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The BlackBerry Curve 8910 is a device we’ve heard relatively little about, but it’s gone official in China. There’s a bit of weirdness going on here, though – as you can see, this version has a trackball, as does another 8910 we saw in Venezuela. However, we’ve also seen two new Curves with trackpads that were also supposedly the 8910. What gives? Do we have two different phones altogether?
Looking at RIM China’s BlackBerry 8910 page, the specs look more or less the same as the original Curve 8900: 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, 480 x 360 display, OS 5, and GPS. No 3G, and unlike the original, no Wi-Fi. There’s a weird little marking on the left side next to the convenience key, which might offer some kind of new function, but I have a feeling this model is little more than a gimped 8900 with no Wi-Fi to appease Chinese government regulations. The 8910 was supposed to use a new Evolved-EDGE standard, which squeezes even more out of 2G, but it’s nowhere to be seen in the spec sheet. We’ll have to see more of that mysterious trackpadded Curve on the chance that it got the new feature instead.
[via BerryTimes]
Video of the unboxing after the jump!
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
