RIM Officially Launches the BlackBerry Style with Sprint
Research in Motion (RIM) officially introduced the new BlackBerry Style 9670 which have been widely heard the leak. The CDMA smartphones was first released in the U.S. with Sprint service.
Style brings a rare form among other BlackBerry family, which is designed in flip or shell. This smartphone will be the second one bringing BlackBerry 6 OS after the BlackBerry Torch. Appearing overweight, Style is featuring screen resolution of 240×360 pixels to display various information, such as clock or message. When opened, the inner screen measuring 2.7 inch 360×400 pixels resolution, with the BlackBerry interface 6.
Different from most shaped flip phone that normally adopt a numeric keypad, BlackBery Style carries a full qwerty keyboard. While the navigation relies on the trackpad. “With the full qwerty keyboard and still very elegant form, the BlackBerry Style level rise in terms of appearance,” claimed David Smith, Vice President of Product Management RIM.
As quoted from PCMag, this smartphone relies on EVDO Rev.A , 3G and Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n. While the processor is using Qualcomm 624 MHz. What else is there in Style? RIM include GPS, 3.5 mm stereo headset, a 5 megapixel camera, 512 MB RAM, and a Micro SD slot. The operator Sprint will market starting October 31, 2010 at 99$ US in 2-year contract.
BlackBerry Style is assessed as a gambling for the RIM, because the shell-style smartphones are less successful in the market, call it the BlackBerry 8220 Pearl. We’ll see whether Style will reap success.
