Blackberry like other mobile companies Nokia, Samsung, HTC, etc. has a worldwide reputation for producing quality mobile phones. Just like the mobiles of other mobile brands, the Blackberry mobile phones are of two types ie GSM and CDMA. GSM blackberry mobiles are the most popular among the people. Some of the leading cell phones launched by the company in the last three years 2007,2008 and 2009 are Blackberry pearl 8120, Blackberry 8820, Blackberry Storm 8500 and Blackberry Bold 9700.
Starting with the latest phone, the blackberry bold 9700 was launched in November 2009. This unit comes with quad band GSM and dual band 3G HSDPA support. Applications loaded on this device are full qwerty keyboard, 2.44″ display screen supporting 65,000 colors, micro SD memory card, 3.15 megapixel camera, etc. People will also like the connectivity features such as class 10 GPRS, class 10 EDGE, HSDPA and Wi-Fi installed in this unit.The battery used in the widget is standard 1500mAh Li-ion.This provides a GSM standby time of 408 hours and a 360 minutes GSM talk.
Blackberry Storm 9500 is the 2008 release. This smartphone supports quad band GSM networks. In addition, it also runs on the 3G HSDPA network. The phone includes a 360*480 pixel TFT touch screen, which supports 65,000 colors. The camera size of the unit is 3.15 megapixels. This device has features like auto focus, dual LED flash, geo-tagging, video capture and image stabilizer. The battery used in the unit is a 1400 mAh Li-ion which provides a standby time of 360 hours and a talk time of 330 minutes. Widget media players can play multiple music playback formats. The built-in memory size of Blackberry Storm 9500 is 1 gigabyte, which can be increased up to 16 gigabytes with the use of a micro SD card. The other notable devices to be mentioned here are the GPS receiver with support for A-GPS and Blackberry maps, phone organizer, downloadable games and phone book.
Blackberry 8820 hit the market in July 2007. This attractive smartphone is compatible with the GSM network. The widget is primarily intended for average mobile phone users. The devices loaded in this utility are EDGE, GPRS, handsfree, bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, mini USB, standard lithium battery, etc. The widget has a 2.5-inch 65K color TFT screen. Image or image resolution with this unit is 320*240 pixels. However, the phone does not have a camera feature. People can enjoy the messaging features like SMS, MMS, email and instant messaging of this cell phone to send or receive messages.