RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Curve 9320

After a couple of weeks after the premiere Curve 9220 Smartphone RIM a Canadian company makes an official announcement of another new model, BlackBerry Curve 9320. Externally, the novelty is no different from the previous model.

Curve 9320 is equipped with a 2.44-inch display, operating system, BlackBerry 7.1 OS, supports standard 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a full keyboard layout to QWERTY, the function of BBM Key, the back of the camera to 3.2 megapixels (320 x 240) 512 MB of random access memory and slot for memory cards format MicroSD (up to 32 GB). Smartphone Battery can provide up to 7 hours of talk time mode or up to 30 hours of music listening.

Unfortunately, RIM did not name the price of BlackBerry Curve 9320. It is also unknown place and date of release of new items. While Britons are waiting for him to visit in the near future.

Smartphone BlackBerry TK Victory, a beautiful and practical

Despite the numerous photos leaks, even fans of the brand is not a clear idea of ​​what will look like smart phones running the new system, BlackBerry 10. The official announcement of a new generation of BlackBerry devices is expected this fall, but until we can admire the concepts branded devices. The new work was called BlackBerry TK Victory.

Smartphone TK Victory is very similar to the last official hit BlackBerry Bold 9900, except that the concept was a huge touch screen, which made all the operations, except for typing. On a large touch screen is launched for all major applications, it is withdrawn and telephone functions. Of course, the screen BlackBerry TK Victory is equipped with a protective coating Corning Lotus Glass.

The smartphone is based on a modern quad-core mobile processor NVIDIA Tegra 3 with 2.0 GHz and has 32 gigabytes of built-in drive. High-performance smartphone BlackBerry TK Victory also provides a module for 2 GB of RAM. The new BlackBerry OS has 10 user-friendly interface with advanced multi-tasking, animated graphics, user-friendly menus and full optimization for mobile email and effectively encrypt messages.

BlackBerry smartphones get 'rhythmic' lock.

In the digital world gets the most profit, whose new idea of ​​finding a positive response from users. The company RIM, which has now formed of the case is not the best way, is going to bet on new security technologies. Recently passed the certification of a patent is a very interesting way to unlock the phone, offered by the Canadian company.

For the first time a patent application for its new technology, RIM filed in 2006. So far the commission has considered the application described in a new way to unlock the phone, and now, after six years, finally approved the patent. According to his theory, unlock the phone can not perform the standard input of the password in the form of numbers, but by tapping your fingers. RIM offered to build into every mobile phone accelerometer, which will determine the owner of the phone by the characteristic knock him on the back cover of the device.

Thus, instead of the password "12345" user will have its own rhythm of knocking, and then confirm it. And when you switch on your mobile device will need to tap in exactly the same rhythm, with the same number of strokes and time interval between them. RIM argues that this method eliminates blocking unauthorized hacking of mobile devices.

BlackBerry smartphones to learn to respond to the sound of a conditional

The company Research in Motion (RIM) offered to unlock the phone by tapping your finger on the unit body a certain rhythm, according to the blog Engadget.

The method described in the patent application, RIM, which the company filed for consideration in 2006. The patent was issued in late February 2012.

The user is prompted to come up with a rhythm that he will be tapping your finger on the device. Recognize the impacts will be built into your accelerometer. Fixed number of strokes, their strength and the time interval between successive beats.

Hitting is offered at the back of the phone's index finger. According to the authors of the patent, while holding the device in hand, the greatest burden falls on the large, middle and ring fingers and little finger and the index is free.

Pat proposed to use a conditional knock instead of a text password to unlock the phone or in conjunction with it. This way, you can also protect individual applications.

Alternative ways to protect the password text mobile devices and other companies offer. So, Google has built into the operating system Android 4.0 feature Face Unlock (in Russian translation - "face control"). In this case, the identifier of the facial features are the user who recognizes the phone with a built-in camera.

Written for the iPad is 17 times more applications than BlackBerry PlayBook

Vice President of Research in Motion for global cooperation Mallik Martin (Martyn Mallick) spoke at a press conference, MWC 2012, during which he told about the successes of the Tablet PC BlackBerry PlayBook.

In the present day, the number of applications written for the "tabs" manufactured by RIM, has exceeded 10,000 units abroad. "This is the place to be a multiplicative effect" - zyaavil Mallik.

By the standards of competitors 10000th mark - it's not so much. Recall the number of programs and games in the online store App Store in January 2012 exceeded 550,000, of which 170 000 are designed specifically for tablets iPad. More than four billion dollars is the sum of payments to developers App Store.

Hence, the difference in sales of tablet PCs for "apple" and "blackberry" brand. As a result of a three-month period ended November 26, 2011, RIM was able to realize 150,000 units PlayBook. Apple has sold for the October-December 2011 15.4 million units iPad.

BlackBerry 2012 smartphone futuristic

With the release of the iPhone and the massive invasion of smartphones running Android mobile consumer market turned into a kind of forty, are susceptible to all bright and shiny. A truly functional device-level BlackBerry are suddenly out of favor, and the Canadian manufacturer started with a crazy speed to lose the audience. And in order to save himself, he began to produce devices that meet the new market.
BlackBerry 2012


The problem is that the company RIM, responsible for brand BlackBerry, do not really get to produce iPhone-like smartphones. The manufacturer is trying to do something between a hedgehog and snake, that is, between the mobile phone entertainment and serious working tool, but to combine them could not have anyone. In his new concept designer John Anastasiadis (John Anastasiadis) tried to imagine entertaining branded smartphone BlackBerry.

 The device was named 2012 BlackBerry, its main feature is the presence of two displays. Strictly speaking, this is one display that monolithic panel extends from the front to the back of the device. The asymmetric shape of the smartphone allows you to blindly determine its orientation, while the back side of the display can be used as a game controller pad or in the management of the browser or any other application. As you can see, cameras on the body of the smartphone BlackBerry 2012 has no place, so the author has placed them under the screen on both sides. It is very convenient when you consider that the display is the same and acts as a flash.