Word on TheStreet.com is that the BlackBerry Niagara 9630 could ship on Verizon in May.
There has been recent speculation regarding the timing of the Niagara’s arrival at Verizon. This is of no small concern for Wall Street observers who see the arrival as a potential last-minute enhancement to RIM’s May quarter performance.
The timing of a May release of the BlackBerry Niagara couldn’t be better for Verizon. The BlackBerry Storm has been the number one smartphone selling on the nation’s most reliable network, however, sales are starting to taper off and it has been over a year since Verizon introduced its last full QWERTY keyboarded BlackBerry, the Curve 8330.
The BlackBerry Niagara will be viewed as an upgrade to the the Curve, which has not only been the best selling BlackBerry, but the best selling smartphone in the US since the month after the iPhone 3G came out last year. If the Niagara isn’t delayed and actually comes out in May, it could be a big way to close the quarter for both Verizon and Research in Motion.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
The first pictures of the the CDMA BlackBerry Niagara 9630 have hit the web courtesy of CrackBerry.com. It looks to be just slightly larger than the BlackBerry Curve 8900 but considerably smaller than the BlackBerry Bold. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these.
by Robb Dunewood on October 6, 2008 · 1 comment
We’ve got two pieces of news, one maybe you’ve heard before and one that you may have not about upcoming CDMA BlackBerrys coming out next year.
The first is the BlackBerry Niagara. As previously thought, the BlackBerry Niagara appears to be the CDMA variant of the BlackBerry Bold. The BlackBerry Niagara will support EVDO Rev A, Wi-Fi, a 3.2 MP digital camera, and should ship early in 2009.
I bet RIM wishes they could have gotten this device out this year with all the missed released dates of the BlackBerry Bold, however, that is for another post.
The second device is the BlackBerry Apex. It appears that this is the CDMA version of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip.
[Via BlackBerry News]
Just yesterday we wrote a post about the 3G-less BlackBerry 9000 code named the BlackBerry Niagara. At least we thought it was code named the BlackBerry Niagara. The non 3G bearing BlackBerry 9000 is actually code named the BlackBerry Javelin and, believe it or not, the BlackBerry Niagara is a EV-DO variant of the device.
Rumor has it that the EV-DO bearing BlackBerry Niagara is supposed to debut sometime in May of 2009. BGR, nor do we, feel that a May 2009 release date sounds quite right. That being said we didn’t think that it would take a year when we asked how long would it take for Verizon to come out with the BlackBerry Curve.
That particular post was written May 6th, 2007. 365 days and 1219 comments later it is still going strong.
BGR has what looks like marketing slick mockups for RIM is calling the BlackBerry Niagara. It appears to be a BlackBerry 9000 like device less the 3G.
It looks pretty similar but there are also a few changes to the design like a larger bezel around the front, and a whole different back case.
I don’t doubt that the BlackBerry Niagara will have more horsepower than the BlackBerry Curve, however, I like the spaced out keys on the Curve much better and it feels like RIM has taken a step backwards with the design of the keyboard in my opinion.
