The company RIM, recently announced a series of new smartphones and it looks like is going to have long gaps between announcements of new products. In the Internet leaked photos of BlackBerry 9980, which differs from traditional models of RIM. New made candy bar form factor with a QWERTY keyboard and a horizontally oriented touch-screen, the keys are quite unlike the usual "grain", and made ​​an interesting Hi-Tech style. Controls the BlackBerry 9980 the latest version of the operating system from RIM called BlackBerry OS 7. There is also a possibility that the release be transferred to the smartphone operating system QNX. Judging by the fact that the location of all connectors and buttons like new BlackBerry Bold 9900, it is likely that the technical characteristics of these two models are identical. Source by providing a photo said that the BlackBerry 9980 - a model and a premium on the market, this smartphone will appear in the case encrusted with diamonds. Date of official announcement of the BlackBerry 9980 and its cost is currently unknown. Source: GSMPress ® lackBerry Bold 9980 lackBerry Bold

Well-known Canadian producer of business class smartphones RIM recently announced a 5 Smartphone operating system of its own design - BlackBerry OS 7, as it turned out, the company decided confined to the OS, and next year plans to release a smartphone, which will manage the operating system QNX. In the current portfolio of RIM already has a Tablet PC with QNX on the board. The next step in the development of a "OSes" should be the release of the smartphone BlackBerry Colt. Specifications BlackBerry Colt at the moment remain a mystery, since before the release of the smartphone has a lot of time. At the moment, we know that BlackBerry Colt will be made ​​in the form a monoblock with QWERTY keyboard and a horizontally oriented display, as well as equipped with a processor with two cores. At the moment, this smartphone is an internal test of the company and refined. It is expected that the announcement of BlackBerry Colt will be held in the first and second quarter of 2012. Source: GSMPress

American manufacturer of smart phones RIM got into a serious fight in the U.S. smartphone market and announced immediately 5 new smartphones running the new version of its own OS - BlackBerry 7. In this article we will consider two new items - BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Bold 9930. A series of smartphones BlackBerry Bold 9900 is different in that it contains the finest line of smartphones (the thickness - 10.5 mm), as these smartphones is very easy to use, as made in the form of horizontal QWERTY slider. New items are equipped with touch screen, stylish design, as well as support the new technology - Near Field Communications or NFC. It is also worth noting the quality of the buildings of new products, for the manufacture of stainless steel used in the texture. Smartphones look very stylish and expensive, RIM has once again proved that they are ready to produce some of the best business class smartphones. Specifications BlackBerry Bold 9900: Internetworking: Tri-band UMTS / HSPA: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz (UMTS 1,2,5 / 6) / 2100/1700/900 MHz (UMTS 1,4,8) / Quad-band GSM / GPRS / Edge: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Operating System: BlackBerry OS 7 Processor Speed: 1,2 GHz Memory: 768 Mb Internal Memory: 8 Gb Display size:

RIM has announced simultaneously 5 smartphones running the hearth of the new operating system - BlackBerry 7 OS, among them, and BlackBerry Torch 9810. Design model is similar to the BlackBerry Torch 9800, but filling an order smartphone "serious". The smartphone has a touch screen with a big diagonal (3.2'') and at the same time, a QWERTY keyboard, enabling fast typing. Specifications BlackBerry Torch 9810: Operating System: BlackBerry OS 7 Processor Speed: 1,2 GHz Memory: 768 Mb Internal Memory: 8 Gb Display size: 3.2'' Display Type: touch screen, capacitive Camera Resolution: 5 Mpx, 4x zoom, flash, image stabilization, Scene Selection Video Recording: HD (720p) Data Transfer: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi: 802.11 b / g / n, GPS Slots: microSD (up to 40 Gb), 3,5 mm Talk mode (GSM / UMTS): 6,5 h / 5.9 h Standby time (GSM / UMTS): 12,8 days / 12.3 days The work of music playback: Up to 54 hours Working with video playback: Up to 7 hours Dimensions open: 147.6 h62h14, 6 mm Dimensions closed: 111h62h14, 6 mm Buy novelty BlackBerry Torch 9810 will be available in late August - early September, the price of the device is currently unknown. Source: GSMPress

Residents of the CIS countries have become accustomed to a large number of supermarkets, shopping malls and other shops, many of whom are working around the clock. In developed countries honor the Labour Code and in some towns to buy food after 8 pm is almost impossible, that is a lot of inconvenience to people working late. Korean companies have come up with a great way to increase sales and get rid of people queuing in the supermarket. Subway stations have installed a "virtual showcase", which are printed on paper supermarket shelves with products. On each product there is the QR code and anyone can order using the smartphone's necessary food, which will be delivered by courier home. Payment is deducted from the mobile phone account. According to statements of employees of the supermarket chain Tesco, such a move will increase the number of registered customers by 76% and the number of sales increased by 130%. By the way, the concept of "virtual showcase" was presented by the Korean advertising agency Cheil Worldwide at the festival "Cannes Lions 2011" and won the Media Grand Prix. Source: GSMPress

  Smartphones based on Google Android in great demand in many countries, but as it turned out statistics they break more often than smartphones on the Windows Phone 7.This statistics has provided the company WDS, which for the year studied more than 600 thousand telephone calls to tech support. It turned out that the first place is occupied by the number of problems on the device Android - 14%, followed by the Windows Phone 7 - 9%, iPhone - 8% and RIM BlackBerry -3,7%.    Problems with devices on the Android explained by the large number of manufacturers producing many guglofonov. As for Microsoft, it is carefully monitored so as to WP7-phones of the first wave did not cause a backlash among the public and some manufacturers refused to support the platform (in particular, China). And the producers of Apple and RIM technical control is much

The researcher took only $ 1500 for a device capable of intercepting calls from mobile phones and recording conversations. This vulnerability is almost all users of 2G networks. Chris Paget (Chris Paget), speaking on Defconf, reiterated the statement of the vulnerability of GSM standard, which is still the most prevalent mobile communication technologies. He demonstrated the attack bore the character of the demonstration. Chris, speaking at a conference DefConf, demonstrated the interception of telephone conversations of several dozen people in the hall during the report. Exactly the same method can be used by criminals not for demonstration purposes, and ways to protect yourself is not so much. Chris Laget hopes that his research will contribute to more rapid adoption of new standards and secure communications. The need for this, he described a simple phrase - «GSM hacked - just cracked." GSM, or 2G - this mobile technology is the second generation. Phones using 3G and 4G standards are not affected by this vulnerability. If you use your iPhone or other smartphone, capable of displaying the type of communication during the call on display, and you see an alert about the connection via 3G - you're protected from this type of attack. Just

The company RIM (Canada) officially introduced a couple of new smartphones BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 (Montana) and the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 (Dakota) to meropiyatii BlackBerry World 2011. The performance characteristics of smart phones are absolutely identical, the only difference between them lies in the supported devices, networks.  Model BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 is designed to work in networks CDMA/EV- DO Rev. A (two bands), four bands GSM / GRPS / EDGE (four range) and WCDMA / HSPA + (two bands), and its "twin» BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 operates in GSM / GPRS / EDGE (quad-band) and WCDMA / HSPA + (Three bands). The form factor of novelties - a candy bar with a QWERTY keyboard on the front panel and horizontally oriented display. Work smart phones running its own operating system BlackBerry OS 7, which supports voice control apparatus, and also has a convenient user interface. Another novelty - the existence of the application BlackBerry Balance, designed to help the user distinguish between personal data from the desktop content. Also, in the number of "chips" smartphone include a slim body, the availability of NFC chips (used for mobile payments), as well as high-performance devices. BlackBerry smartphones equipped with a

Has information about the new smartphone company Research In Motion (RIM) - BlackBerry Dakota. Informal pictures and specifications of new items published resource BGR, which is not the first time becomes a primary source of new developments in the company. Smartphone BlackBerry Dakota, like most phones manufacturer, made in the form piece with a horizontally oriented display and a QWERTY-keyboard. The operating system the device uses its own - BlackBerry OS 6.1. Novelty is characterized by a good set of specifications and a small thickness of the shell which is only 10.5 mm. Specifications Smartphone BlackBerry Dakota include: support for networks of standard GSM / GPRS / EDGE and UMTS / HSDPA, 2,8-inch capacitive touch display with a resolution of 640x480 pixels, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash modules, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b/g/n) and Bluetooth, 768 MB RAM, 4 GB flash memory chip, NFC, accelerometer, magnetometer and sensor approach. Perhaps in the near future will be the official announcement of the smartphone BlackBerry Dakota and will be named its estimated cost. Source: GSMPress

Not much time has passed after the release of the smartphone BlackBerry Torch, how to market a new model BlackBerry Torch 2. New appearance has not changed, that can not be said about the technical characteristics of the device. Smartphone BlackBerry Torch 2 made in the form of vertical QWERTY-slider and is equipped with 3.2-inch capacitive touch display with a resolution of 480x640 pixels. New considerably more powerful than its predecessor, for the success of the smartphone's performance has been increased by 2 times. Thus, the CPU clock speed was increased from 600 MHz to 1.2 GHz, and also appeared graphics hardware acceleration. Smartphone BlackBerry Torch 2 is capable of working in networks of standards for GSM / GPRS / EDGE / HSPA, has a 5-megapixel camera with flash, Wi-Fi networking and Bluetooth 2.1, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB of flash memory, GPS-receiver, a magnetometer, an accelerometer , sensor approach, NFC-chip and battery 1300 mAh. It is known that the thickness of the cabinet is 14.6 mm. Smartphone BlackBerry Torch 2 will be available in the third quarter of 2011. Source: GSMPress

There was detailed information on specifications and pictures of the new smartphone RIM - BlackBerry Curve Apollo. Apparently, the web resource BGR cooperates with the manufacturer, because not the first time - a resource the first to place information about new products at RIM. Smartphone BlackBerry Curve Apollo candy bar made in the form of horizontally oriented display, trekpedom and QWERTY-keyboard. The machine is running an operating system BlackBerry OS 6.1. BlackBerry Curve Apollo is already the third model, which is present on board the chip, NFC. Thus, a focus on support contactless payments. Specifications Smartphone BlackBerry Curve Apollo are in the middle level. The device is capable of working in networks of standards for GSM / GPRS / EDGE and UMTS / HSPA. New product based on the processor Tavor MG-1 with 800 MHz. BlackBerry Curve Apollo has a display with a resolution 360h480 pixels, 5 megapixel camera with flash, module Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB flash memory, GPS-receiver and battery 1050 mAh . The official announcement and the price smartphone BlackBerry Curve Apollo is not known. Source: GSMPress

Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the availability of a new BlackBerry push API (application programming interface) that will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry® smartphones. RIM is extending its existing, well-proven push technology from the enterprise into the consumer space, allowing developers to leverage push technology for BlackBerry® applications targeted at consumers. Push technology provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smartphones as it becomes available. It brings immediacy to mobile communications with real-time content, preserves battery life, and minimizes data usage by eliminating the need for “poking” and “polling” servers. RIM’s unique push technology significantly enhances the user experience and provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smartphones as the data becomes available. The BlackBerry push API is ideal for mobile applications that deliver value by providing real-time content and updates, including news, weather, banking, medical, IT services applications and games. The BlackBerry push API is available exclusively to BlackBerry® Alliance Program members. Source: Research In

Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the availability of a new BlackBerry push API (application programming interface) that will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry® smartphones. RIM is extending its existing, well-proven push technology from the enterprise into the consumer space, allowing developers to leverage push technology for BlackBerry® applications targeted at consumers. Push technology provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smartphones as it becomes available. It brings immediacy to mobile communications with real-time content, preserves battery life, and minimizes data usage by eliminating the need for “poking” and “polling” servers. RIM’s unique push technology significantly enhances the user experience and provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smartphones as the data becomes available. The BlackBerry push API is ideal for mobile applications that deliver value by providing real-time content and updates, including news, weather, banking, medical, IT services applications and games. The BlackBerry push API is available exclusively to BlackBerry® Alliance Program members. Source: Research In

Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the availability of a new BlackBerry push API (application programming interface) that will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry® smartphones. RIM is extending its existing, well-proven push technology from the enterprise into the consumer space, allowing developers to leverage push technology for BlackBerry® applications targeted at consumers. Push technology provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smartphones as it becomes available. It brings immediacy to mobile communications with real-time content, preserves battery life, and minimizes data usage by eliminating the need for “poking” and “polling” servers. RIM’s unique push technology significantly enhances the user experience and provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smartphones as the data becomes available. The BlackBerry push API is ideal for mobile applications that deliver value by providing real-time content and updates, including news, weather, banking, medical, IT services applications and games. The BlackBerry push API is available exclusively to BlackBerry® Alliance Program members. Source: Research In