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Target the BlackBerry® smartphones that suit your application. More than 96% of BlackBerry smartphones can be reached with BlackBerry® Device Software v4.5 or higher. The data below has been updated to contain data as of November 2011 and the information on this page is updated quarterly.
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 9350/9360/9370
- BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810
- BlackBerry® Torch™ 9850/9860
New features for this OS
- Updated rich UI
- BlackBerry® Browser enhancements
- Near Field Communications
- Enterprise Support
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800
- BlackBerry® Style™ 9670
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780
New features for this OS
- Updated rich UI
- BlackBerry® Browser enhancements
- Device integration
- Enhanced location services
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000
- BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630
- BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9550
- BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9520
- BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530
- BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8530
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 9300
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 9330
New features for this OS
- Improved UI customization
- Networking API
- Hotspot API
- Push API
- JSR 234 (AMMS)
- Media key events
- Reverse geocoding
- Biometric API
- User Auth API
- Attachment API
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530
- BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500
New features for this OS
- Touch screen input and keyboard
- Orientation APIs
- Accelerometer
- Invoke the video recorder
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i
- BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8230
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000
- BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220
New features for this OS
- JSR-226 (SVG)
- Décor APIs
- Multi-PIM support
- SMS & MMS listeners
Supported smartphones
- BlackBerry® 8800 Series
- BlackBerry® 8700 Series
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 Series
- BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 Series
New features for this OS
- Map Field
- Spell Check API
- HTML email
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