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The BlackBerry 9780 is getting even more screen time today, this go-around it’s on video with the new Webkit browser in OS 6. The browser, complete with support for tabs, runs just fine. It’s cool to see that everything navigates just fine on a non-touch interface, seeing as how most of the OS 6 videos that have cropped up were on the BlackBerry 9800, which is suspected to be launching on AT&T next week. The camera UI is finally working, but we’re still not sure if it’s 5 megapixels just yet. Though it would make sense to keep pace with the other new devices, there’s no branding by the camera giving us a megapixel count, and the video doesn’t explore the size of images captured.
Much like the BlackBerry 9650, it seems like the biggest change here will be the upgraded memory (512 MB). The hardware is otherwise identical to the Bold 9700, which implies RIM’s just making this phone so it can get more OS 6 out there, and possibly that we won’t see it land on older devices any time soon. Hopefully AT&T and RIM will clear up that particular tidbit in New York next Tuesday.
[via Driphter]
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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.
