BLACKBERRY

Unlocked RIM Blackberry Mobile Phones

BlackBerrys are a series of smartphones as well as mobile e-mail devices that have been designed and developed by Research in Motion, or in short RIM; a Canadian telecommunication and wireless organization. Manufacturing of BlackBerry phones had started in the year of 1999 and by the present time, the same has gained extensive popularity due to user friendly interfaces and support being provided by it.

Technically BlackBerry phones are quite efficient and are thus excellent in providing a wide range of services to its customers. They run on an operating system being produced by RIM, and has been named as the BlackBerry OS. The phone is compatible on a wide range of networks which include GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, UMTS, i-DEN, 1xEV-DO etc. Such phones are quite handy with an approximate length of five inches and having a weight in the range of 90 to 155 grams. The CPU stands out to be of ARM X-Scale type and thus uses the ARM series processors. However, older models used to have on-chip Intel Processors.

Memory provided by BlackBerry phones turns out to be quite excellent. BlackBerry offers an internal memory ranging from 64 MB to 512 MB, being entirely reserved for application related purposes. In addition to it, the phone also offers a media memory of 4 GB, which can be further extended up to 32 GB, with the help of a micro-SD card.

One of the many reasons which make BlackBerry phones much popular throughout the world is its display and the resolution that it supports. Displays are actually available in different screen resolution starting from 240X160 pixels up to 480X360 pixels. The range includes the following resolution: 240X260, 320X240, 360X400, 360X480 and 480X320 pixels. Sounds related to ringtones and certain other notifications are also good, and have got excellent clarity. Supported sounds turn out to be of the MP3, Polyphonic and MIDI types. Connectivity offered by BlackBerry phones has a wide scope and it includes Bluetooth, USB, micro-SD, GPS and Wi-Fi standards.

Most recently, BlackBerry has been producing ‘Tablets’in addition to the smart phones. Some of the latest BlackBerry phones series includes the following:

• BlackBerry Torch;
• BlackBerry Style;
• BlackBerry Pearl;
• BlackBerry Bold;
• BlackBerry Curve;
• BlackBerry Tour; and
• BlackBerry Storm.

The latest ‘Tablet’being released by BlackBerry has been named as the ‘Play-Book Tablet’ It offers extensive features for smart working by supporting a huge number of applications and provides gaming experience just like a computer. Its display offers a superb resolution of 1024X600 pixels with a physical memory of 1 GB and a 1 GHz dual core processor. Camera quality has been greatly enhanced with a 5 MP rear and a 3 MP front HD camera. The model appears in an ultra-portable form factor.

Though BlackBerry phones are such which are beyond the scope of criticism, still they have recently faced some competition due to the rapid growth of Apple iPhones. However RIM has still been trying to compete over the iPhones so as to remain in the top most ranking of all the different Smart phones in the world. They have built their own strategy to defeat Apple in this competition by including more features, enhancing the display and sound quality of the phones, making an excellent support for applications and games and also a much developed OS. They have also provided customers with the ease of buying phones sitting right at their home. For this, they have an online transaction service where anyone can buy a product of BlackBerry just by submitting the credit card number. However nearest store locator feature is also available on BlackBerry’s website.