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Posted by belfastdispatcher Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Now we're talking!

 
 
Posted by blueyestm Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

perty, now if we could just get a time frame nailed down lol

 
 
Posted by blackcaneaddict Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

these new Blackberrys turn out to be the real thing with a summer release date on them.

 
 
Posted by Matt J Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Please tell me one of those has the dimensions of the Bold 9000!

 
 
Posted by belfastdispatcher Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Sure looks to me, look at the distance between the camera and flash.

 
 
Posted by Bob G Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

We know that the screen is 2.8" (71.1 mm) diagonally. I scaled the image so that the screen size was correct, then measured the overall dimensions and compared them to the published specifications of the other devices.

The Dakota is definitely bigger than the 9700, only slightly smaller than the 9000, and very thin.

Bold 9700: Screen: 2.4", Width: 60 mm, Height: 109 mm, Depth: 14 mm.

Bold 9000: Screen: 2.6", Width: 66 mm, Height: 114 mm, Depth: 15 mm.

Dakota: Screen: 2.8", Width: 65 mm, Height: 112 mm, Depth: 11 mm.

 
 
Posted by belfastdispatcher Sunday, Jan 16, 2011 402 days ago

Going from 9700 to 9000 made a huge difference to browsing, this will be even better. I am sold and patience I got :)

 
 
Posted by RyMac04 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

AWESOME. more pics of the storm 3 please

 
 
Posted by the brother Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

what's that in your pants, sir? BLACKBERRY HARD ON

 
 
Posted by datta72 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

+1

No Homo

 
 
Posted by archpopoy Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Re Torch
PLEASE please move the USB plug location.

 
 
Posted by deRusett Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

+1!!

that is my biggest complaint!
the Curve Series has the USB in the perfect spot, the Tour, and Torch both suck!

 
 
Posted by PostDramatic Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Yes Yes Yes! I don't think it could be in a worse spot.

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

so that`ll mean new accessories for all current torch owners? i see why to move it, but that would suck for current owners

 
 
Posted by frankdlr1972 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Not only that! Why is it that every Blackberry has to have a different back cover??

 
 
Posted by NinjaB Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 404 days ago

I kinda agree, but that silver back for the Torch looks damn sexy!

 
 
Posted by gr8 Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

I agree really nice ..
They should have called the Torch 2
The Silver Back Gorilla .. Lol

 
 
Posted by tcormier Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

AGREED!!!! I'm typing on my Tour right now while it's charging & I've had to get accustomed to the "plug" being between my index finger & middle finger. The location on my old Curve was SO much more convenient. Does anybody know why RIM allowed this??

 
 
Posted by elgolfman Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

es u se que es!!! I hate the location on the 9630/50.

 
 
Posted by scopeman Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

I would like to see it moved to the bottom.

 
 
Posted by deRusett Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Bottom would suck almost as much as the bottom side for 1 hand typing,

I keep my BB in my shirt pocket and the curve is the best positioned charging device I have,

 
 
Posted by elgolfman Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

Top like the old curves would be nice.

 
 
Posted by Sirhil Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

The curve like device is the sexiest thing on here. But I will be getting the torch 2 and the dakota for sure and I am sure that both will hold me over till a QNX device is released.

 
 
Posted by mrlee7 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

yes, this is so bomb

Lovin it

keep it coming

 
 
Posted by BusinessShark Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

wow, Curve Apollo looks awesome!

 
 
Posted by SC457 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

New Bold Dakota looks amazing!

 
 
Posted by asd87 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

I can't wait to see which ones are going to sprint I'll love which ever one I get tho!! I really hope its the torch 2 tho!!!!!

 
 
Posted by kentm Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

I don't believe this is the full lineup for 2011. Either that or the specs are incorrect somewhere and/or variants are missed. Why? Not a single CDMA spec - not even the "Storm 3". Given the value of the North American market to RIM, I cannot believe they would completely leave out Verizon and Sprint from the mix. It makes no sense.

I saw someone on a blog posting, "RIM is walking away from VZW because all VZW wants is Android now." Ludicrous. VZW will sell anything that makes them money and let the consumer decide what they want. They already have an installed BlackBerry technical infrastructure to talk to RIM's NOCs and have BlackBerry tech support. They aren't going to waste those investments. I know that GSM covers 85% or whatever very high percentage it is of people on the planet. Regardless, there is no chance whatsoever that RIM is going to walk away from 1/2 the US market intentionally. Far too much money on the table.

So, while I think the above Bold, Curve, Torch, & Storm represent a very nice mix of form factors, and I think the specs are a lot closer to current than what we've seen for a year, there will either be a) new devices yet to be leaked/announced or b) we'll find CDMA variants coming for some/all of the above.

And sooner than later or BlackBerry won't have anything left on Verizon... But if that's the case, it's not BlackBerry snubbing VZW or vice-versa. Instead, it will be negligence and terrible planning.

 
 
Posted by TheRock2.0 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Sounds about right. The pictures look legit but I'm not too sure about the specs neither. RIM where using low battery life for the reason not to come out with a single core processor, now they all of sudden changed their mind. No CDMA? No QNX? Lets see.

 
 
Posted by datta72 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Sprint still has a great relationship with RIM, so whatever Sprint gets so will VZW

 
 
Posted by deRusett Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

The Storm 3 had specs that said different models would be made for world wide markets, I really expect to see a CDMA version

I also suspect the Curve Series would also get a CDMA version,

 
 
Posted by vladzaharia Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

However, you have to remember that they lost basically all of Canada in the CDMA field. The two major CDMA carriers in Canada, Telus and Bell, both have UMTS networks now, and therefore are more interested in new UMTS devices. Looking at their BB lineup, there is only one CDMA-based device left, the 8530. The rest (Pearl 3G, Curve 3G, Bold 9780 and Torch) are all UMTS-based devices.

And because of the apparent focus on Android and iPhone by Verizon, they would only have Sprint as a potential carrier for the phones. That's only one major carrier on CDMA whereas before, they had 4. Compared to the number of GSM/UMTS carriers, there is simply not enough reason to pump out CDMA phones as there is to pump out GSM ones.

 
 
Posted by devon2000 Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

Thats not true Vlad, they have the bb style (thats all cdma), and they always come out with a cdma version of the curve, its the curve 3G 9330(how else would it be there number 1 seller if it wasn't on both kinds of networks?) and they have the bold 9650 (again all cdma).

 
 
Posted by sf49ers Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Tell me what that dual core will do for you buddy on a 3.5 or 4 inch device that a super fast and efficient single core chip can't do better? Give me one example other than multitasking a movie playing in the background.

 
 
Posted by vbev84 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Thank God for those new bold dimensions.

 
 
Posted by TheRock2.0 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

These phones look absolutely beautiful. No Droid or iPhone can come close to the sexiness of these BBs, specially the Curve. I would almost get that. The specs are just what we been waiting for, with the exception of 4G, but the lack of QNX is whats killing me. C'mon RIM, you can't shrink the QNX OS onto the Storm(Monaco) by September? Don't get me wrong I want to stay with Blackberry but the grass is sooooooo much greener on the other side:)

 
 
Posted by ghostnyc Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Face proximity sensor? ok Im a noob WTF is that??

Back to business to be critical- nothing really new form factor wise, Bold(Dakota) looks like the classic 9000 body with new guts. The internal specs are finally something worth mentioning in discussions. BUT where's the QNX OS?

Why wasn't the S3 (already outed here & BGR) in this line up with more specs? Where's the front facing camera.
RIM needs to stop with the half measures and go all in after the Playbook launches.

 
 
Posted by kentm Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Proximity sensor keeps you from activating the touchscreen when you have it next to your face talking on the phone. Wasn't on the Storm 1 - they learned with the Storm 2. I think it took Apple a couple of iterations to get it right as well. Now, it's standard fare on any touchscreen phone.

 
 
Posted by jwmax Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 404 days ago

Apparently android hasn't gotten it right yet. I talked to a woman at the airport a few days ago and she said her driod kept calling others while it was near her face.

 
 
Posted by devon2000 Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

you can't really say android hasn't gotten it right, android is just a software company, other companies make the hardware ie motorola, htc, samsung, and LG to name few, I have a blackberry and android and mines have a face sensor

 
 
Posted by devon2000 Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

you can't really say android hasn't gotten it right, android is just a software company, other companies make the hardware ie motorola, htc, samsung, and LG to name few, I have a blackberry and android and my android does have a face sensor

 
 
Posted by kameleon Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

I love the Dakota... but am I missing something on the curve? Like convenience keys?!?!?!

 
 
Posted by TheRock2.0 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

I notice that too. Imagine if BGR and Crackberry got tricked into thinking these were real leaks. lol.

 
 
Posted by mckillio Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

And it says 'Brand' on the back. Tell me that's not the actual name.

 
 
Posted by NinjaB Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 403 days ago

@kameleon: hmm nice catch.. the Torch 2 is no surprise so I dont think anyone is questioning that one, and the Dakota looks real, but looking closer at the Apollo it kinda just looks like a rendering of the BB someone wants to see.. because in addition to having no convenience keys, there's no volume control either and that's almost less believable than having no convenience keys.. there also doesn't look to be a logical way to remove the battery door.. due to the shape it doesn't look like it could slide off but also no notch either for a release button if it had a battery door like the 8900 or like the Dakota looks like it has...

so the images seem kinda questionable but the device may exist because the specs sound just like a RIM device- they're a needed step forward while still being slightly underwhelming compared to some of the competition and those who only care about #'s..

 
 
Posted by belfastdispatcher Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Save ONX for the Storm3, I'm not sure I want QNX on a qwerty blackberry.

 
 
Posted by Brazen9000 Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Crackberry - get a poll up to see which one excites readers more! Come on now :)

 
 
Posted by DJLILM Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

the bold dakota almost looks like the 9000

 
 
Posted by girlontherun Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

Have you not kept up with this site?? There have been past mentions on this site of this device being the form factor of the 9000 with a touch screen. Not new news. There was even a (so-called) prototype of it named the Magnum. Same thing under a different name. This is just possible proof of its possible future existence. And still, just leaks.

 
 
Posted by RPM_KW Friday, Jan 14, 2011 404 days ago

I call Bull! 2 reasons:

FIrst, what is with the "Brand" on the first set of pics
Second, those pictures look like a highschool project, not very good quality.