RIM has put up a post for developers with notes on screen resolution sizes for two upcoming BlackBerry 7 devices. Those devices happen to be the Curve 9380 ‘Orlando/Malibu’ and the Bold 9790 ‘Bellagio’.
One new BlackBerry smartphone will feature a 360 x 480 all touch interface. Application developers will likely find that their BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone builds will run on this new BlackBerry smartphone without change.
| BlackBerry Smartphone Model | Display Screen size | Aspect Ratio | Pixels Per Inch | Dot Pitch (mm) |
| 9380 | Portrait view: 480 x 360 pixels Landscape view: 360 x 480 pixels 3.2 inches |
4:3 landscape view | 189 | 0.13425 |
The second upcoming BlackBerry smartphone will feature a 480 x 360 touch + keyboard interface. Application developers will either need to add touch support to their existing BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone apps, or modify their BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone builds to account for landscape being in a vertical orientation.
| BlackBerry Smartphone Model | Display Screen size | Aspect Ratio | Pixels Per Inch | Dot Pitch (mm) |
| 9790 | Portrait view: 480 x 360 pixels Landscape view: 360 x 480 pixels 2.44 inches |
4:3 landscape view | 245 | 0.1035 |
RIM has also released the simulators for the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380, which can be downloaded here. What do you think of these BlackBerry devices with lower specs than the recently released BlackBerry 7 devices? Will these new devices be for emerging markets?
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Tags: Bellagio, Bold 9790, Curve 9380, Curve Touch, Malibu, Orlando
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