Top 5 BlackBerry Smartphones of All Time

In 25 years, Research In Motion (RIM), based out of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has gained a net income of 1.892 billion US$ and become one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers with over 12,000 employed by the company as of 2009. In the 10 years RIM has manufactured the BlackBerry, over 50 million handsets have been sold world-wide. In this article we’ll take a look at the 5 best Smartphones RIM has put out recently, in chronological order.

BlackBerry 8820 -Released 09/19/2007. The 8820 was the first BlackBerry to offer integrated Wi-Fi. This small but essential addition took the BlackBerry beyond just a device for e-mail and phone calls.

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 – Released 11/23/2007. This version of the BlackBerry added built-in EV-DO, GPS and video-recording capabilities. It also made improvements on the Web browser and streaming media.

BlackBerry Curve 8330 - Released 05/09/2008. While the Curve lacked Wi-Fi, it did integrate GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and EV-DO. The Curve 8330 was a great messaging device with the bonus of EV-DO.

BlackBerry Bold 9000 – Released 11/04/2008. Not only did the Bold look pretty, it had brains and muscle to boot. The screen was super sharp and offered great multimedia performance. It also brought HSDPA support, more productivity tools and an updated OS.

BlackBerry Tour 9630 – Released 07/12/2009. When the Tour was released, it was billed as the ultimate world phone. Along with that, the phone offered Bluetooth, GPS, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, high-resolution display and full QWERTY keyboard. With support for BlackBerry App World, the Tour proved to be more than just a one trick pony.