The New Blackberry Onyx II 9780, New Generation form Onyx 9700

                         
             

          BlackBerry Onyx II 9780 has been revealed to be using the new BlackBerry OS 6, which is supposed to be geared towards multimedia playback more than anything. BlackBerry Onyx 9780 has just been leaked in a close up image that reveals how the new smart phone looks like.

                                                       

                              

           Keeping in tune with the original BlackBerry form factor, the device has a 2.44 inch TFT display on top and a physical QWERTY keyboard on portrait orientation below. The slight curves and 4 row lay-out will prove to be familiar and reassuring for many existing BlackBerry users.

          The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is made of black plastic with a textured back, seems cute, sturdy, and well-balanced at 4.3 by 2.4 by .6 inches (HWD) and 4.2 ounces, . The screen resolution of 360 by 480 doesn't sound that high, but it's very sharp on a tiny 2.4-inch panel. E-mail fonts, especially, look gorgeous. The 9780's sculpted keypad is easy to type on, though it isn't as great as the earlier BlackBerry Curve keyboard. Since the phone doesn't have a touch screen, you navigate with a trackpad; the trackpad starts out a little twitchy, but you can change its sensitivity in settings.

          The 9780 features Wi-Fi calling, and the implementation on T-Mobile's BlackBerries is higher quality, but less flexible than on Android phones. I've found calls made over Wi-Fi on BlackBerries to be clearer than calls on Android phones, and BlackBerries can roam between Wi-Fi and cellular without dropping a call, which Android devices can't do. But I couldn't figure out how to manually switch over to Wi-Fi mode if there was also a cellular connection available; the phone's automatic switching was unpredictable.

            Messaging is a strength here, of course, but there's one big caveat. BlackBerry phones merge several e-mail accounts, Twitter and Facebook into a single inbox and contact list, along with combining Google and Facebook calendars. But if you're a Microsoft Exchange e-mail user, you can't get over-the-air contact and calendar syncing unless your company's IT department installs a BlackBerry server. You also can't combine a locally synced Exchange calendar with an over-the-air Google calendar. This means consumer Exchange support is inferior to almost all Android and Apple phones, and that's something to watch out for.

Full Phone Specifications
Network
2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Available released 2010, November

Size
Dimensions 109 x 60 x 14 mm
Weight 122 g

Display
TFT, 65K colors
480 x 360 pixels, 2.44 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Touch-sensitive optical trackpad

Memory
Practically unlimited phonebook entries and fields, Photocall
Call records
256 MB Internal storage, 512 MB RAM
MicroSD card slot up to 32GB (2GB card included)

Data
GPRS
EDGE
3G HSDPA
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
MicroUSB v2.0

Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Video

Sound
Alert types, Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker
3.5mm jack audio

Features
BlackBerry OS 6.0
CPU 624 MHz processor
Messaging (SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM)
HTML Browser
Games + downloadable
GPS with A-GPS support
Java MIDP 2.0
- BlackBerry maps
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
- Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 528 h (2G) / Up to 408 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)

Available colors : Black, White