I'm not gonna get excited until I see news on the BBX phone.

Don't disappoint me again RIM!

Am I the only one thinking why even make these devices? Why not just make the curve touchscreen and keep the list of devices smaller.

Come on now, all the fan people can't really be bought off by this nonesense, or can they? The problems with RIM go much deeper than new offerings of the same old problems. Too many screen sizes, resoulutions, processors, touch, no touch, Its all for naught, unless they can come to market with a clear direction to developers..."we're open to great ideas, and motivated by consumers". I guess when they finally wake up, it'll be too late!

Rounding 3rd, heading for home!

i think the reason RIM has been experimenting with several touch screen devices is probably to get their first BBX superphone to be right on the money. I think its a good move. however, having two bolds at the same times makes no sense. they could give a separate name to the 97xx line and keep the bold name for the 9000/9900 line. Hopefully those waiting for the first superphone from RIM will take the opportunity and grab one of these beauties :)

Too many phones RIM! Consumers are already over(under?)whelmed by the sheer number of devices out there, let alone from the same manufacturer!

damn. so many phones. which ones are these again? they're supposed to be like the older models? why? such a waste. i like that with rim i've got choice (i own a pearl 3g), but this is getting crazy. already on the website, there are 5 different bolds, 4 torches, 5 curves.... not to mention the style and pearl. now they want to add ANOTHER bold and curve??

Seriously RIM, sell 1 bold (touch+kb), 1 curve(kb-only), 1 torch(touch-only). make them work on all networks. Load it up with bbx and hire a rockstar advertising agency. when you got 10 billion in the bank and the trust of your customers and investors back, then think about releasing an extra device.

i know it's not that easy, but all these bolds and curves, it's so confusing.

BOLD 9790 has the same resolution as Curve?

I totally approve new devices like the touchscreen curve. There a lot of new Blackberry users , many of them young people, who mainly use it for bbm. At least in emea countries. Why? Bbm is great and phones and plans are very cheap ( in Romania for instance you get a bis prepay plan for 4 euros/ month with unlimited traffic : first 300 mb traffic at 3.6 MB/s and the rest limited to 128KB/s- yes, its low speed but for bbm and email and ocasional brosing is fine) - add a voice/ texts prepay plan thats 5 euros, and you get some pretty decent and dirt cheap package. And I think most of you agree that teens like touchscreen only phones :).
Give people choices and you will sell more, since you will cover more of the buyers options.

I read it wrong, i thought the curve had a touch screen.

But it is still getting very confusing with all these models.

9380 = full touch curve (no kb)

c'mon RIM. You got the nice form for the 9900/9930. So keep the 9780 for a cheap Bold and the 9900 as a flagship. I think the 9790 is wasting resources.
A cheap fulltouch device, o.k. but then you have to kick out the 9300 and the older curves out.

I wonder how the bold is gonna look like on the 9790 or whatever lol I always loved the size of the 9700/80 series hmmm.. But yeah don't need more same old blackberry devices they should just come out with one super device

Could this be the one AT&T is holding out for? I love my 9700 but I don't know if I need this size phone with a touch screen. I like pocketable devices so the size is great. I just want AT&T to get the new curve, very affordable at an out right price so I can upgrade and not have to pay an arm and leg or sign another 2yr agreement.

So im really confused now is the bold 9900 going to be obsolete now that they are coming out with two new blackberrys?! Should i not buy the bold 9930 now?

I seriously love how just last year people were complaining how there weren't enough options of BlackBerry to choose from and now that RIM is actually giving us more choices people are STILL complaining. I have the 9900 because it was my choice but I think it's great that RIM are giving more choices so thumbs up!!!

Apple is successful because they make one compelling phone. Cheaper models are just simply older versions. With a fraction of the resources that Apple has RIM tries to make a model for everyone, a jack of all trades and a master at none. They should release one, dual core, high-res, touchscreen device and one "Bold" style with a keyboard for the diehards. That's it, two models, both "world" phones that do GSM & CDMA...just my opinion!

So confusing....

I'd like someone to make a really dynamic website just showing blackberry devices and how they all stack up in each product line (Curve, Bold, Torch, etc)

ATT can't even manage to get the 9900 out to customers...the BBX phones are just around the corner...is there any point to releasing more of the same technology...I will always have a Blackberry...but this boggles my mind...

480 x 360 is a pretty low res for a 3.22 inch screen. Kinda like the original Torch which had a pretty bad screen res

Can anyone confirm if the 9380 would have an Autofocus camera? ..or will it be the usual "People who pay under $400 (No contract) for a curve don't deserve an Autofocus camera".. :(