List of BlackBerry products


The following is a partial list of BlackBerry products. BlackBerry is a line of wireless handheld devices first introduced in 1996 and manufactured by the Canadian company BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion.

Early pager models

These two-way pager models had thumb keyboards, with a thumbwheel for scrolling its monochrome text display.
The first model, the Inter@ctive Pager, was announced on September 18, 1996. Within a year, Yankee Group was estimating that devices like the Inter@ctive Pager were in use by fewer than 400,000 people and expected two-way wireless messaging services to attract 51 million users by 2002.
They provided e-mail and WAP services, with limited HTML access provided via third party software such as WolfeTech PocketGenie or GoAmerica browser.
They were built for use with two 1G data-only packet switched networks: Mobitex and DataTAC. They did not support Java without the use of a Java Virtual Machine add-on.
FamilyModelRelease datePhotoScreenNetworkNotes
85x8501999-01-19132 × 65 pixelsDataTAC
85x8572000-09-30160 × 160 pixelsDataTAC
95x9001996-09-17132 × 65 pixelsMobitex
95x9501998-08-17132 × 65 pixelsMobitex4MB of flash memory, was also sold with modified software as the AOL Mobile Communicator.
95x9572000-09-30160 × 160 pixelsMobitexAlso known as the "Proton"
95x9621998-08-25132 × 65 pixelsMobitex2MB version of the Model 950

Monochrome Java-based models (5000 and 6000 series)

Most of these models were the first BlackBerry models that had a built-in mobile phone, were the first models that natively ran Java, and transmitted data over the normal 2G cellular network. RIM began to advertise these devices as email-capable mobile phones rather than as two-way pagers. At this time, the primary market was still businesses rather than consumers.
The 5810 was released on March 4, 2002. An aberration in this list, the 5790, was released at a much later date as a niche model in 2004 after many color BlackBerry models were out. This non-phone BlackBerry was made available due to the demand for a Java-based model that could run on the Mobitex data-only network. The 5810/5820 shared the same physical casing and keyboard layout as the earlier 957 device.
The 6000 series was launched in 2003 with 6210 entering the influential Time All Time 100 Gadgets list.
FamilyModelRelease datePhotoScreenNetworkNotes
Specialty57902004-10-25large 160×160 pixel monochrome900 MHz Mobitexe-mail services only
Early Java-based58102002-03-03large monochrome screen 160×160 pixel1900 MHz GSM/GPRSphone but headset required
Early Java-based58202002-03-03large monochrome screen 160×160 pixel900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRSphone but headset required
"Quark"62102003-03-11medium 160×100 pixel monochrome900/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
"Quark"62202003-03-11medium 160×100 pixel monochrome900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
"Quark"62302003-06-02medium 160×100 pixel monochrome900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
"Quark"62802004-02-25medium 160×100 pixel monochrome850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
65XX65102002-12-2medium monochromeiDENintegrated phone, integrated two-way radio
67XX67102002-10-15large monochrome 160×160 pixel900/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
67XX67202002-10-15large monochrome 160×160 pixel900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
67XX67502002-12-4large monochrome 160×160 pixel800/1900 MHz CDMA2000 1xRTTintegrated phone

First color models (7000 series)

In 2003, the monochrome models were revised to include a color screen, while retaining the same form factor and casing. Early color models, such as the 7230, typically used a dim electroluminescent backlight, leading to an initial reputation of poor image quality. Later color models, such as the 7290, typically used a LED backlight, yielding much better screen quality. The color LCD screens used in these series were either reflective or transflective, so these screens yielded better image quality in direct sunlight even with the backlight turned off.
Nearly all models in this list were 16 MB models with no Bluetooth. The only model with 32 MB and Bluetooth is the 7290, which was the last model released in the early BlackBerry form factor, and was the first BlackBerry model with Bluetooth. The 7290 was also the first quad-band BlackBerry.
An aberration in this list is the 7270, the first Wi-Fi BlackBerry, released later. It is built into the old form factor in the same vein as the 7200 series.
FamilyModelRelease datePhotoScreenNetworkNotes
72XX72102003-08-12medium 240×160 pixel colour900/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
72XX7220medium 240×160 pixel colour900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
72XX72302003-06-01medium 240×160 pixel colour900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
72XX72502005-02-06medium 240×160 pixel colour800/1900 MHz CDMA2000 1x integrated phone, Bluetooth
72XX72702005-02-06medium 240×160 pixel colourcorporate WLAN 802.11b networks for data and VOIP
72XX72802003-12-10medium 240×160 pixel colour850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
72XX72902004-09-27medium 240×160 pixel colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone with Bluetooth
75XX75102004-01-05medium 240×160 pixel colouriDENintegrated phone with speakerphone, integrated two-way radio
75XX75202004-12-05medium 240×160 pixel colouriDENintegrated phone with speakerphone, integrated two-way radio, GPS and Bluetooth
77XX77302003-11-25large 240×240 pixel colour900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone
77XX77502004-03-21large 240×240 pixel colour800/1900 MHz CDMA2000 1xintegrated phone
77XX77802004-05-31large 240×240 pixel colour850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSintegrated phone

First SureType models (7100 series)

RIM expanded the market by introducing the first BlackBerry models without a discrete QWERTY keyboard, in the candybar form factor. They developed a predictive text technology called SureType with a QWERTY-like layout, using two keys per button. By using only two letters per button, rather than three letters per button as in T9 using ten-digit keypads, predictive text accuracy could be improved dramatically. The use of a QWERTY-like layout took advantage of people's memory of the computer keyboard, since each button was roughly relative to each key. At the same time, the size of the BlackBerry could be dramatically reduced, as keyboards only needed to be 5-buttons wide rather than 10-buttons wide. These BlackBerries became more popular with the mass market as they became similarly sized to competing consumer-market cellphones.
These models were among the first BlackBerry models to be aggressively marketed to consumers, rather than to businesses. RIM continued to manufacture QWERTY models, to give the market a choice between the traditional QWERTY thumb keyboard, and the compressed SureType keyboard.
FamilyModelRelease datePhotoScreenNetworkNotesCarriers
"Charm"7100t2004-09-11large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothAirtel, Vodafone, T-Mobile
"Charm"7105t2005-10-12large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothAirtel, Vodafone, T-Mobile
"Charm"7100r2004-11-15large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothAirtel, Vodafone, T-Mobile
"Charm"7100v2004-09-15large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothAirtel, Vodafone, T-Mobile
"Charm"7100g2005-01-30large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothAirtel, Vodafone, T-Mobile
"Charm"7100x2005-01-11large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRSwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothO2, O2
"Charm"7100i2005-10-13large 240×260 colouriDENwith integrated phone with speakerphone, Bluetooth, Push-to-talk, GPS, 64MBNextel and Telus and SouthernLINC
71307130e2005-11-20large 240×260 colour800/1900 MHz CDMA2000 1× and EV-DOwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothVerizon Wireless, Sprint, Telus, Alltel, and Bell Mobility
71307130c2006-06-11large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGEwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothAT&T
71307130g2006-06-01large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGEwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothO2, O2, Airtel
71307130v2006-06-18large 240×260 colour850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGEwith integrated phone with speakerphone, BluetoothVodafone