Gemini BlackBerry XL, High Prices
Recently, the issue would be cheaper BlackBerry version is still a warm conversation among BlackBerry lovers.
Even today, PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) as one of the official service partner Research In Motion, has been positively determine the official price of smart phone prices from Canada’s latest.
XL will be one of the first operators staying this cheap BlackBerry to Indonesia, which is approximately in September. For the price issue, intended Gemini XL with price ranges from USD 3 – USD 4 million four per unit.
“This is exactly cheap, considering the BlackBerry device is a luxury product,” said Manager Internet & Data Services XL, Dolly Surya Wisaka, through XL Network Test Drive Lampung – Madura, Jakarta, and Friday, August 7, 2009.
Dolly also ensures that these prices will not cripple the market price, either through parallel importers, unofficial channels, which are outside the operator that the BlackBerry service partners.
BlackBerry Gemini or officially named the BlackBerry Curve 8520, has a look similar to the Javelin, with body size (109 x 60 x 106 mm) black. However, Gemini does not have a trackball and replace it with an optical sensitive trackpad on the touch of a finger, and some special keys for the media.
The phone is equipped with a hardness processor 512 MHz, 256 MB of memory, and 2 Megapixel camera and video recording capability and a comprehensive media player.
Video player supports MPEG4, H263, H264, and WMV3. While the audio player supports AAC-LC, AAC +, eAAC +, AMR-NB, WMA9 (.wma / .asf), WMA9 PRO / WMA 10, AAC-LC). Not only that, this phone also provides easy access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS), as well as social networks like MySpace and Facebook.
He operates in a network EDGE / GPRS / GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and supports WiFi and Bluetooth connections. He also provides a memory slot microSD / SDHC up to 32 GB. RIM claims this phone has talk time up to 4.5 hours, and standby time up to 17 days.
Furthermore Dolly said, Indonesia will become the second country to be able to enjoy the BlackBerry Gemini after Canada and the United States. Gemini own BlackBerry was first launched by the operator Roger and T-Mobile