More BlackBerry 9000 Details Leaked

The BlackBerry 9000 device (not series) has been confirmed with screen size of 480 x 320, although the physical dimensions are unknown at this time. Think of this device as the elder sibling to the BlackBerry 8320. Like it's small-screen counterpart, it will operate with a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1,800 MHz, and 1,900 MHz) and will feature 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi capabilities. This will be a full qwerty device, as well.

The BlackBerry 9000 will feature the same general OS platform, although it will launch with version 4.3.2. Coincidentally, OS 4.3.2 will potentially be in the future road maps for all 8000 series devices, sans the 8700 family (although that may change).

To recap, Research In Motion will soon launch the BlackBerry 9000 handheld, which will feature a larger screen, a new OS update, most likely a new full QWERTY keyboard layout (which may or may not be a touch screen keyboard), but without HSDPA or UMTS capabilities.