Just three weeks afterunveiling five new BlackBerry OS 7-powered Bold and Torch handsets, RIM has todayintroduced three new updates to the BlackBerry Curve familyaimed at the low to mid-range smartphone market; the Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370.
The smartphones are remarkably similar, launching as slim, keyboard-centric handsets that have been outfitted with an 800 MHz processor, 2.44-inch 480 x 360 display, an optical trackpad, GPS, Wi-Fi support, and a 5-megapixel camera.
As with RIM’s new Bold and Torch smartphones, the new Curve devices will support Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, as well as RIM’s stop-gap mobile operating system BlackBerry OS 7, as it prepares to roll out new QNX-powered smartphones in the coming months.
The Curve 9370 has CDMA/EVDO and Quad-Band EDGE capabilities with 1GB of in-built storage, the Curve 9360 is available on GSM networks with 512MB of storage and the Curve 9350 supports CDMA only, again shipping with 512MB RAM.
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RIM says the smartphones will be available to Canadian markets later this month, rolling out to other carriers worldwide from September.
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