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Unannounced BlackBerry Javelin appears in the wild

This successor to the Curve takes its styling cues from the Bold but lacks 3G data connectivity.

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Mobile | by Evan Blass | Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:00PM | 1 comment

BlackBerry enthusiast site Crackberry has managed to procure an unannounced quad-band GSM smartphone from RIM that is said to be the spiritual successor to the popular Curve 8300-series, currently being referred to as the BlackBerry Javelin 8900. Though its form factor, screen, and non-keyboard face buttons are reminiscent of the company's flagship Bold 9000 handset, the keyboard itself more closely resembles that of the Curve or 8800-series. However, its components, such as a 512MHz processor,  a 480 x 360 display, and both 802.11b/g WiFi and GPS, are more in line with the former model -- save for the lack of 3G -- with some, including the 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera, even besting the recently-released Bold. Whenever it starts shipping, this device will reportedly be powered by the latest BlackBerry OS, version 4.6.1, and sport 256MB of flash storage.

[Via Gizmodo]

Company:
Research In Motion
Product Families:
RIM Blackberry
Products:
BlackBerry Curve 8900

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Dave Zatz (7:43 PM on Mon Sep 22, 2008)

Given the Slacker software coming to Blackberry, I really feel like I'm going to need one soon. I fondled the Bold recently. It is large, but man is it solid and beautiful. Wish it had the 3.2mp camera of the Javelin though. My time with AT&T is nearly up... we see which of the new BB handsets lands on TMo.

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