The BlackBerry 9000 specs are out, and they’re lookin’ pretty good. The iPhone rival features a large touch screen, which we already knew, but it’s the Intel inside that gets us all hot and bothered. It turns out the device is packin’ some real heat, and I’m not talking about its core running temperature.

First of all, that beautiful touch screen is going to run a resolution of 320 x 480 according to BGR’s inside information. It’s also got 1GB of on-board memory, a very fast Intel XScale PXA270 624MHz processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G HSDPA. The device will most likely lack a physical keyboard, with RIM opting for an all touch screen interface.

Pricing? Availability? Unknown at this point, but older information suggests RIM tried to get the device out before the end of 2007. That obviously didn’t happen, so now they’re hoping for a 2008 Q1 release.

The BlackBerry 9000 device will aim for the iPhone wielding, Sidekick loving, Helio Ocean sliding crowd, so don’t expect it to take the place of your tried and true business smartphone.

Related:

Blackberry Bold 9000 gets a page on ATT site, doesn’t compete with iPhone

iPhone rival: Blackberry 9000, RIM’s “touch” phone

New iMac and Mac Mini officially unleashed

RIM releasing delayed BlackBerry Bold 9000 November 4

Bill Gates claims Microsoft won’t create an iPhone rival

Entry was posted on Friday, November 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pm under Mobile phones.  Print This Post

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