better known as the BlackBerry Torch that which is already using the latest 6.0 OS RIM.

Although not 100% right, the BlackBerry 9800 Torch can be called a mix of families and family Storm Bold.  With a slightly different shape design as compared with the previous output, use the Torch beautiful slide model will look similar to the storm when closed complete with touch screen facility of 2.3 inches and at the same QWERTY keyboard like the BlackBerry Bold.

At Torch BlackBerry 9800, RIM fix their mistakes which is located on the camera smartphone by displaying their products earlier camera 5 MP on this 9800 Torch.

The camera on the Torch 9800 is equipped with features flash, auto focus + LED light, image stabilization, and geo-tagging. And do not forget the 3G network connection. In this 9800 Torch BlackBerry,  RIM has also pursue in the Network who has posted with 3G network where speed browsing faster than the previous version 5 product.

Views flash look like even desktop really. Display a web site on the mobile screen is getting equal with a desktop computer screen. With the support multitouch features, we can browse better.

For the battery, provided by RIM in 9800 Torch of 1300 mahr lithium-ion cell, 18 days standby (GSM), 14 days (UMTS), 5.5 hours talk time (GSM) and 5.8 hours (UMTS). To standby music media can up to 30  hours and video up to 6 hours.

Torch BlackBerry 9800 is equipped with 624 MHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, 4GB  on-board memory, and microSD / SDHC memory card slot. RIM smartphone device is also equipped with built-in GPS and Wi-Fi. 

Torch BlackBerry 9800 has been marketed on August 12, 2010 and then in the United States, and of course for BlackBerry fans will be interested in these smartphones have enjoyed the latest RIM smartphone.

Features Torch ™ 9800 BlackBerry ®

- Field optical touch

- Touch screen high resolution

- Full QWERTY keyboard

- 3G network support

- Data and voice simultaneously

- Email and text messages

- BlackBerry ® Messenger 

- Instant Messaging- Telephone 

- Browser- Social Feed

- Camera and video recording 

- Wi-Fi ® 

- GPS

- Media player

- Agenda

- Bluetooth ® 

- Modem Tether

  

 

BlackBerry PlayBook Preview

    Press Release

"New Professional-Grade Tablet Delivers Unmatched Power and Web Performance

San Francisco, CA – BlackBerry DEVCON 2010 - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today redefined the possibilities for mobile computing with the unveiling of its new professional-grade BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry® Tablet OS.

Perfect for either large organizations or an “army of one”, the BlackBerry PlayBook is designed to give users what they want, including uncompromised web browsing, true multitasking and high performance multimedia, while also providing advanced security features, out-of-the-box enterprise support and a breakthrough development platform for IT departments and developers. The incredibly powerful and innovative BlackBerry PlayBook is truly a game-changing product in the growing tablet marketplace.

“RIM set out to engineer the best professional-grade tablet in the industry with cutting-edge hardware features and one of the world's most robust and flexible operating systems,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “The BlackBerry PlayBook solidly hits the mark with industry leading power, true multitasking, uncompromised web browsing and high performance multimedia.”

The Tablet You'll Want to Take Everywhere This beautifully designed and incredibly powerful tablet is ultra portable, ultra thin and super convenient for both work and play. Measuring less than half an inch thick and weighing less than a pound, the BlackBerry PlayBook features a vivid 7” high resolution display that looks and feels great in your hand. With such a unique mix of utility, performance and portability, you’ll want to take it everywhere.

The New Benchmark in Tablet Performance At its heart, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a multitasking powerhouse. Its groundbreaking performance is jointly fueled by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and the new BlackBerry Tablet OS which supports true symmetric multiprocessing. Together, the abundant processing power and highly sophisticated OS enable the BlackBerry PlayBook to provide users with true multitasking and a highly-responsive and fluid touch screen experience for apps and content services.

Uncompromised Web BrowsingWith support for Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1, Adobe® Mobile AIR® and HTML-5, the BlackBerry PlayBook provides customers with an uncompromised, high-fidelity web experience and offers them the ability to enjoy all of the sites, games and media on the web. For more than a decade, the mobile industry has worked to bridge the gap between the “real web” and mobile devices through various apps and technologies and, in fact, a significant number of mobile apps today still simply serve as a proxy for web content that already exists on the web. The BlackBerry PlayBook closes that gap and brings the real, full web experience to mobile users while also opening new and more exciting opportunities for developers and content publishers.

High Performance Multimedia The BlackBerry PlayBook features premium multimedia features to support high-quality mobile experiences. It includes dual HD cameras for video capture and video conferencing that can both record HD video at the same time, and an HDMI-out port for presenting one's creations on external displays. The BlackBerry PlayBook also offers rich stereo sound and a media player that rivals the best in the industry.

BlackBerry IntegrationFor those BlackBerry PlayBook users who carry a BlackBerry smartphone*, it will also be possible to pair their tablet and smartphone using a secure Bluetooth® connection. This means they can opt to use the larger tablet display to seamlessly and securely view any of the email, BBM™, calendar, tasks, documents and other content that resides on (or is accessible through) their smartphone. They can also use their tablet and smartphone interchangeably without worrying about syncing or duplicating data. This secure integration of BlackBerry tablets and smartphones is a particularly useful feature for those business users who want to leave their laptop behind.

Enterprise Ready Thanks to the seamless and secure Bluetooth pairing experience and the highly secure underlying OS architecture, the BlackBerry PlayBook is enterprise ready and compatible (out-of-the-box) with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. When connected over Bluetooth, the smartphone content is viewable on the tablet, but the content actually remains stored on the BlackBerry smartphone and is only temporarily cached on the tablet (and subject to IT policy controls). With this approach to information security, IT departments can deploy the BlackBerry PlayBook to employees out-of-the-box without worrying about all the security and manageability issues that arise when corporate data is stored on yet another device.

QNX Neutrino Reliability The BlackBerry Tablet OS is built upon the QNX® Neutrino® microkernel architecture, one of the most reliable, secure and robust operating system architectures in the world. Neutrino has been field hardened for years and is being used to support mission-critical applications in everything from planes, trains and automobiles to medical equipment and the largest core routers that run the Internet.  The new BlackBerry Tablet OS leverages and builds upon the many proven strengths of this QNX Neutrino architecture to support a professional grade tablet experience and to redefine the possibilities for mobile computing.

An OS Built for Developers The Neutrino based microkernel architecture in the BlackBerry Tablet OS delivers exceptional performance, high scalability, Common Criteria EAL 4+ security, and support for industry standard tools that are already familiar to hundreds of thousands of developers.  The OS is fully POSIX compliant enabling easy portability of C-based code, supports Open GL for 2D and 3D graphics intensive applications like gaming, and will run applications built in Adobe Mobile AIR as well as the new BlackBerry® WebWorks™ app platform announced today (which will allow apps to be written to run on BlackBerry PlayBook tablets as well as BlackBerry smartphones with BlackBerry® 6). The BlackBerry Tablet OS will also support Java enabling developers to easily bring their existing BlackBerry 6 Java applications to the BlackBerry Tablet OS environment.

Key features and specifications of the BlackBerry PlayBook include:

• 7” LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support • BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing • 1 GHz dual-core processor • 1 GB RAM • Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording • Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV • Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA • HDMI video output • Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR • Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts • Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java • Ultra thin and portable: o Measures 5.1”x7.6”x0.4” (130mm x 193mm x 10mm) o Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g) • Additional features and specifications of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be shared on or before the date this product is launched in retail outlets. • RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future. Availability The BlackBerry PlayBook is expected to be available in retail outlets and other channels in the United States in early 2011 with rollouts in other international markets beginning in (calendar) Q2.

RIM will begin working with developers and select corporate customers next month to begin development and early testing efforts.

The BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK is planned for release in the coming weeks and developers can register for early access at www.blackberry.com/developers/tabletos.

For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/playbook."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackBerry Storm 9570

Have emerged photo of the latest Blackberry series, the BlackBerry Storm 9570. Perhaps far more clearly than previous BlackBerry photos called blackberry storm 3, although there is no clear explanation of what code name will be used in the product.


BlackBerry 9570 according to information from the site bbleaks, still using a form factor of the Blackberry storm 9520/9550 with 624 MHZ processor capability, OS 6, 5 MP camera. BlackBerry 9570 still using SurePress and Piezo technology touchscreen.

BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 CDMA

Site Boy Genius Report (BGR) recently has been leaking information that the BlackBerry Curve 9330 3G CDMA will be launched on the 16th in the American Verizon network. BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 is a variant of the BlackBerry Curve cell phone 3G but uses CDMA network, in contrast with the BlackBerry 9300 uses the GSM network

BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 has specifications similar to the 9300 version but other than using the CDMA EVDO network, the color of the casing of the device body is also different.

 

Blackberry Storm 9520

Style is not the only variable, RIM seems to understand that the need for communication with the consumer touch is always needed, although in certain consumer level. Storm is one of its flagship product and then answer the needs of specific consumers. Just like Apple with the iPhone is also a touchscreen, Blackberry Storm 2 or Storm 9520 gives to you. Discomfort in the iPhone can be found on the Storm 2.

BlackBerry Storm 9500 is an interesting device, but the device did not seem too calm consumers. 9520 Storm, the presence of a little different with 9500, although the differences are very significant, making the Storm 9520 is more weighty and interesting.

There are two significant differences between 9500 and 9520 Storm Storm, to weight, weighing more than about 5 grams Storm 9520 from about 160 g, while the Storm 9520 only 155 grams. But there are differences in wireless Internet access. Storm 9520 has been supported HSUPA, HSDPA is only temporary.