We have heard that contrary to the advice of RIM, some BlackBerry OS 7 smartphones will be hitting Canada prior to the season to return to school. Beyond just launch Windows, we heard some fairly specific dates for Bell and Telus recently. The new BlackBerry Torch 9810 and bold 9900 both should land on Telus August 18 or 19, while the "Monaco" 9860 will walk through the city on 26 August, and something code named "bellagio" will come to the end of September. It is probably safe to assume that the last is the curve 9360. Bell will probably be in the same boat, since they are sharing network. Bell expected the bold 9900 on 14 August, with others following shortly after.
The lot of them will bring faster processors, more screens, near field communication mobile Wi - Fi hotspot and augmented reality with a new compass apps. The family is nice looking, but if it is sufficient to satisfy the consumers want more apps, more large screens and processors double heart is another matter entirely. Shareholders RIM become nervous, and the obvious only competitive move on radar is a smartphone of QNX-powered dual-core, which we see until at least 2012.
Canadians, how many of you is seeking to upgrade to one of these new BlackBerry devices? None of them really jump or is looking Android simply too well these days, to resist to the?
