Malibu - BlackBerry Curve Touchscreen

Research In Motion ready to incorporate touch screen technology into their BlackBerry Curve series. Research In Motion is rumored to be bring the BlackBerry Curve touchscreen. According to rumors, the Curve touchscreen will have concept like Strom, where the qwerty keyboard will be removed to maximize the touch screen technology. The issue, Curve series will have the name of Malibu.

Released via Engadget on Saturday (29/01/2011), BlackBerry Malibu will come with a 800 MHz Qualcomm processor. Moreover, the size of the screen will present the 3.25 inch concept of HVGA quality. BlackBerry camera resolution is rumored to be carrying the 5 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities in high definition quality. BlackBerry presents 1GB internal memory with 512 megabits of RAM.

Reportedly BlackBerry Curve - Malibu will present in mid-2011. However, there has been no official confirmation about the presence Curve touch. This fact would contradict the Research In Motion statement some time ago, where they are still comfortable to bring the BlackBerry with physical qwerty concept. Moreover, they claim that QWERTY is still going to dominate rather than the touch screen.

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Topaz and Opal - Hewlett Packard Tablets

SAN FRANCISCO - Since the acquisition of Palm a year ago, Hewlett Packard (HP) will use WebOS platform for computer products, tablets, and smartphones. However, until now not yet certain when HP will begin pounding the market with such products.

The latest news, HP has planned a press conference in San Francisco, USA, on 9 February 2011. A number of rumors on the internet predicted that the first Palm tech tablet will likely be introduced during the event.

As quoted by Engadget, referring to two tablets a model designed by HP. One of them has a 9-inch screen called Topaz, while that have smaller screens only 7 inches is called Opal. Topaz in addition to having a wider screen also features a front camera, a micro USB port at the bottom, and 1.2 GHz processor.

There has been no official schedule when the devices will be released to the market. However, the info circulating Opal to be launched with Verizon service in the U.S. in September and next year with AT & T. Meanwhile, Topaz may be present first. However, once again it all still a rumor.

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