BGR has landed details on two future RIM BlackBerry devices. The first is codenamed Dakota and looks set to slot into the Bold family (based on its styling). The second, codenamed Apollo, appears to be a future Curve device. Both come with NFC, a feature I expect we will see a lot of in 2011.
Rumoured BlackBerry Dakota specifications:
- Operating system: BlackBerry 6.1
- Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS, NFC
- Other connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- Display: 2.8-inch VGA capacitive touchscreen display
- Input: QWERTY keyboard
- Memory: 768MB RAM
- Storage: 4GB onboard
- Camera: 5MP camera with HD video recording and flash
- Connectors: MicroUSB
- Battery:
- Dimensions: 10.5 millimeters think
- Other: 3G mobile hotspot feature, magnetometer, accelerometer, proximity sensor
Rumoured BlackBerry Apollo specifications:
- Processor: 800MHz Tavor MG-1
- Operating system: BlackBerry 6.1
- Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA 7.2Mbps
- Other connectivity: GPS, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, NFC
- Display: HVGA
- Input: QWERTY keyboard
- Memory: 512MB RAM
- Camera: 5MP with flash
- Battery: 1050mAh
- Dimensions: 11 millimeters thick
There is no word on when RIM might announce both of these.