The BlackBerry 8700 is a thin, stylish, lightweight device with a bright, high-resolution LCD screen with intelligent light sensing technology. It has Bluetooth and a built-in speakerphone mode for hands-free communication. It also contains an HTML browser and is fully compatible with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server as well as many POP3, IMAP and Webmail accounts.
The BlackBerry 8700 series has another enhancement which is more memory than previous models; at 64MB, it’s twice the amount available on any earlier BlackBerry. The 8700 series has two user-programmable soft keys, one between the Talk and End keys, and one on the left side. These are handy for setting up one-touch access to favorite apps. Navigation is accomplished using the traditional BlackBerry trackwheel. The 8700 series is the first BlackBerry to feature an Intel processor, the XScale-based PXA901. In this series, BlackBerry introduces two new features for reading faxes and maps. It also has built-in attachment support for common formats such as PDF, Excel, Front Page and Word
Organizer
The 8700 series contains all the basic software to organize day such as Address book, Calendar, memo pad and task list
Availability
The 8700 series was successful, and therefore was available from most carriers such as Cellcom, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T Mobility, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, US Cellular, Centennial Wireless, MOSH Mobile, nTelos, Cellular One and Cellular South in the United States; TIM, Vodafone and Wind in Italy; Turkcell and Avea in Turkey; Claro, Vivo in Brazil, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico; Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications in India, Vodacom and MTN in South Africa; Iusacell, Telcel and Movistar in Mexico; Rogers Wireless, Telus, SaskTel, MTS, TBayTel, Bell Mobility, Wind Mobile, and Virgin Mobile Canada in Canada; Telstra, Optus and Vodafone in Australia; Indosat in Indonesia; KPN and Vodafone in the Netherlands; Globe Telecom in the Philippines; Vodafone in New Zealand; SingTel in Singapore; Mobilink, Ufone and Warid Telecom in Pakistan and all networks in the UK
BlackBerry Electron 8700 Series
BlackBerry Electron 8700 has exiting new features which are given below:
Bluetooth
USB (with Mass Storage Mode support)
35-key QWERTY Keyboard
Built-in Speakerphone
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Memory
RAM: 16MB
ROM: 64MB
Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery
The BlackBerry Electron (8703/ 8700/ 8707) is a series of BlackBerry smart phones developed by Research In Motion
The BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 (also known as Bold Touch) is the newest Blackberry and is part of the 9000 device series. Introduced in August 2011, it is the first of the Bold line to provide a touchscreen. It marks a return to the form factor of the original 9000 and its popular wide-set physical keyboard. It takes design cues from both its predecessor, the BlackBerry Tour 9630, as well as its GSM variant, the BlackBerry Bold 9700
Height 4.53 in / 115 mm
Width 2.60 in / 66 mm
Depth 0.41 in / 10.5 mm
Weight 4.59 oz / 130 g
VGA 640 x 480 high resolution
287 ppi
Transmissive TFT LCD
2.8" (measured diagonally)
24-bit display
Processor: QC 8655 1.2GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM, 8 GB eMMC
Expandable memory: Up to 32 GB uSD card(optional)
Capacitive touch screen
Optical trackpad
ESC key to the right of trackpad
Menu key to the left of trackpad
35 key backlit keyboard
Dedicated keys: Send, End (Power), Menu, Escape, Camera (user customizable, convenience key), Volume Up/Down (Fwd/Rwd for media, Zoom for camera), Mute (Play/Pause for media), Lock (top center)
5 MP camera
HD video recording (720p)
4X Digital Zoom
Flash
Face detection and Image Stabilization
Geo-tagging
Zero shutter lag
Multiple scene modes
1230 mAh removable/
rechargeable lithium-ion battery
9930
CDMA Talk Time: up to 6.6 hours
CDMA Standby Time: up to 12.8 days
GSM Talk Time: up to 6.3 hours
GSM Standby Time: up to 12.8 days
UMTS Talk Time: up to 5.9 hours
UMTS Standby Time: up to 12.8 days
Audio Playback Time: up to 50 hours
Video Playback Time: up to 7.4 hours
9900
GSM Talk Time: up to 6.3 hours
GSM Standby Time: up to 12.8 days
UMTS Talk Time: up to up to 5.9 hours
UMTS Standby Time: up to 12.8 days
Audio Playback Time: up to 50 hours
Video Playback Time: up to 7.4 hours
With an elegantly brushed stainless steel frame, sculpted surfaces and advanced composite backing, the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphones are as lightweight and durable as they are feature-packed.
BlackBerry 7 OS
BlackBerry® 7 is the next generation BlackBerry OS, packed with powerful new features and innovative apps. Augmented reality introduces exciting new ways to interact with the world around you, and with Near Field Communication1 (NFC) built-in, you can connect with other NFC-enabled devices and smart tags.
A balancing act
When you're done with work, turn your attention to the weekend - your BlackBerry Bold smartphone switches gears right with you. With BlackBerry® Balance™ technology, your work life and private life never mix—letting you use your BlackBerry smartphone for whatever life throws at you.
BlackBerry App World is an application distribution service and application by Research In Motion (RIM) for a majority of BlackBerry devices. The service provides BlackBerry users with an environment to browse, download, and update third-party applications. The service went live on April 1, 2009. Of the three major app providers, it has the largest revenue per app at $9,166.67 compared to $6,480.00 and $1,200.00 by the Apple App Store and Android Market, respectively
On October 21, 2008, RIM announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference that the company would open an application store for their devices. It was also announced that the store was scheduled to be open in March 2009, and would work in conjunction with PayPal's services. On January 19, 2009, RIM began accepting submissions of applications from developers.
On March 4, 2009, RIM officially named the store "BlackBerry App World" (previously called the BlackBerry Application Storefront). It was also confirmed that the service would not initially be available for desktops, and only a web-based catalog would be accessible from non-BlackBerry devices.
On April 1, 2009, at CTIA's trade show, RIM announced that App World had gone live.
At the BlackBerry sponsored Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES), it was announced that an average of 1 million apps were being downloaded each day.
On August 19, 2010, BlackBerry App World 2.0 was released. This new version introduced BlackBerry ID - a single sign, account system that can be used on both the BlackBerry client and the BlackBerry App World desktop storefront. In addition to BlackBerry ID, BlackBerry App World 2.0 also introduced direct credit card billing and carrier billing for AT&T Wireless subscribers.
On December 3, 2010, Research in Motion announced that daily downloads were 2 million apps per day.
On February 2, 2011, BlackBerry App World 2.1 was released. This version introduced in-app purchases of digital goods, allowing for add-ons to be purchased within applications.
BlackBerry 8700
BlackBerry Operating system
The operating system used by BlackBerry devices is a proprietary multitasking environment developed by RIM. The operating system is designed for use of input devices such as the track wheel, track ball, and track pad. The OS provides support for Java MIDP 1.0 and WAP 1.2. Previous versions allowed wireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Server email and calendar, as well as with Lotus Domino email. OS 5.0 provides a subset of MIDP 2.0, and allows complete wireless activation and synchronization with Exchange email, calendar, tasks, notes and contacts, and adds support for Novell GroupWise and Lotus Notes. The BlackBerry Curve 9360, BlackBerry Torch 9810, Bold 9900/9930, and Torch 9850/9860 feature the most recent BlackBerry OS 7 as of October 2011).
Third-party developers can write software using these APIs, and proprietary BlackBerry APIs as well. Any application that makes use of certain restricted functionality must be digitally signed so that it can be associated to a developer account at RIM. This signing procedure guarantees the authorship of an application but does not guarantee the quality or security of the code. RIM provides tools for developing applications and themes for BlackBerry. Applications and themes can be loaded onto BlackBerry devices through BlackBerry App World, Over The Air (OTA) through the BlackBerry mobile browser, or through BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
BlackBerry Supported software
BlackBerry MessengerBlackBerry devices use the proprietary BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM, software for sending and receiving encrypted instant messages, voice notes, images and videos via BlackBerry PIN. Some of the features of BBM include groups, bar-code scanning, lists, shared calendars, BBM Music and integration with apps and games using the BBM social platform.
Third-party softwareThird-party software available for use on BlackBerry devices includes full-featured database management systems, which can be used to support customer relationship management clients and other applications that must manage large volumes of potentially complex data.
In March 2011, RIM announced an optional Android player that could play applications developed for the android system would be available for the BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM's first entry in the tablet market.
On August 24, 2011 Bloomberg News reported unofficial rumors that BlackBerry devices would be able to run Android applications when RIM brings QNX and the Android App Player to BlackBerry. On October 20, 2011 RIM officially announced that Android applications could run, unmodified, on the BlackBerry tablet and the newest BlackBerry phones, using the newest version of its operating system
The following is a partial list of BlackBerry products. BlackBerry is a line of wireless handheld devices first introduced in 1996 and manufactured by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM).
BlackBerry 7 devices:
BlackBerry Bold series (2011): BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930/9790
BlackBerry Torch series (2011): BlackBerry Torch 9810
BlackBerry Torch series (2011): BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860
BlackBerry Curve series (2011): BlackBerry 9350/9360/9370/9380
BlackBerry 6 devices:
BlackBerry Torch series (2010): BlackBerry Torch 9800
BlackBerry Curve series (2010): BlackBerry Curve 9300/9330
BlackBerry Style 9670 (2010)
BlackBerry Pearl series (2010): BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100/9105
BlackBerry Bold series (2010-2011): BlackBerry Bold 9780/9788
BlackBerry 5 devices:
BlackBerry Bold series (2008-2010): BlackBerry Bold 9000/9700/9650
BlackBerry Tour series (2009): BlackBerry Tour (9630)
BlackBerry Storm series (2009): BlackBerry Storm2 (9520/9550)
BlackBerry Storm series (2008): BlackBerry Storm (9500/9530)
BlackBerry Curve series (2009-2010): BlackBerry Curve 8900 (8900/8910/8980)
BlackBerry Curve series(2009): BlackBerry Curve 8520/8530
Blackberry 4 and earlier devices:
BlackBerry 8800 series (2007): BlackBerry 8800/8820/8830
BlackBerry Pearl series (2006): BlackBerry Pearl 8100/8110/8120/8130
BlackBerry Pearl Flip series (2008): BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220/8230
BlackBerry Curve series (2007): BlackBerry Curve 8300 (8300/8310/8320/8330/8350i)
Early pager models: 850, 857, 950, 957
Monochrome Java-based series: 5000, 6000
First color series: 7200, 7500, 7700
First SureType phone series: 7100
BlackBerry 8700
