4G BlackBerry playbook: the earliest photo of the new tablet

Despite the limited success of recent playbook and culminated in a resounding sell-off to empty the warehouses, RIM tries again and is preparing to return to the market with a new tablet with 4G connectivity.

The tablet is currently still in beta-testing, but a member of the CrackBerry forums has released these days are the first photos of the model, you can see in the gallery below.

The 4G connectivity is a factor for you but not enough to guarantee an easy life to the new playbook, which will make inroads in a market dominated by Apple, followed by pseudo-tablet Kindle and Nook, with a few crumbs left to Samsung, Motorola and then all the others.

Is this the BlackBerry Blade, the first device with BlackBerry 10?

CrackBerry site reported that a design firm in Toronto released a photo of the BlackBerry Blade idea. However, if you look at the trackpad and buttons and menu at the bottom of the screen calls, somewhat questionable device is running BlackBerry 10.

It is said that BlackBerry will be supported by the interface 10 is more like Playbook and will likely focus more on the experience of the screen and touch UI. The concept is very different from what is shown BlackBerry Blade.

Blade design is equipped with 4.5-inch AMOLED screen, quad core 1.5 GHz processor, Gorilla Glass and a 12MP camera. Although the latest rumor also states that the first device with the BlackBerry operating system 10 will not have a keyboard, the BlackBerry Blade design is quite impressive.

It has long been rumored that the first BlackBerry device 10 will be named the BlackBerry London production.

So, which one is chosen as the first RIM BlackBerry 10, London or Blade? We'll see.

BlackBerry loses top spot in the cage

It looks like the BlackBerry need to work harder. You see, in their own home, namely Canada, the BlackBerry had to give up their top spot for smartphone shipments in the domestic market for the first time, to the Apple iPhone (AAPL) Inc.
Data from IDC and Bloomberg show RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, sent 2:08 million BlackBerry units last year in Canada, the number is less when compared with 2, .85 million units Apple. In 2010, BlackBerry iPhone above it with half a million units. BlackBerry heyday peaked in 2008 with the passing iPhone nearly five to one.
BlackBerry, is one of the largest consumer brands to emerge from Canada. RIM, the BlackBerry manufacturer, has enjoyed the loyalty of more than locals for a BlackBerry device is Made in Canada. However, the presence of a rich iPhone applications and user-friendly to the Canadian public for separate consideration.
BlackBerry steps to be acceptable to the market again is launching BlackBerry 7 with a better web browser and touch screen devices. BlackBerry device 10 that came out this year will also represent a further improvement.
BlackBerry slipped two spots to 54th in October 2011 of the world's Top 100 brands Interbrand version while Apple climbed nine spots to eighth.
However, talk about customer loyalty. For some countries, BlackBerry is still the product of choice. Call it our country, Indonesia, who was passionate about fuel facilities from the BlackBerry. So is Saudi Arabia, strict rules of customary care and the relationship of men and women make the fuel a teen favorite thing to do there so I could make out through the text because they can not tempt directly opposite sex there. One last country is Venezuela BlackBerry lovers, if that is because the president Hugo Chavez was anti U.S., so he hates Apple products. In fact, Chavez has dubbed the BlackBerry and mentions his Twitter account as a "secret weapon" him.

RIM Rated Poor in Green Category

Company would not only judged by its ability to produce profits. There are other assessments that also affect the future of many parties, that is how high the level of environmental friendliness.

From the results of research on the November 2011 Green Peace, of the number 15 in the world's largest electronics company, Research in Motion (RIM) is ranked bottom in a greener electronics categories.

"RIM is considered the worst. Because he did not reveal the level of greenhouse emissions. Then the green peace of the data also reveal that they still use hazardous materials," said Emmy Hafidz, environmentalists who had been active in Walhi and Green Peace, in Jakarta, Friday (16/03/2012).

"Because of the openness in this case has a large assessment points. All you need is a matter emissions expressed alone, did not reveal about the technology," he added

According to him, RIM, in terms of packaging and materials used in the manufacture of its products are also not environmentally friendly.

Green Peace in their own research outlined the reasons RIM was ranked 15th with 1.6 points from a total of 10 points. The data also said that RIM has also not yet have a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with clean electricity plan, or set targets for using renewable energy sources.

In addition to RIM, the other major electronics companies in the ranking list are Toshiba, LG, Acer, Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Phillips, Apple, Nokia, Dell, and HP.

To date, the number one position occupied by HP. While Nokia is from 2006 to 2010 in first place, now shifted to the third position. Then Dell who in 2010 came sixth in 2010, now occupies the second position.

RIM announces new mini keyboard Playbook

After a short time ago RIM released an update to OS 2.0 Playbook, this time RIM made ​​a breakthrough to further increase interest in the Playbook sales by releasing a special keyboard for tablet Playbook.

RIM has announced BlackBerry Mini keyboard for users who prefer the option of physical keys rather than virtual keyboard. This accessory is sold for U.S. $ 119.99 (1:08 million) and is available for pre-order starting today. For general release itself will be held on March 23, 2012.

The keyboard includes a multitouch trackpad to browse and have a battery life of up to 30 days. Unlike the keyboard ASUS Prime Transformer can be inserted into the dock tablet, accessories from RIM does not have that feature. RIM only provides a casing with an integrated keyboard with Bluetooth.

Specification of BlackBerry 9320 leaked in India

Looks like RIM has not stopped innovating with QWERTY smartphone products. Recently the news leaks about the product BlackBerry 9320 Curve is part of the family. Unfortunately, there is no fundamental difference in terms of design and functionality of this product with other Curve products.

Many smartphone users think what is being done RIM. Instead of making and changing something big because of the drastic decline in the market, RIM QWERTY release products even back again. Some sources in India reported the leak and said the BlackBerry 9320 is ready to be launched in India next month with prices ranging from Rupees 12.000 million or approximately 2:25.

BlackBerry 9320 will reportedly run OS 7.1, along with 320 x 240 QVGA display measuring 2.44 inches, 512 MB RAM and a 3.2 megapixel rear camera resolution. He supports network technologies 3.5 G (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps). There are additional buttons on the left side of the handset which is useful as a special shortcut keys that may be useful fuel for lovers of RIM's instant messenger.

BlackBerry playbook in the balance: the tablet 16, 32 and 64GB for $ 299 now all

Kindle and Nook last November gave a tremendous shock to the tablet market that calls into serious difficulties, even the largest producers. Many of these have decided to empty the warehouses and offer catalog on sale, so as to make way for new products with Android 4 routed to the new market trend that sees the band favored economic under $ 250 (prices of Kindle Fire Tablet and Nook).

After discounts and Sony sensational sell-off of HP on Ebay it's time for BlackBerry, which now offers all its playbook 16GB, 32GB and 64GB for $ 299. That's right, the exact same price for all three pieces of memory.

Offers are limited to the virtual store of BlackBerry and as often happens in such cases, Europe is unfortunately cut off cleanly. The countries that can make the shipment is in fact limited to the United States, Barbados, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Mexico. If you live or have relatives in those areas, good for you.

Recall that the BlackBerry is a playbook tablet 7 "very similar to Kindle Fire in terms of both software (Android 2.3 Gingerbread) and hardware (dual-core SoC based on ARM Cortex-A9, screen 1024 × 600). Even the U.S. is making Amazon discount models playbook, such as the 16GB model is offered at $ 40 less than the offer the BlackBerry, but the 32 and 64GB models are more convenient from RIM. The prices in Italy are of 299 €, 390 € and 460 € respectively for the three cuts increased memory. Update: as some readers have rightly pointed out, the playbook but does not use Gingerbread "> BlackBerry Tablet OS.

BlackBerry playbook falls to $ 199 free for developers

The 16GB RIM playbook back in balance and this time it's share of $ 199, $ 100 less than the discounts start in January, well $ 300 $ 400 cheaper than the original price of $ 599. Even models with 32GB and 64GB are offered at a discounted $ 249 and $ 299 respectively. Again, unfortunately the offer is only valid for U.S. online store, while here the price for the 16 GB version remains well € 299, almost double.

There is certainly a good time for the tablet branded BlackBerry, after Kindle Fire Tablet and Nook have made ​​a clean sweep of the tablet market by launching a trend of low-cost models are capable of doing nearly everything they do their cousins expensive.

A complicating matters is the proprietary operating system of the playbook, put himself totally overshadowed by the global success of Android. Gap set to drop slightly at the exit of the playbook 2.0, the updated version of the OS scheduled for this month, which should guarantee a certain number of apps converted directly from the operating system Android.

Conversions that are stimulated by an initiative that provides a playbook for free to all developers who convert their app for the new operating system.

Specification BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 Dakota

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 Dakota

Available Features

• Liquid Graphics™

• BlackBerry® 7 OS

• 5MP camera

• HD video recording

• Optical trackpad

• GPS

• Wi-Fi®

• Near Field Communication1

• Email and text messaging

• Social Networking apps

• Bluetooth®

Size and Weight

Height:

115mm (4.53 inches)

Width:

66mm (2.6 inches)

Depth:

10.5mm (0.41 inches)

Weight:

130 grams (4.59 ounces)

Display

• VGA 640 x 480 high resolution

• 287 ppi

• Transmissive TFT LCD

• 2.8" (measured diagonally)

• 24-bit display

Camera & Video Recording

• 5 MP camera

• HD video recording (720p)

• 4X Digital Zoom

• Flash

• Face detection and image stabilization

• Geo-tagging

• Zero shutter lag

• Multiple scene modes

Battery & Battery Life

• 1230 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery

BlackBerry Bold 9930

• CDMA Talk Time: up to 6.6 hours

• CDMA Standby Time: up to 12.8 days

• GSM Talk Time: up to 6.3 hours

• GSM Standby Time: up to 12.8 days

• UMTS Talk Time: up to 5.9 hours

• UMTS Standby Time: up to 12.8 days

• Audio Playback Time: up to 50 hours

• Video Playback Time: up to 7.4 hours

BlackBerry Bold 9900

• GSM Talk Time: up to 6.3 hours

• GSM Standby Time: up to 12.8 days

• UMTS Talk Time: up to 5.9 hours

• UMTS Standby Time: up to 12.8 days

• Audio Playback Time: up to 50 hours

• Video Playback Time: up to 7.4 hours

GPS & BlackBerry Maps

• Integrated GPS

• Includes BlackBerry® Maps

Near Field Communication

• Operating Modes: accessory pairing and smart tag reading/writing

Data Input & Navigation

• Capacitive touch screen

• Optical trackpad

• ESC key to the right of trackpad

• Menu key to the left of trackpad

• 35 key backlit keyboard

• Dedicated keys: Send, End (Power), Menu, Escape, Camera (user customizable, convenience key), Volume Up/Down (Fwd/Rwd for media, Zoom for camera), Mute (Play/Pause for media), Lock (to center)

Phone

• 3.5mm stereo headset capable

• Integrated hands-free speakerphone

Media Player

• Video formats: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp, .m4v, .avi, .asf, .wmv

• Audio formats: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp, .m4v, .aci, .asf, .wma, .mp3, .flac, .ogg, .aac, .amr, .wav, .mid

• Picture formats: .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .png, .tif, .wbmp

Ringtones & Notifications

• Vibrate mode

• On-screen or LED indicator

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth 2.1

• Headset Profile (HSP)

• Handset Profile (HFP)

• Address Book Integration using OBEX (Object Push)

• Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)

• Dial-Up Networking (DUN)

• Bluetooth Stereo (A2DP / AVRCP 1.3 support)

• Serial Port Profile (SPP)

• Secure Simple Pairing (SSP)

• Bluetooth Message Access Profile (MAP)

Memory

• Memory: 768MB RAM, 8 GB eMMC

• Expandable memory: Up to 32 GB uSD card (optional)

Device Security

• Password protection

• AES or Triple DES encryption with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server

Wi-Fi

• Wi-Fi® 802.11 2.4 GHz b/g/n, 5 GHz a/n

• Wi-Fi® access to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server

• Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry® Internet Bundle

• Direct IP web browsing over Wi-Fi

Carrier Networks

BlackBerry Bold 9930

• Dual-Band: 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA/EVDO Rev A networks

• Quad-Band: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM/

GPRS/EDGE networks

• Dual-Band: 2100 / 900 MHz UMTS/HSPA networks

• HSDPA : 14.4 Mbps

• HSUPA : 5.76 Mbps

BlackBerry Bold 9900

• UMTS: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz or 2100/1700/900 MHz

• GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900

• HSDPA: 14.4 Mbps

• HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps