By Naomi Graychase – via wi-fiplanet.com

On November 4th, some Americans will be able to get election results on their brand new BlackBerry Bolds. RIM announced today that it would begin selling the Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone ($299 with contract) on Election Day to AT&T customers.

The Bold was first launched in RIM’s home country of Canada in August and was expected by industry watchers to begin selling in the U.S. in September—and then in October. Today’s announcement makes the early November date official.

“The BlackBerry Bold is the best BlackBerry smartphone ever, backed by the nation’s fastest 3G network and the hands-down best international coverage of any carrier,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive of AT&T Mobility in a press release today.

Apple’s iPhone, which also runs on AT&T’s 3G network in the U.S., has had some problems with its 3G claims, and RIM’s shares dropped slightly this fall on speculation that the Bold would suffer the same issues.

RIM is in the midst of what may turn out to be the largest product upgrade cycle in the company’s history. The company announced its first flip-style phone on October 13. It also recently announced a push-to-talk version of its popular BlackBerry Curve. A touch-screen version of the BlackBerry is also reportedly under development for release as soon as 4Q08.

RIM, which has historically maintained control of the smartphone market, is now up against the juggernaut that is iPhone. On Wednesday, AT&T said it has activated 2.4 million 3G iPhones since the new version was launched in July. Apple said Tuesday that it sold 6.9 million iPhones globally in Q3 as compared to the 6.1 million BlackBerry models Apple says were sold in the same period by RIM.

via mobilewirelessnews.com

Many users that want more from their wireless phone are converting to Blackberry handhelds. Most Blackberry users will sync their PIM (Calendar, Contacts etc.) information via a desktop client such as Outlook, but when you have over 100 numbers stored on your SIM card starting over is difficult. I have enclosed the steps on how to copy contacts from your SIM card to your Blackberry handheld. The screenshots are of a 71xx series, the 72xx and 77xx are similar. NOTE: Blackberry software 4.0 or better will support Copy All function, previous versions will have to be one by one, another incentive to upgrade.

Copy phone numbers/names from the SIM Phone Book to Blackberry Address Book:

• Select Address Book from the home page.
• Once in Address Book, click on track wheel and select SIM Phone Book from menu, address book will begin to load.
• To copy all simply select Copy All to Address Book.
• To copy individual contacts, highlight the name/number.
• Once the contact is in focus, click on the track wheel and select View Contact.
• Click on track wheel once more and select Add to Address Book.

via technician’s blog

Today I have a little surprise for everyone (unless you read before you click). I managed to get my mitts on a BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 (some of you may know it as a Kickstart, and that is what I will be calling it). While it was left in my, ummm, care, I managed to take it apart. The only thing was that I didn’t have the time to take the screen apart too, sorry guys. I did what I could in one hour, without laving any marks or getting caught.

So I will post the pics now and at the bottom of this post I will have a very brief write up with my thoughts on this new device.

Maybe because this is a pre-production unit (at least I hope it is) they decided to use really cheap feeling plastic. After using a BlackBerry 8820 and the Bold I was surprised with the build quality. I wouldn’t have thought Research in Motion would do that, but then I remembered this is not a device to compete with the iPhone but it is targeted at the casual emailer. You know the type, he notices you using your BlackBerry and decides it is very imperative that he checks his email too.

The display hinge was also very loose, but this is typical of flip phones, so I won’t hold it against RIM.

I obviously didn’t have the device long enough to test the battery life, but I would assume it is inline with all other BlackBerrys, in the neighbourhood of 4-5 hours of talk time (rated, not real).

If you loved the original BlackBerry Pearl 8100/8110/8120/8130 and you yearned for a version that was a flip, RIM has the answer to your craving. Will I be buying one… No. I couldn’t stand the original Pearl and I am not impressed with this one.

One final thing, RIM isn’t calling this by the code name ‘kickstart’ and that is a shame. It really irritates me when the code name is way more apt a name than the one the marketing ‘geniuses’ come up with.

by Bevan Hurley – via thelondonpaper.com

THE first touchscreen Blackberry phone was launched today and is set to do battle for the Christmas market with the Apple iPhone and new “Google phone”.

Like its rivals, the Blackberry Storm takes high quality digital photographs, has a built-in GPS system and offers fast internet access to websites such as YouTube and Facebook.

But uniquely it has an “intuitive touchscreen” which produces a clicking sound and sensation when pressed, making it feel very similar to a real keyboard.

“There’s nothing else like this in the market,” said Mike Laziridis, the chief executive of developers, Research In Motion.

“This will take the BlackBerry into the consumer marketplace.”

Laziridis admitted that most BlackBerry users were heavy emailers, and said that developers had tried to perfect a touch-screen that would be easy for users to type on.

The phone will be available exclusively with Vodafone in Britain and will be free to customers who sign up to an 18-month contract that costs £35 a month.

It has up to 16GB of storage, enough for more than 3,000 songs.

Its 3.25in screen will be sharp enough for watching films.

By Damon Brown – via digitaltrends.com
Highs: Good price with rebates; comfortable mouse and keyboard; good online speed
Lows: Too expensive for average consumers without rebates; not a revolutionary leap in Blackberry

Introduction
“Blackberry” was once the Kleenex of business Smartphone’s, a brand so ubiquitous that it became a generic term for any similar products. Smartphone’s have gone mainstream, and so has Blackberry. The Blackberry Curve 8320 is its namesake’s latest attempt to expand to the user-friendly world, an advanced phone for consumers looking for more power or for the small business owner not interested in completely breaking the bank. It’s a little too pricey for the former, but great for the latter.

Features and Design

While not as cozy as the younger-skewing Pearl, the Blackberry Curve is a compact phone. It is thin, at no thicker than a half inch, and weighs just a few ounces. It is about the width of a woman’s palm. The model we used was metallic, almost brown silver, with black trim on the sides where the additional buttons laid. The well-lit, high resolution monitor takes up the top half of the front. Below the monitor is a row of four buttons for start and stop, current menu and previous screen. In the middle is a small trackball (in other words, a computer mouse with no covering) about the size of a pinky nail.

The bottom has a compressed, but nicely organized QWERTY keyboard. The numpad, numbers 9 – 0, are alternative buttons on the extreme left keys, starting with WER/123 on the top row. The bottom row has 0 as well as the Space button, Shift and symbols.

Blackberry has kept the sides very simple. On the left are a headphone jack, a USB port and a voice command button. On the right are the two volume keys and a camera quick key. The lens itself on the back of the camera, right below a small internal flash bulb.

Setup and Use

The Blackberry Curve 8320 comes with a USB cord, a carrying case, a wall plug, and earphones. There is also a PC disc of basic Blackberry hotsync software. (T-Mobile notes that advanced Blackberry software is available separately.)

The Curve is easy to use. The track pad isn’t too sticky, and it responds quickly to a light thumb or finger push. Pictures of your five MyFaves are listed at the top of the main menu. At the bottom are icons for text messages, MyFaves display options, calendar, address book and web browser. Press the menu button to the left of the track pad and a wide, long display of icons will appear. However, pretty much every link needed to get the Blackberry do something is here. The icons help make navigating the 30-odd options pretty straightforward.

WiFi setup is one of the icon options. Click on it and the Blackberry will search for local networks, ask for the password (if necessary) and connect to the router. It took us about one minute total, including the time to enter the network password. The WiFi worked fine, but actually was just a hair or two faster than T-Mobile’s already fast EDGE/GPRS network. The Blackberry is also compatible with T-Mobile@Home, a wireless setup that allows you to combine cell phone minutes and Skype-style VoIP calling. More information is available at www.t-mobile.com.

Email and attachments seemed straightforward, and the 2 Megapixel camera was took surprisingly supple pictures. The automatic flash on the back helps.

Price

T-Mobile’s Blackberry Curve 8320 retails for $499.99 USD, which may be a little cheaper than one expects to pay for a phone with the Blackberry name. T-Mobile has a $150 instant rebate and a $50 mail-in rebate, making it around $250 USD – and excellent price for this phone.

As with most T-Mobile phones, the Curve is compatible with the multi-tiered MyFaves plans that allow you to pick five numbers for unlimited calling. However, online multimedia is a la carte. Phone service and unlimited multimedia access can be purchased together through two plans: the $70 and up Blackberry Enterprise Server Plan, which will synchronize to your computer’s Blackberry software, or the $40 and up Blackberry Internet Service Plan, which will push up to 10 of your e-mail accounts to the phone. And, as mentioned earlier, it can be part of the T-Mobile@Home VoIP plan.

It comes with a microSD card, which you may want to upgrade depending on the amount of email, pictures and other multimedia expected to be stored.

Conclusion

The Blackberry Curve 8320 is light, smooth and very easy to use on all counts. It is very much in-between audiences: casual Smartphone users may find the $500 USD (without rebates) tag prohibitive, while grizzled Blackberry businesspeople may be looking at more sophisticated models. With rebates, however, the Curve is a great steal for both groups.

Pros:
• Good price with rebates
• Responsive mouse/keyboard
• Smooth online experience

Cons:

• Without rebates, still too high for average consumers
• Not a revolutionary leap for Blackberry veterans

Specs
Features Available
Wireless email
Organizer
Browser
Phone
Camera
BlackBerry® Maps
Media player
Corporate data access 1
SMS
MMS 1

Size and Weight
4.2″/107mm (Length)
2.4″/60mm (Width)
0.6″/15.5mm (Depth)
3.9 oz/111g (Weight)

Data Input/Navigation
Trackball
QWERTY (Keyboard)
Keyboard backlighting

Voice Input/Output
3.5mm stereo headset capable
Headset jack
Integrated earpiece/ microphone
Built-in speakerphone
Mono/stereo headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported (Bluetooth® technology)
M3, T3 (Rating for hearing aids)

Display
Font size (user selectable)
Color display
Backlighting
Light sensing screen

Notification
Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones
MP3 ringtones
Vibrate mode
LED indicator

Battery Type
1100 mAhr (Removable/ rechargeable lithium cell)

Approximate Battery Life
Up to 408 hours or 17 days (Standby time)
Up to 240 minutes or 4 hours (Talk time)

Memory
Expandable memory – support for microSD card
64 MB (Flash memory)

Modem
RIM® wireless modem
Tethered modem capability 1

Email Integrations
Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange
Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino®
Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise®
Integrates with an existing enterprise email account
Integrates with existing personal email account
Integrates with optional new device account

Accessories Included
USB cable
Wall charger

Device Security
Password protection and keyboard lock
Support for AES or Triple DES encryption when integrated with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 2
FIPS 140-2 Validated (FIPS validation)
Optional support for S/MIME

Wireless Network
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
North America: 850 MHz GSM/GPRS networks
North America: 1900MHz GSM®/GPRS networks
Europe/Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM/GPRS networks
Europe/Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM/GPRS networks
EDGE networks 1

By Mark Hattersley & Rosemary Haworth – via macworld.co.uk

• Manufacturer: RIM (BlackBerry)
• Manufacturer: RIM (BlackBerry)
• Pros: Vibrant and vivid high resolution screen, great keyboard, well designed interface, fast Web browser, effective email and text messaging
• Cons: Lacks Mac software, scroll ball isn’t as good as the iPhone’s touch screen interface,
• Price: Price on application
• Star rating:

Before the iPhone came along, Research In Motion (RIM) had the final say on smartphones with its legendary BlackBerry range of mobiles.

Since the iPhone arrived on the scene, the market for smartphones has exploded. Moving way beyond the enterprise territory and into the hands of consumers, who are just as eager as business users for mobile internet and email.

Rather than let Apple have the market to itself, RIM has struck back with this – the BlackBerry Bold 9000. A valiant attempt to wrest back the upper hand in the smartphone market. Like the iPhone, this is a serious attempt to please business users and consumers who want their phones to do everything. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a quad-band handset with both HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) 3G and GPS navigation.

And, with its black fascia and silver bezel it looks a lot like the iPhone. RIM assured us that the phone had been in development for three-and-a-half years and that the style is an evolution of earlier BlackBerry phones. Still, if you ever wanted to know what an iPhone would look like if Apple had gone down the scroll ball and keypad route, look no further.

With its black fascia and silver bezel,
the BlackBerry Bold shares many design motifs with the iPhone

The handset we tested is on the Vodafone network, but T-Mobile announced last week that it will also be selling the Bold, while RIM tells us that in time all UK networks will be selling it. Prices will vary according to contract, but as a rule of thumb you can expect to get the phone for free on a £45 per month contract.

First impressions are extremely favourable: this is a superb-looking smartphone with strong lines and a gorgeous screen. BlackBerry handsets traditionally come with leatherette cases in which to store your precious gem – the Bold meanwhile has a leatherette back, into which is set the 2mp camera and video capture unit.

A broad, flat handset that nonetheless fits comfortably in the palm, it’s noticeably heavier than other BlackBerry handsets although slightly lighter than the iPhone 3G. The look is clean and modern. This is helped by the fact that there’s a smart silver magnesium-alloy trim around the Bold’s circumference with silver lines separating each line of keys on its full Qwerty keypad. These ‘frets’ between the rows of keys help distinguish between them – a device that Bold’s designer borrowed from the guitar (though we think RIM’s reference to the keys being on a musical stave is stretching the analogy somewhat).

Looks a charm
Viewed from the front, the BlackBerry Bold is much flatter than previous models, and the keys don’t protrude as much as on the 8800 series models (those with the famous scrollwheel on the handset’s righthand edge).

The transmissive LCD screen is not touch sensitive and feels much sturdier than the tough plastic coating on the consumer-focused Pearl range. The overall effect is smarter, classier and more desirable. We even dare go so far as to say that the Bold is as good-looking as the iPhone and, for business executives, it’s more corporate style may make it the preferred choice.

Initially available only in piano black, which nicely sets off the silver accents, RIM hopes that the Bold will quickly become the sort of desirable product that everyone wants to make their own, with different fascias and onscreen customisations. Just the sort of thing we can imagine City wideboys and business fashionistas doing. It’s a handset for the discerning consumer, but it will also appeal strongly to the executive.

Sight and sound
The display itself is much improved, with a half-VGA 480 x 320-pixel resolution and the ability to display 65,000 colours. The result is a detailed and very vibrant screen from which photos and video seem to burst forth. The effect, says RIM’s Rob Orr, is a direct effect of the glass of the Bold’s screen now being flush against the lens rather than separate from it.

DivX and some xVid video codecs are supported, as is WMV (Windows Media Video) and H.264. For audio, the Bold can play the key formats of MP3, AAC and WMA9/10.

Another notable improvement is in the microphone and speaker. We were able to comfortably watch a trailer for a Hollywood blockbuster without needing to plug in a headset to catch the dialogue, and also found it worked well as a voice recorder.

As with other BlackBerry handsets, it can be all too easy to depress the voice command hardware button on the Bold’s exterior and find yourself being prompted to ‘Say a command’. However, you aren’t stuck with the feature set its maker provides. Pressing on the BlackBerry button lets you move, promote or demote items from the main screen and you can create a mini taskbar of frequently-used apps that you can jump straight to. In addition to this, there are almost as many predefined and user-assignable shortcut keys as you care to dream up.

We were very much enamoured of the new user interface RIM has dreamt up for the Bold, the BlackBerry OS 4.6. We learnt from its product manager that Research In Motion’s policy is to apply all innovations introduced on one generation of handset to successive models. Gone are the outdated looking large coloured icons and the signature background image of the highway disappearing over the horizon. Instead, application icons are now sharper, brighter and defined with a thin white border that separates them from the smart black background on which they sit. You can alter this background to something more personal, but we really like what RIM has done here and think many users will be more than content with this sharper, more modern look.

When you first start using the Bold, you’re presented with an array of six function icons along the bottom of the screen. These equate to lock, email, contact book, calendar, Web browser and GPS navigation.

The time, date, phone network, connection status, battery life and signal strength are all listed in a translucent bar at the top of the screen. All of this is customisable, of course.

When emails arrive in your inbox, a small red number appears at the top of the email envelope icon telling you the number of waiting mails. Users of the iPhone will recognise this useful setup.

Playing the keys
Texting and composing emails on the Bold is an efficient process too. RIM told us that its own tests showed that the Bold has “the highest typing rate of all Qwerty handsets”. It’s probably here – if anywhere – that the Bold bests the iPhone 3G. People who text and email a lot will find the BlackBerry more forgiving on the thumbpads than the virtual keys of the iPhone. However, the flip side of this is that the predictive text of the iPhone is second-to-none, and when you do miss-type the BlackBerry Bold does not catch mistakes as well as the iPhone. We found the process of having to press delete to catch mistakes incredibly frustrating after a year of iPhone predictive text perfection.

Email delivery was speedy though: no sooner had we typed in our test email messages and pressed the central orb to initiate the send than the message popped up in our work email.

We tested the email delivery to three separate POP3 email accounts and another corporate email address – all were delivered almost on the instant. Attachments are supported, so we tried sending and opening attachments on our Bold.

Sure enough, we were able to open Jpeg images, zoom in to them and view as fullscreen. When we elected to save a file, we got a helpful warning that doing so could be an expensive business.

We had no problem opening our sample rtf Word file either – the 22kB file opened and was resized to fit the dimensions of the Bold’s screen in less than two seconds.

The bright backlighting of the handset ensured a clear contrast between the text and the background and we had no difficulty reading through the 2,500 word document. Bold and italic formatting was preserved, as were hyperlinks.

On the Web
The Web browser is fast too, loading the Macworld UK Web site via WiFi in just 20 seconds, a good 10 seconds faster than the iPhone 3G. Using a 3G connection, graphics-heavy Web pages still took a few seconds to load large images, while less bandwidth-intensive furniture like site logos and headers quickly appeared. Text on Web pages was visible and properly readable in three to four seconds.

We could even zoom in and start reading reviews on the Macworld Web site pretty much as soon as their headlines appeared.

However, we really missed the iPhone’s touchscreen. Using the scroll ball to navigate pages is a poor cousin to the iPhone’s multi-touch capability. You can zoom in by pushing the ball, and back out with Return button. All of this felt extremely clumsy after using the double-taps and pinch motion from Apple’s iPhone browser.

The screen is also noticeably smaller than the iPhone 3G, which is a compromise with the keyboard. Mind you, it’s a very good screen. To get an idea of the quality of the screen, it’s worth picking up the Bold in your local phone shop and scrolling to the Video section under the media player section. The Speed Racer trailer preinstalled on our sample was most impressive.

Other important points to note about the BlackBerry Bold are its media management and playback credentials. The BlackBerry Bold has a wide range of video and audio capabilities, plus a regular 3.5mm earphone jack and the aforementioned speaker. On the PC, RIM has enlisted respected audio/video software specialist Roxio to come up with a media manager that helps you identify and categorise your photos and music.

On the Mac? Nothing. No media management software, no syncing software, nothing at all. Compared to the iTunes integration employed by the iPhone this is a poor show. To put music and video on the BlackBerry Bold you must drag the files into a folder through the Finder. How old-fashioned is that?

Our sample came with 1GB of card memory to complement the built-in 128MB, with microSD cards accepted via a slot on the left edge. This currently limits storage to 8GB although microSD capacities of up to 16GB are expected to be available before the end of the year.

The lack of syncing support extends to information. RIM seems to be content ignoring the Apple market and leaving sync support up to third-party support. There are two options available to you, the first is PocketMac with PocketMac for BlackBerry; the second is Mark/Space with Missing Sync For BlackBerry.

Both are great programs that outperform Apple’s syncing option for the iPhone 3G in many ways (you can sync Notes and Tasks, for example). Sadly, neither currently works with the BlackBerry Bold 9000. PocketMac for BlackBerry fails to work completely, Missing Sync For BlackBerry can sync Address Book contacts but nothing else. Part of the problem with RIM not making its own Mac software is that you need to wait for these third-party companies to create the software. We’re in no doubt that updates from both programs will arrive in the near future. We will keep an eye on this situation and inform our readers when the updates are ready.

RIMs focus on the PC platform is somewhat understandable, after all it’s famous in the enterprise market and the PC platform is what the enterprise market mostly uses. However, it strikes us as somewhat ironic that while Apple is busy muscling into RIMs enterprise space, RIM isn’t doing the same to Apple in the Mac market.
Buying Advice
You may have got the feeling that we’re impressed with this smartphone, and we are. However, we are equally unimpressed by RIMs failure to develop Mac-specific software. Frankly, it’s lazy to focus on the PC market when Apple is muscling in on your home turf.

The BlackBerry Bold 9000 has much in common with its rival, the iPhone 3G. It’s a fantastically well-connected, well-designed and well-constructed smartphone and it has a key feature that the iPhone lacks: a keyboard.

The lack of a touch-screen makes it deficient in other areas though – notably the Web browser – which is not as easy to use as Apple’s offering, despite being significantly faster.

If RIM had got its act together and created software to match it could have dealt Apple a bloody nose. As it stands the BlackBerry Bold 9000 is far less interesting for Apple users than it deserves to be. Mac owners should stick to the iPhone 3G, or wait for either PocketMac or Mark/Space to pick up RIM’s slack.

By Michael Oryl – via mobileburn.com

Today Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced their exclusive claim to being the first family of carriers to offer the new RIM BlackBerry Storm smartphones. Verizon Wireless will have exclusive rights to the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone while Vodafone, one of Verizon’s parents, will claim rights to the BlackBerry Storm 9500 in Europe, India, Australia, and New Zealand. No specific launch dates have been given, but the joint press release mentions availability “later this fall.”

As the first touchscreen BlackBerry device, a lot is riding on the Storm for RIM. BlackBerry devices have always been known for their fine, usable keyboards and the devices on a whole have been the tool of choice for many people that rely on email to do business. As such, the introduction of a touchscreen on a BlackBerry is something of a risk, as touchscreens have long been considered poor when it comes to text input – and a BlackBerry is nothing without text input.

To that end, RIM is using what it calls the first “clickable” touchscreen display on the market for the Storm. RIM president Mike Lazaridis says that the Storm “solves the longstanding problem associated with typing on traditional touch-screens” by responding more like a physical keyboard. The 360×480 pixel resolution, 65k color touchscreen is made of glass and can be pressed in as if it were one large hardware button. Because of that, users will feel a positive click when they press on it. This unique system also allowed RIM to use a capacitive touchscreen in the device, like the one in the iPhone and T-Mobile G1, and as a result the Storm can support multi-touch finger inputs as well.

The touchscreen is also backed up by an accelerometer, which enables it to automatically rotate with the device. As such, RIM is able to have the Storm use a SureType 20 key virtual keypad design, similar to that of that BlackBerry Pearl, when the phone is held vertically while offering a full QWERTY layout when used in landscape mode. The auto-rotation also helps when used with the web browser, which has a row of buttons across the bottom of the screen that allow users to switch between page and single column modes as well as control whether the user’s finger controls the mouse pointer or is used for panning and scrolling. Another feature of the browser that people will appreciate is the double-tap zoom control, like that found on the iPhone and in Opera’s 9.5 browser for devices like the HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung i900 Omnia.

And since RIM knows just how important text is to a BlackBerry user, the Storm also supports copy and paste functionality. We don’t have a lot of other details on the phone yet, but we do know that there will be GPS support for navigation, and that the browser can handle RSS feeds. A 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus is on board, backed up by special versions of Flickr and Facebook, and Bluetooth stereo support is there along with a regular 3.5mm headphone jack socket.

The RIM BlackBerry Storm 9500 for Vodafone will support 3G and HSPA) data on the 2100MHz band as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE. The Verizon version goes a step further by offering all of the network support of the 9500 as well as EV-DO Rev A. support for Verizon’s 3G network for true 3G world roaming. It measures about 112.5mm x 62.2mm x 14.0mm (4.4″ x 2.4″ x .5″) in size and weighs about 155g (5.5oz). It offers 1GB of internal storage space and supports microSD cards as large as 16GB in capacity.

Vodafone has said that its Storm 9500 will be available in November and that pricing information will be made public in a few weeks. So far Verizon has only said that the Storm 9530 will be available later this fall.

Specifications for the RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530

Band
CDMA 800/1900MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 2100MHz

Data
1xRTT/EV-DO Rev. A/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA

Size
112.5mm x 62.2mm x 14.0mm (4.4″ x 2.4″ x .5″)

Weight
155g (5.5oz)

Battery Life
Up to 15 days standby

Up to 6 hours talk time

Main Display
3.25″ 65k color touchscreen, 480×360 pixel resolution

Camera
3.2 megapixel with autofocus

Video
Video capture/playback

Messaging
MMS/SMS/IM

Email
Yes

Bluetooth
Yes, A2DP stereo

Memory
1GB internal, microSD card slot (up to 16GB)

Availability
Fall 2008

Other
GPS, media player, 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, HTML browser