* Updated Note: When I first blogged this I totally forgot about the device model name games that have been going on... I referred to the Javelin as the '9300' but '8900' and '8301' have been tossed around lately too (I think 8900 is now where it's at). I'll just refer to it as the codename 'Javelin' to be safe. My bad. Sorry about that!! *
If you're not dreaming of the BlackBerry Bold, 'ThunderStorm' or KickStart when you lie in bed at night, odds are it's the Javelin that's dancing through your head. We've seen quite a bit of the Javelin in the past few weeks, and these new images (more after the jump!) further clarify and confirm the details.
Items of note:
- 512 MHz Processor
- 256 MB onboard flash memory (more room for apps)
- Hot-swappable microSD slot - located under the battey door
- 480 by 360 high-res HVGA+ display
- 3.2MP camera
- Micro USB charging/syncing port, w/ high speed data
Keep in mind the date on the screen caps above as you check out these images - May 21st...though May 21st, 2008 was a Wednesday and not a Tuesday! Poining being, while these images are new to the net, they may be "older" than some of the live devices we have recently seen in the wild. These images make me wonder whether the final release keyboard buttons will be green or red?!
All in all this going to be one nice little device - no 3G, but at least it will have both WiFi and GPS. With all of these new BlackBerry smartphones hitting the market over the next few months, the tough question people will be stuck pondering is not what smartphone to buy, but which BlackBerry to buy?! I can't decide!!!
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Who is getting this? Verizon?
This is your next-generation BlackBerry Curve. GSM carriers - T-Mobile, Rogers, Vodafones, AT&Ts... etc. I'm sure they'll all get it with a bit of time.
But it won't be released until sometime in 2009, right?
Didn't you report that AT&T's CEO announced back in May a big committment to 3g phones and stated that all phone sold by AT&T in the near future would be 3g compatable? If that's the case, wouldn't this support 3G as well when it is available on AT&T?
Good Point. But everything we have heard so far suggests the Javelin will not have 3G. And I would still think AT&T would want to pick this up as a Curve replacement, especially if other carriers are getting it. But honestly not sure at this point.
I know you're going crazy along with the rest of us. Which blackberry is swaying you to be it's daddy?
No 3G = no sale.
No 3G = No Problem
The nearest 3G network is an hour from where I live
I work for AT&T and yes all of our phones being released especially any smartphone/pda is going to be 3G and from what I was told it will be replacing the Curve in the near future
What's with the black trackball? RIM get tired of the constant complaints over the white open-cell plastic getting dirty, they decided to just make it out of black plastic instead of fixing the issue?
Also, MicroUSB... what's up?... the old MiniUSB didn't break fast enough?
On a side note... the hardware stats (cpu/memory/camera) these will probably be the same on the new Thunder coming out. Again, LAME RIM!!! 256MB Flash? WTF, you're just now catching up to HTC? LOL at RIM's developer dept!!!!
Micro USB means we'll all have to buy new chargers. That means more $$ for RIM.
Not for me. I use one charger (the one that came with the BB).
I had the same thought about the roller ball. However, it's not RIM's problem to fix. They're not responsible for making sure that we keep our damn dirty hands washed. That's what dirty's the trackball, oil and dirt from our fingers.
Not completely true. It's impossible to keep your hands perfectly inert to oil from your body. I don't even use mine with dirty hands or let anyone else use it for just this reason, but the idiots at RIM should have seen this as a problem and made it from another substance. Preferably one that is absorbative.
Absorbative? wow good job! thanks for letting us know you have shit for brains!
Wow, I can't tell that you're a little biased in your postings! Your "concern" over the trackball is like complaining that you have to remove the ball on a desktop mouse for cleaning or that you have to wipe off the keys on your laptop keyboard "because they get dirty"....get over it.
I have been wondering why RIM still uses a trackball, instead of upgrading it to optical track. Hopefully this is the first of its kind for RIM.
It gets sort of annoying that the trackball gets dirty, and it needs cleaning when it stops scrolling properly...
I don't know anyone that's broken a mini USB, or any other RIM product.... Also don't compare something as great as a Blackberry to a piece of shit HTC.... Windowsmobile has more problems than the Osbournes(and slower too)....remember the HTC Tmo wing with 48MB on board...yeah 48..... Pales in comparison to 256, huh dumbshit?
The black trackball is called "Atomic trackball" It is supposed to be a newly designed trackball that will stay clean and almost guarnteed not to get dirty and stay smooth (thats what I hear)
I'm almost positive that Sprint is getting this. I'm on a call right now, and during Q&A the Blackberry Rep just mentioned a new blackberry phone that was supposed to be released in June/July, but they're looking at August 09.
I'd like to add: If this IS the one we're expecting, it will be REV-A, so full power-vision. It will be a worldphone as well, which is probably where the GSM chatter is coming from. It will be MMS capable, of course, and that is about all I know.
Thats one nice looking blackberry...for those of us not too familiar with the Bold, how to these stack up against eachother in the various categories?
want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont live in a 3G area so I could settle with this. But I have ATT tho :(
Man, that is a slick looking berry. Impressive stats too!
but i still want the bold
amen to that...
I don't know this blackberry is pretty sexy. its got the new sleek design of the storm which i like a lot and its just overall beautiful. I think if this one is doesn't have any problems and the speed of the bold it might be better than both the bold and iPhone...and i have an iPhone
Why does the javelin get the good camera? Is it like the more fun and outgoing sibling to the bold? Im getting the bold but i would love to have a 3.2 meg camera!
Since the Javelin wont have 3G they gave it a 3.2 camera.
I seriously just blew a load in my pants :D
ROFLMAO! I just spit tea on my screen.
Are you sure that wasn't his load you spit out? :)
This is the phone that is driving me crazy! I want it so bad!! I am hoping my 8300 holds on till then.
This is the only bb that will cause me to part with my 8700! Yep I said it. I ALMOST took the curve, but I'm glad I waited.
I love all the new stuff on the bb javelin but WHO IS THAT GIRL ON THE HOME SCREEN?!
thats my wife you see LOL jk
wow. this phone is truly something. why didnt they put 256mb ram onto the bold also. this device will be hard to beat for sure.
Is that a Black Trackball I see?
Is that a Black Trackball I see?
Omg this is my phone....t mobile is getting this and I cannot wait. wow so sexy who cares about 3G bold....thank you Kevin your awesome
I really think this is the next bb for me. I like the sleek design and I'm not wowed by the whole 3G thing---I don't think I'm in a 3g supported area anyway.
I'll probably use my quit smoking savings to purchase retail...when it's avail. on Att.
In a year I hope they have this for CDMA carriers. I might be able to get the Thunder in a year... but this is like a Cuvre. A ramped up Curve with a 3.2! megapixel camera and a good looking keyboard. I like the spaces inbetween the keys unlike the 9000 (sorry). Man I don't know...
Internal MicroSD and 256MB flash memory.
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WTF RIM?
What's with the colored number keys? The original hardware had them as green colored, which was awesome. Now, in the top picture, they're red like on the Bold, but in the bottom picture, they're half black and white!
Bring back the green numbers please! :)
I like the red numbers.
date on the screen capture is may 21st - so while these images are new to the net, they likely aren't "new new".
i like the green keys too.
I hated those green keys, the device looked BLAH then, now when I look at it with the red keys / grey keys, it actually looks like a device a would buy! lol
I didn't like the green keys AT ALL...This is so eff'ing HOT!!
Hmmmm, less memory, processing power, better camera [don't know if I care] and UMA [WOW!!] vs. the bolds processor and memory, 3G, external mem slot...and SIZE matters, hrmmm...This is a tough one...
Its not a real date. Unless it's dramatically pushed back. May 21st doesn't fall on a Tuesday until 2013.
This is going to be my new girlfriend...she is sleek sexy..curvy.. ok.. let me stop.. but this phone is HOTT...3g would make this even hotter.. but I can live without it. Sprint... you need to get this phone first.. to stem your customer exodus.. really... send some of your sales people to sleep with RIM employees.. I dont care how u do it.. just get it moving..