Three new versions of BlackBerry

Waterloo, Ontario: Research In Motion is releasing three new versions of its BlackBerry smartphone simultaneously in the first overhaul of the handsets in a year as the company tries to regain ground against Apple.

RIM is introducing the first touch-screen version of its Bold model, plus an updated Torch slider phone and a new touch-screen-only BlackBerry, all based on RIM’s new BlackBerry 7.0 platform.