BlackBerry smartphones

RIM announces two new BlackBerry phones which will be out by next month, the Blackberry Bold 9650 and the Blackberry Pearl 3G. RIM fought back and introduced its first touch screen device -- the Blackberry Strom (9530). It also has mobile streaming, allows tethering to your laptop to share internet and can sync your desktop iTunes music files using BlackBerry Media Sync. The top feature of Blackberry is the full suite of email connectivity and management -- MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise as well as enterprise email account and personal email accounts -- that trumps MobileMe by a mile. When Research-in-Motion (makers of BlackBerry) tried making a touchscreen phone the first time with the BlackBerry Storm, it was plagued with lots of complaints from people. The flagship phone of BlackBerry feels like you’re holding a high end phone. When you slide up the 3.2” capacitive touchscreen, you'll be presented with almost identical keyboard as with the BlackBerry Bold. On the screen, you'll see the 4 regular BlackBerry buttons -- the Call, BB Menu button, the back and drop call buttons. Read more in our articles including "BlackBerry Bold 9650, Pearl 3G announced" and "Blackberry Storm: RIM sheds the keypad".