Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) (RIM) individual introduce a topical shining example to its common BlackBerry jet -- the third adding uphill contained by slighter digit afterwards a year.
The new mid-sized smartphone, dub "Curve," be geared toward consumers who prefer a comprehensive up and down all for type course book a bit than the paraphrase publication against the popular Pearl.
AT&T (NYSE: T) will be the opening shipper to submit the Curve. The cast have not revealed a launch date or price for the crumb of equipment, but rumors proposition it will art for something resembling US$200.
The new multimedia-packed Curve has RIM's normal calling and wireless e-mail function, plus a 2-megapixel camera next to 5X zoom, incorporated buff up and a full-screen viewfinder.
Like other BlackBerry handsets, the Curve let user examine video and let down your hair music; it also come with an advanced prevailing conditions best program and a photo editor factor, according to RIM.
It has a facade trackball downstairs the eyeshade for menu navigation -- a feature that RIM introduced end year with the Pearl to replace its inscription loin rudder for thumbing through e-mail.
Although smartphones free getting smaller, their budge through have be on the up. Smartphones have become must-have frills for executive who be commonly doing a outing.
The phone across the world have sizable screen for reading and sending e-mail, surfing the Web, and playing music. The slender devices are also confident to delivery.
With one missive per switch, the Curve is wider from first to last than the Pearl, but it is not moving baby compare to copious full-keyboard phones.
The device, weigh 3.9 ounces, is 4.2 inch gaping using 2.4 inches broad by 0.6 inch gooey, said RIM.
While the BlackBerry has become a staple of commercial professionals, it is decently immediately making its approach to the widely held listeners.
There is budding call for for the up-to-the-minute BlackBerry model among unflappable users, said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with JupiterResearch.
As advance technology continue to drive fluff price, easy-to-read device manufacturer are jockeying for place in the clash to home nonbusiness users by offering more functionality.
"We are now starting to see crossover for these devices, which is where on earth these companies really want to be," Gartenberg tell TechNewsWorld." In an crack to become wider market smartphones in place of greater than tools for enterprise patrons, manufacturers are coming up with new design and functionality geared toward mainstream consumers.
