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BlackBerry 9670 Style Landing on Telus and Bell First Week of November?

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 2:33 PM
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On top of rumours of getting a refreshed BlackBerry Bold, both Bell and Telus may be getting the clamshell known as the BlackBerry 9670 Style in the first week of November. That’s not too far behind the rumoured launch of the BlackBerry 9780, and combined, the two should do a good job of keeping the BlackBerry Torch company. This rumour isn’t backed up with any documents, so take that November date with a grain of salt.

We’ve seen quite a bit of this smartphone so far, and have gathered that it will run BlackBerry 6, have a 5 megapixel camera, 4 GB of on-board storage, 512 MB of application memory, have an HVGA display paired up with an external notification display, Wi-Fi b/g/n, 3G on EV-DO and GPS. It’ll be especially interesting to see on Bell and Telus, because it feels like their CDMA network has been gathering dust while they’ve been playing catch-up with HSPA devices. Besides, if Sprint is getting it anyway, and Bell and Telus have a supporting network, they might as well take advantage of a phone that Rogers can’t get.

As for the device itself, a lot of people think it’s just a big ol’ uggo, but I’m not overly bothered by the form factor. It’s a unique departure for RIM (which I can’t help but applaud, considering how similar the rest of the company’s handsets look), and that external display can be really helpful for at-a-glance information.

What do you think Canada, is this something you’d pick up?

[via MobileSyrup]

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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.

  • Curtis

    Thanks for the info – been waiting to hear this. I’ll be getting one!

  • Gary Gee

    I really don’t know why the styling of this phone is getting such negative press. It’s nice to see something different besides all the touchscreen bricks du jour.

  • Kennedy

    Nice looking phone and would consider buying it if the torch wasn’t coming out next week!

  • Jan

    I really want one of these phones. Will it only ever be with Bell or Telus? November will be here soon, so I’ll keep an eye on this.

  • Curiousboi85

    was actually holding a non functional store demo the other day it looked pretty damn hot although no pricing has yet to be release its expected out within the next week to week and a half