In the news this morning, RIM has introduced the BlackBerry Curve. They're definitely stepping up their game. The Curve is billed as the worlds smallest QWERTY keyboard device, and includes an upgraded camera, plus a suite of multimedia software sourced from Roxio to get media on and off the device. The Boy Genius Report had this to say:
The press release comes with details on the device, including new additions of a 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, a currently available and supported A2DP Bluetooth audio profile, a newly designed media player, a revamped desktop media manager, based on the ever-popular Roxio Easy Media Creator, that now provides CD ripping and photo editing functionality. Photos taken from the device can be instantly uploaded to your Flickr account, by way of Yahoo! Go.
I've held a couple of these in my hands recently as friends in the industry have been testing them for RIM. Lightweight, small, very media capable, and with the lynch-pin BlackBerry email technology, this device is going to take back some of the market that RIM has been losing to Microsoft recently.
I held off on buying the BlackBerry 8800 because, unlike the Pearl, the 8800 lacked a camera, which I've come to highly value. My next BlackBerry will certainly be the Curve.
More from RIM at the official BlackBerry Curve site.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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I love my curve! And my business partner just got the new blackberry curve 8900 and the screen is amazing!