RIM today announced two new smartphones based on the BlackBerry 7 operating system – the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380. The Bold 9790 comes with 2.44-inch touchscreen (360 x 480), 1GHz processor, QWETRY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera, 8GB onboard memory, WiFi, Bluetooth and microSD card slot. On the other hand Curve 9380 is all touchscreen phone with no QWERTY keyboard. RIM hasn’t given out much detail about Curve 9380, except that it features a 3.2-inch high resolution touchscreen (high-res with just 480 x 360 pixels) and 5-megapixel camera.

"We are very excited to expand the BlackBerry 7 portfolio with the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380," said Carlo Chiarello, Senior Vice President, Handheld Product Management at Research In Motion. "BlackBerry smartphones offer a uniquely refined mobile communications experience that people love and we think many customers will be thrilled by the faster performance, beautiful touch displays and compact designs available with these new BlackBerry 7 based models."

The BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphones will begin to be available from various carriers around the world over the coming weeks.