Electronics RIM unveils five new touch-screen BlackBerry smart phones Aug 3, 2011 12:15 PM Research In Motion today revealed that it is launching five new BlackBerry smart phones with touch screens, which are expected to debut later this month. RIM is updating three BlackBerry Bold models and two BlackBerry Torch models. All five phones will run BB OS 7, the company’s new operating system. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 are RIM’s thinnest smart phones ever, each offering a keyboard and touch display. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 features a 3.2” touch display and a slide-out keyboard. The BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860 introduce 3.7”, all-touch displays, the largest on BlackBerry smart phones to date. AT&T said it would launch the BlackBerry Torch 9810 later this month, with the Torch 9860 and a Bold 9900 models expected to launch later this year. The new phones come at a time when RIM’s sales have been dwindling. Last month, a Nielsen survey found that BlackBerry phones account for 21 percent of all smart phone sales, lagging in third behind touch-screen makers Android (38 percent) and iPhone (27 percent). Furthermore, the survey found that out of consumers who had purchased a smart phone in the past three months, BlackBerry’s market share dropped from 11 percent in February to only 6 percent in June. Check out Consumer Reports' smart phone Ratings (available to subscribers) to find out how the latest models—including the current Blackberry Bold 9650, Blackberry Bold 9780 and Blackberry Torch 9800—performed in our tests. We’ll test and report on the new Blackberry smart phones as soon as we get them. In the meantime, weigh in below: Will RIM’s new offerings give the company adequate ammo to fight the wildly popular iPhones and Android-powered smartphones? Sources: Research In Motion introduces BlackBerry 7 smartphones [RIM] New touch screen BlackBerrys being launched [Boston Globe] AT&T announces 4G BlackBerry portfolio [AT&T] BlackberryPhone_electronics_Lg.jpg

RIM unveils five new touch-screen BlackBerry smart phones

Research In Motion today revealed that it is launching five new BlackBerry smart phones with touch screens, which are expected to debut later this month.
RIM is updating three BlackBerry Bold models and two BlackBerry Torch models. All five phones will run BB OS 7, the company’s new operating system.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 are RIM’s thinnest smart phones ever, each offering a keyboard and touch display. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 features a 3.2” touch display and a slide-out keyboard. The BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860 introduce 3.7”, all-touch displays, the largest on BlackBerry smart phones to date.
AT&T said it would launch the BlackBerry Torch 9810 later this month, with the Torch 9860 and a Bold 9900 models expected to launch later this year.
The new phones come at a time when RIM’s sales have been dwindling. Last month, a Nielsen survey found that BlackBerry phones account for 21 percent of all smart phone sales, lagging in third behind touch-screen makers Android (38 percent) and iPhone (27 percent). Furthermore, the survey found that out of consumers who had purchased a smart phone in the past three months, BlackBerry’s market share dropped from 11 percent in February to only 6 percent in June.
Check out Consumer Reports' smart phone Ratings (available to subscribers) to find out how the latest models—including the current Blackberry Bold 9650, Blackberry Bold 9780 and Blackberry Torch 9800—performed in our tests.
We’ll test and report on the new Blackberry smart phones as soon as we get them. In the meantime, weigh in below: Will RIM’s new offerings give the company adequate ammo to fight the wildly popular iPhones and Android-powered smartphones?
Sources:
Research In Motion introduces BlackBerry 7 smartphones [RIM]
New touch screen BlackBerrys being launched [Boston Globe]
AT&T announces 4G BlackBerry portfolio [AT&T]