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We’ve seen lots and lots of pictures of the “rumored” BlackBerry 9000 but RIM has finally announced it, here’s the specs:

• HSDPA and EV-DO versions
• 480 x 320 display
• 624-MHz Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor.
• 1GB internal flash memory
• 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (with A2Dp), GPS, MicroSDHC
• 480 x 320 video recording, photo geotagging
• 4.5 x 2.6 x 0.55-inches, 4.7 ounces
• Taller and wider than the Curve.
• Interchangable color back plates.
• Pricing in the $300-$500 range with a carrier.
• Launching on AT&T “this summer.”

Via Engadget

This is the BlackBerry Kickstart, the first ever clamshell phone coming out of RIM. The phone sports a Pearl-like keyboard, trackball navigation, and apparently utilizes both an internal and external LCD screen. No word on specs, carriers, or a release date, but Boy Genius Report says it will be coming out “within the year” so we don’t have long until we see this puppy out.

Via BGR

“In its first full quarter of sales, the iPhone has already climbed past Microsoft’s entire lineup of Windows Mobile smartphones in North America, according to figures compiled by Canalys and published by Symbian. That puts the iPhone ahead of smartphones running Symbian, Linux, and the Palm OS, but behind the first place RIM BlackBerry. The figures mesh with retail sales data already reported by NPD, which similarly described the size of the US market with a 27% chunk bit out by Apple’s iPhone.”

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