RIM BlackBerry 7290
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- Posted: 29 Sep 2004
- Market Status: Released
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- US carrier availability: T-Mobile - Discontinued CellularOne / Dobson - Discontinued AT&T - Discontinued
- Links: RIM BlackBerry 7290 manual RIM BlackBerry 7290 Official page
Research In Motion Blackberry 7290 adds several upgrades to the 72xx series devices. The new features are quad-band GSM operation, Bluetooth and more memory.
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RIM BlackBerry 7290 specifications
Pros
No prosCons
- Bulky
- It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.90 inches)
- Low resolution display (240 x 160 pixels)
- Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
- Too little RAM memory (4 MB RAM)
- Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
- Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
- Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
Design
- Device type:
- Smart phone
- OS:
- BlackBerry OS
- Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
- Dimensions:
- 4.50 x 2.90 x 0.90 (113 x 75 x 22 mm)
- Weight:
- 4.90 oz (139 g)
the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
- 4.90 oz (139 g)
Display
- Resolution:
- 240 x 160 pixels
- Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
- Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 65 536
Battery
- Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 4.00 hours
the average is 8 h (497 min)
- 4.00 hours
- Stand-by time:
- 9.0 days (216 hours)
the average is 21 days (496 h)
- 9.0 days (216 hours)
- Capacity:
- 1000 mAh
Hardware
- System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 4 MB RAM / 32 MB ROM
Internet browsing
- Browser:
- Yes
- Supports:
- HTML, WAP
Technology
- GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- GPRS
Phone features
- Phonebook:
- Multiple numbers per contact
- Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Currency converter
- Messaging:
- SMS
- E-mail:
- Yes
Connectivity
- Bluetooth:
- Yes
- USB:
- Yes
- Computer sync
Other features
- Notifications:
- Service lights, Vibration, Speakerphone
- TTY/TDD
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