After numerous leaks, Research in Motion (RIM) finally announced the Blackberry 9500. It will be exclusively sold by Verizon in US, Vodafone in Europe & Telus in Canada. After the final specs were released a notable omission is the lack of Wi-fi in the Storm. That seems to be a big mistake on part of Blackberry to make an iPhone rival Touch Screen Smartphone without Wi-fi functionality. In present times, Wi-fi has become a must in High-end Smartphones & RIM's decision to not pack the 9500 with Wi-fi could hurt it in 9500's sales. Especially when Nokia has started to put Wi-fi in all of it's new N-Series & E-Series phones. In Windows Mobile world, almost all phones have Wi-fi in them. The decision is also confusing as the Blackberry 9000 Bold already has Wi-fi in it.

The Blackberry Storm 9500 will be sold through Vodafone networks and will be free on monthly plans of 35 GBP and up with an 18-month contract.The Blackberry Storm 9530 is the variant of the handset that will be sold in North America through Verizon & Telus. Along with the quad-band GSM and 2100Mhz UMTS support that the 9500 model has, it will also offer CDMA2000 1xEV-DO support. The 9500 Storm will be available for purchase soon.


Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

• 3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
• 3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
• True Haptics
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• 624 Mhz CPU
• 192 MB Ram
• 3G, HSDPA & GPS
• Quad Band GSM
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
• Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
• DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
• Micro SD card slot
• Blackberry Maps
• Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
• BlackBerry OS
• 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm

Samsung today announced the Emporio Armani Phone. The phone is the second collaboration between Samsung & Giorgio Armani after the Armani Phone. The Emorio Armani phone has LED's which glow in the night. The phone is quite thin at just 12 mm & sports a 3.5 mm jack, dedicated music keys, 3.2 mega pixel camera along with music player & FM Radio.

Detailed Specs of Emporio Armani Phone :

• 3.2 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera, no flash
• 2.2 inch QVGA Screen with 320 x 240 resolution
• 3G & HSDPA
• Quad Band GSM
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Dedicated Music Keys
• FM Radio with RDS support
• Video & Audio Player
• Micro SD card slot
• 114.9 x 47.4 x 12 mm dimensions & 91 gm weight

Emporio Armani Phone

HTC Dream's more clear pics have leaked again. For those who don't remember HTC Dream is the first handset to run on Google's Adroid OS and is manufactured by HTC. It will debut on T-Mobile by October 13th, 2008.

Detailed Specs of HTC Dream :

• 528Mhz Qualcomm 7201 processor
• Data kit for USB connectivity & 1GB MicroSD card in the box
• 64MB Internal RAM & 128MB Internal ROM
• 5 Row QWERTY keypad & Trackball
• 3.1MP camera (no flash) 2048 x 1536 with dedicated camera button
• Video playback files - H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4 & a dedicated YouTube Player
• Audio playback files - MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, REAL AUDIO, OGG
• POP, IMAP, and SMTP, AOL, and GMAIL email
• AIM, MSN, YAHOO, and GTALK messaging
• Quad Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900) GSM
  
• 3G & UMTS (1,4), HSDPA, SUPL
• Wi-Fi, GPS with Google Streetview & built-in compass
• 1150 mAh battery
• Screen size is 3.17″ with HVGA (480 x 320) resolution
• Handset 117 x 55 x 16mm & 5.6 oz weight

Recently FCC had approved HTC Dream and we had reported about it. Now a full sketch of the device has been leaked. The HTC Dream can be seen supporting a 5-row Qwerty Keypad with a separate row for number keys. It also has a large touchscreen. One noticeable thing to note is the tilt at the bottom of the device like the Motorola Z8/Z10.

Also based on the sketches a few pics have also leaked which resemble the HTC Dream a lot. The pics are blurry but that is common for spy pics. Also the pics show a jog ball which looks like the Track Ball in Blackberrys. The Dream is slated to be launched by T-Mobile in September this year.

Detailed Specs of HTC Dream :

• 528Mhz Qualcomm 7201 processor
• Data kit for USB connectivity in the box
• 64MB Internal RAM
• 128MB Internal ROM
• 1GB MicroSD card
• 5 Row QWERTY keypad
• Trackball
• Dedicated camera button
• 3.1MP camera (no flash) 2048 x 1536
• Video playback files - H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and Codec 3GP
• Dedicated YouTube Player
• Audio playback files - MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, REAL AUDIO, OGG
• Wallpaper supports JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF
• Speakerphone (mono, natch)
• Ringtones (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
• HTTP, WAP Push, xHTML
• Bluetooth (class 1)
• Picture Caller ID
• SMS and MMS support (Take that Apple!)
• POP, IMAP, and SMTP, AOL, and GMAIL email
• AIM, MSN, YAHOO, and GTALK messaging
• Quad Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900)
• 3G
• 802.11b & 802.11g
• UMTS (1,4), HSDPA, SUPL
• 1150mAh battery
• Screen size is 3.17″ with HVGA (480 x 320)
• Handset 117 x 55 x 16mm
• 5.6 oz weight
• Sync capable with Google Calendar
• Downloadable content via Android Marketplace
• Google Streetview with built-in compass