BlackBerry have had a lot to get excited about lately with strong profit forecasts, the BlackBerry Bold and with the BlackBerry Thunder 9500 lightning may just strike twice.
Featuring OS 4.7.0, compared to the Bold’s 4.6, and a touchscreen that is 360×480, compared to the iPhone’s 320×480, the Thunder’s rolling into its September release, forecast: stormy.
Those friendly Canadian’s at RIM BlackBerry are at it again producing market leading smartphones for business users. The most anticipated release thus far is the BlackBerry Bold 9000, and by the loks of this hands-on video, its not hard to see why. A must have? Let us knowyour take on the enterprise market leader.
In a post-iPhone world gone mad for smartphones some may be forgetting the those friendly Canadians are not resting ahead of the BlackBerry Bold, rather they are pumping out a fresh approach - their first clamshell, the KickStart.
Featuring LCD display with a QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels), an external display with 128 x 160 pixels, the latest BalckBerry 4.6 OS, a full QWERTY keypad, the Kickstart may be a gentle dabble into the consumer market opened for them by the Pearl.
What do you think - is the world ready for the fashion BlackBerry?
According to the Boy Genius Report RIM are faces delays with the BlackBerry Bold and have pushed back the ATT release until August.
Apparently delays are being caused by battery life and overheating issues but business crackberry fanatics will take a no doubt pop a few antacid and await the GPS, WiFi multimedia marvels release in the shadow of the 3G iPhone.
Can BlackBerry pull it off and go toe-to-toe in the smartphone market with new-kid-on-the-block Apple?
Those patiently awaiting the BlackBerry Bold 9000 may take solace in early previews of the kid brother BlackBerry Javelin.
The smartphone contender may not have the 3G credentials but its certainly got a fun feature pack for that hard work exec with an itchy finger.
The Javelin features 3.2 Megapixel camera with flash and video, Wi-Fi, GPS, BlackBerry maps, the latest BlackBerry OS, full HTML browser, audio and video players, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, a powerful processor and a full QWERTY keyboard.
Enough talk - why not cosy up under the covers with this bedside video.
We’re sure you are as excitged as we are about BlackBerry’s latest foray into cosnumer smartphones, the Bold 9000, the question is can this businesman’s girl friday match it with the people’s champion, the Apple iPhone? There’s only one way to find out kids, that’s right YouTube. Enjoy the video.
itunes has been the dominant music/file application on Mac and Windows OS, and if a competitor is seriously thinking of crippling apple’s product, then he has to either pull the targeted customer from their apple addiction (the itunes), or simply use that addiction for his own advantage , and this is what BlackBerry is planning to do. Even though Blackberry Bold focuses more on its core communications features–e-mail, messaging, and telephony . RIM is also preparing a new application called Blackberry Media Sync that will allow you use Apple’s iTunes to transfer files to the phone.
High-end Blackberry 9000 Sports a large TFT display with the same resolution- 480 x 320 pixels as the Apple iPhone . Runs on the latest Blackberry OS 4.6. 624MHz processor and a 1GB of on-board storage. Supports MicroSD memory expansion with full support for 8GB microSDHC cards. It also features tri-band HSDPA support besides the quad-band GSM/EDGE one.
The Blackberry Bold did not miss the core of the new smartphone era, packing an integrated GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, a pair of stereo speakers, a 2 megapixel camera with LED flash, and a Bluetooth and a USB port.
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone (model number: 9000) is scheduled to be available from wireless carriers around the world beginning this summer.
There are rumors that the forthcoming BlackBerry 9000 will be released in two versions the Javelin and the Niagara, we are not sure yet which this new video is but either way the future of BlackBerry is in good hands.
Both versions are expected to feature 480 x 320 half-VGA screen, GPS and 3.2 megapixel camera, but only the Niagara gets Wi-Fi.
