BlackBerry Gemini 9300, BlackBerry Curve with 3G!
Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Feb 9, 2009
The BlackBerry Curve has long been the sweet spot of form factors , but even the new BlackBerry Curve 8900 lacks 3G speeds of the Bold and Storm. It appears that RIM is working a BlackBerry Curve that supports 3G. Codenamed the BlackBerry Gemini, this new Curve will the BlackBerry 9300. The 9XXX line of BlackBerries is reserved for 3G devices.
Details are still sparce, but here's what we know about the BlackBerry 9300.
- The screen will be larger than the BlackBerry 8900, and that will also include a higher resolution
- The CPU will also be beefed up. We’re not sure if this means it will include something more powerful than the Bold’s 624MHz processor or not, but we’d like to think so.
- The device is said to be silver (think BlackBerry 8830)
- The keyboard is a little more rounded than the BlackBerry 8900
- The Send/End keys are rounded instead of being flat on the sides
- Styling is not drastically different — it keeps with the 8900/Storm styling
- It of course rocks quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA
- Wi-Fi and GPS was not confirmed, but we’d say there’s about a 99.99% chance
- Camera specs were not confirmed as well, but you can bet you’re looking at 3.2 megapixels or better
If you were planning on upgrading to the BlackBerry Curve 8900, it still appears safe to do so. The BlackBerry Curve 9300 won't land until Q4 09' at the earliest.
via BGR



