RIM leaks BlackBerry Curve Touch and Bellagio

RIM has leaked screen specs of two new smartphones on its developer blog, the Bellagio 9790 and the Curve Touch 9380

Two new BlackBerry devices have been leaked online and what’s more the source of the breach is none other than RIM’s own BlackBerry developer blog.

There’s no way of knowing just at the moment whether this was deliberate or a complete blunder on the part of the company, to be honest we suspect the latter, but the info is out there now and it could mean we’re about to see an official launch announcement for the BlackBerry Bellagio 9790 and BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380.

So far the only details cover the touchscreen specs but they’re not exactly astounding.

The Curve Touch 9380 will feature a 480x360 pixel 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen with a pixel density of 189 pixels-per-inch (ppi). Meanwhile, the new Bellagio 9790 has a smaller 2.4-inch screen at the same resolution and a higher pixel density of 245ppi.

Although there’s been no mention of it one way or the other, we doubt these are going to be the much-desired QNX-based handsets BlackBerry fans have long been hankering for.

RIM sure could do with a big product to change the company’s fortunes right now, if ever there was a time to launch a QNX smartphone or two, this would be it.

Yet more mid-range handsets aren’t going to improve things for RIM when you’ve got the iPhone 4S, iOS 5, Windows Phone Mango and some forthcoming Nokia Windows Phones to compete with.

Not forgetting, of course, the imminent arrival of Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the Google Nexus Prime and some new devices from Motorola.

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BlackBerry Curve 9380 and Bold 9790 officially unveiled

More details emerge for RIM's two latest BlackBerry handsets, the Curve 9380 and the Bold 9790

We previously reported what appeared to be a screen spec leak of two new RIM BlackBerry handsets on the company’s own developer blog.

This has since turned out to be an official notification for developers on the upcoming phones, but now more information has come to light about the new Curve 9380 and the Bold 9790.

According to BGR’s ‘hands-on’ with both devices the Curve 9380, currently codenamed ‘Orlando’, will be the first fully touchscreen Curve model.

It’ll feature a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen at a resolution of 320x480 pixels and a pixel density of 189 pixels-per-inch (ppi).

Inside it sports an 800MHz processor, 1GB of onboard storage and an NFC chip. There’s also a 5-megapixel camera capable of 720p video capture.

The Bold 9790, also referred to as the ‘Bellagio’, will be more conventional BlackBerry fare with a fixed Qwerty keyboard and a smaller 2.4-inch touchscreen at the same resolution as its Curve cousin, but with a higher pixel density of 245ppi.

Power will be more impressive thanks to a 1.2GHz processor. It’ll feature the same 5-megapixel camera and NFC chip as the Curve but more storage space at 8GB capacity. Other features include GPS and Wi-Fi.

There's still no word on prices or availability from RIM but we’re expecting an official announcement any day now. It seems highly likely these BlackBerry handsets will launch within the next month or so.

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