The BlackBerry Curve 9370, 9360 and 9350 handset line is about to hit North America. Most recently, RIM announced their BlackBerry Bold lineup which showcased the first ever totally touch screen driven display on a BlackBerry handset. The new BlackBerry Curve 9370 and company return to the old familiar physical QWERTY keyboard beneath a smaller display.
NFC (Near Field Communications) capability is programmed into the BlackBerry Curve 9370, and this allows for a plethora of options in the future. Currently, you can check out using your handset by tapping it against an NFC sensor at any retail outlet that supports this technology.
While not a lot is known about these new Curve BlackBerries, we do know a little bit about what frequencies they will operate on. As in the past with RIM, all the devices will be identical in design, with the only differences being model numbers, which dictate what frequencies the telephones will operate under. It is believed that the Curve 9350 will offer GSM capability, the Curve 9360 will perform as a CDMA phone, and the BlackBerry Curve 9370 is going to be a world phone, and offers dual SIM card programming.
The 2.4 inch TFT display offers 480 x 360 pixel resolution, and sits above the standard physical BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard with digital mouse and track pad. The Curve 9370 comes out of the box loaded with the new BlackBerry 7 OS, which RIM says is a full 40% faster when web browsing than the BlackBerry 6 operating system.
Arrival is slated for late September in Canada, with no hard release date specified. Arrival in the United States will be approximately one week later. No current retail price has been affixed to the new BlackBerry Curve lineup.
A rear facing 5 megapixel video camera offers VGA recording capability, as well as LED flash, face detection, geo-tagging, image stabilizer and digital zoom. Storage expansion up to 32 GB is offered via a microSD slot, and a microUSB 2.0 port is available for charging the handset and connecting other devices.
Rim’s BlackBerry smartphones have long been a favorite of CEOs and other business professionals who need to quickly check their e-mail on the go without powering up their laptop. The enterprise Bridge access offered by the BlackBerry smartphone lineup also allows business professionals access to their headquarter’s business software, and the ability to make changes to data and other proprietary information through their handsets in real-time.
Get information on other new BlackBerry devices, such as the BlackBerry Torch 9850 and the BlackBerry Bold 9930.
