BlackBerry Curve 9380 / Orlando NFC

BlackBerry Curve 9380

No exact date and no country names in RIM’s press release.
Expect it end of November / December 2011.
Now, december, in many countries available.

What I found in reviews;
- slim, light and powerful
- solid build
- NFC
- functional and future-proof
- no front camera
- no physical QWERTY keyboard
- more for media than for productivity
- not cheap

update jan.10; Certified for VISA PayWave

BlackBerry Tag demo, NFC sharing app., expected with O.S. update 7.1.

update jan.1; BlackBerry 7.1 O.S. for some customers available (ota update).
Share content between BlackBerry devices; by tapping two NFC Phones together,
“you’ll be able to transfer ringtones, voice notes, contacts, images, videos, calendar items,
documents, spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs and browser links”.
Developers can add other data types to the list of supported content!
Like Android Beam, you can share almost anything.

source intomobile.com

RIM published a specifications sheet;

Specifications;

Size
(L x W x D)  109mm x 60mm x 11.2mm

Display
3.2” HVGA+ touch screen  480 X 360 pixel resolution at 188ppi

Software   BlackBerry 7 OS

Battery Life
+GSM Talk Time: up to 5.5 hours
+GSM Standby Time: up to 15 days
+UMTS Talk Time: up to 5.8 hours
+UMTS Standby Time: up to 15 days
+Audio Playback: up to 30 hours
+Video Playback: up to 5.5 hours

Memory
512 MB on-board memory,
expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card

NFC
Operating Modes: reader/writer,  card emulation

Augmented   Reality
Powered by Accelerometer  and Magnetometer

Camera
5MP camera with flash, image stabilization, 4x digital zoom, scene modes,
VGA video recording (640 X 480)

GPS
Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Wi-Fi
2.4 GHz – 802.11 b/g/n enabled

Network
+Quad-Band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GSM/GPRS networks
+Tri-Band UMTS networks :
Variant A: (800/850)/1900/2100 MHz
UMTS networks
Variant B: 900/1700/2100 MHz
UMTS networks

Source sheet (pdf) from RIM