BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 Unveiled

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is getting ready for the release of new devices running under the BlackBerry 7 OS, and the company has just unveiled some info on them, even if it did not make an official announcement on these smartphones. 

We're referring here to the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 smartphone that should become official soon, and which have just got simulators available for developers to test their applications on. 

Boasting a 480 x 360 pixels resolution, the handset will arrive on shelves with touch support, as well as with the popular QWERTY keyboard that other Bold handsets include. 

As for the Curve 9380 smartphone, is should land on shelves with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display that boasts the same resolution as the Bold 9790. The smartphone will offer support for BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone applications. 

“New BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones are getting ready to launch, and to assist our developer community in preparing for this, we are posting device information, simulators, and opening up the BlackBerry App World storefront for submissions,” RIM notes in a blog post. 

The first handsets based on the BlackBerry 7 OS platform were launched only recently, and they already started to arrive on the market. RIM also launched the BlackBerry 7 SDK for offering developers the possibility to come up with software for the new devices. 

“To enable developers to start testing and optimizing their BlackBerry applications for two upcoming smartphones, we are now releasing a beta of the new BlackBerry simulators,” the mobile phone maker notes. 

“In addition, we have opened up BlackBerry App World to enable vendors to start posting their applications for sale in time to be included for consideration in launch activities for both of these upcoming devices.”

More information on the matter can be found in the BlackBerry Developer Zone.

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