RIM unveils three new BlackBerry 7 smartphones in India

India Infoline News Service / 18:16 , Nov 24, 2011

These three new BlackBerry 7 based smartphones offer impressively slim and stylish designs with enhanced communications, multimedia, productivity and social connectivity features.

Research In Motion (RIM) announced the launch of three new BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones in India. The BlackBerry Bold 9790 combines the iconic BlackBerry keyboard with a high resolution touch display in a slim and narrow design. The BlackBerry Curve 9350 is the first CDMA-based BlackBerry 7 smartphone to be launched in India. The BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first-ever BlackBerry Curve smartphone with an all-touch display. These three new BlackBerry 7 based smartphones offer impressively slim and stylish designs with enhanced communications, multimedia, productivity and social connectivity features.

"We are pleased with the response that the new BlackBerry 7 operating system is receiving from customers in India and we are very excited to introduce these three new BlackBerry 7 based models here,” said Krishnadeep Baruah, Director of Marketing for India at Research In Motion. “These new BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve smartphones offer compact designs with faster performance, enhanced browsing and richer multimedia, as well as NFC support.”

BlackBerry Bold 9790 with Touch Display and Keyboard True to the BlackBerry Bold brand, the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone is powerful, full-featured and built with premium materials and finishes. It combines a high-resolution and highly responsive touch display with a highly tactile keyboard and a precise optical track pad, but comes in a narrow design that is easy to carry and exceptionally comfortable to hold. With the BlackBerry 7 OS and a powerful 1 GHz processor, the Bold 9790 delivers fast, smooth performance for highly responsive touch-based navigation, web browsing, multimedia and document management. It includes 8GB onboard memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.

BlackBerry Curve 9350 with Keyboard The new BlackBerry Curve 9350 smartphone is a slim, stylish and simply beautiful smartphone. It is ergonomically designed with a comfortable and iconic keyboard for fast, accurate typing and an optical track pad for easy, one-handed navigation. GPS and Wi-Fi® support are included, as well as a 5 MP camera with flash and video recording so that memories can be captured and instantly shared on social networks. The micro SD/SDHC slot supports up to 32 GB memory cards for additional media storage.

All-Touch BlackBerry Curve 9380 The beautifully crafted BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family. It is both stylish and easy-to-use, featuring a brilliant 3.2” high resolution all-touch display, intuitive virtual keyboard and optical track pad. The BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphone comes with preinstalled social networking applications such as BBM™ (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter, and Social Feeds which are deeply integrated within the BlackBerry Curve smartphone experience. The handset's 5MP camera with flash and video recording allows users to easily capture and share their favorite moments.

Powerful BlackBerry 7 OS The new BlackBerry 7 OS provides a faster and richer user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches and support for Augmented Reality and NFC (Near Field Communications). It also includes the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, and comes with a variety of personal and productivity apps out of the box.

BlackBerry 7 also introduces an enhanced browser that provides a significantly faster, more fluid web browsing experience. The browser includes a new JIT (just in time) JavaScript compiler to improve the load time speed of web pages and it offers optimized HTML5 performance for incredible gaming and video experiences. The popular universal search capability has also been enhanced with support for voice-activated search, so users can simply speak to begin searching their device and the web for information.

The BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry Curve 9350 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphones include built-in support for Augmented Reality and NFC, allowing users to connect with the world around them in fresh new ways. With Augmented Reality, users can use the Wikitude application to find nearby BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) contacts in real-time, read reviews on restaurants close to them, or get the story behind an interesting landmark or points of interest. NFC also enables many new and exciting capabilities, including the ability to pair accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.

BlackBerry 7 OS also includes a number of other pre-loaded applications and integrated functionality for increased productivity, sharing, and collaboration right out of the box. The Premium version of Documents To Go is included free of charge, offering users powerful document editing features as well as a native PDF document viewer. BlackBerry Protect is also pre-loaded*, offering customers the peace of mind that personal data can be backed up and secured in the cloud. BlackBerry Balance (see announcement - May 2, 2011) is integrated in BlackBerry 7, allowing users to enjoy the full BlackBerry smartphone experience for both work and personal purposes without compromising the IT department’s need for advanced security and IT controls. The Social Feeds (2.0) app has been extended to capture updates from media and favorites all in one consolidated view. The Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones (2.0) app introduces features like Facebook chat and BBM integration that makes it easier for users to connect with their Facebook friends in real time.

Availability The BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry Curve 9350 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphones are expected to be available nationally starting the week of December 1st 2011.