IndiaSphere

Here’s the rundown:

• Has 802.11a/b/g plus good GPS, typically a tradeoff with BBs

• GPS is enhanced and assisted, and the handset has better map rendering, says Laptop

• 480 × 320 resolution screen with 65,000 colors—Crave says “never seen a better-looking display”

• 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor (reports differ), up from 312MHz

• Runs BlackBerry OS 4.6

• Keyboard has 8800-style “sculpted keys,” says PC Mag, “but the rows are separated by curved barriers”

• 4.5” tall x 2.6” wide x 0.5” deep, weighing 4.7oz

• Side-loading MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 16GB additional

• 2MP camera with flash

• Talk time of 5 hours, with standby of 13 days

• MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4 and WMV3 codec support

• 3.5mm headphone jack

• “Pretty powerful speakers—none of that weak, tinny junk,” says Crave

• 128MB of flash plus 1GB of onboard memory (with encryption)

• Black leather back panel that can be swapped for other color leather plates

• Pricing will be $300 to $500 says BGR, a pretty wide (and obvious) range; Crave narrows it to “$300 to $400”