RIM announced their latest and greatest, the BlackBerry Bold 9700. Touted as an upgrade to the much revered Bold, the new phone features a sleek new design, optical trackpad, OS 5.0, improved battery life, and a smaller footprint. Check out the specs:
- Quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity
- 2100/1900/850/800 MHz or 2100/1700/900 UMTS/HSDPA connectivity
- 2.44 inch light-sensing display with 480 x 360 pixels
- Highly tactile QWERTY keyboard
- Wi-Fi with UMA (where available)
- GPS with Telenav maps
- Bluetooth 2.1
- 3.5mm headset jack
- Access to BlackBerry App World
- 3.2 MP autofocus camera with variable zoom, flash and video recording
- 624MHz processor
- 256 MB of Flash memory
- 2GB memory card in the box
- 4.29 x 2.36 x 0.56 inches (109 x 60 x 14.1 mm)
- 4.3 oz (122 grams)
- 1500 mAh battery
The Bold 9700 will be available from AT&T ($199.99 after contract), T-Mobile, and Rogers sometime in November.
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So what do you do when a major phone carrier (T-Mobile) e-mails you a photo of a highly anticipated, yet unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9700 before any embargo is signed? Why, you immediately post it for everyone to see, of course; and that’s exactly what Al Sacco from CIO did.
Besides the previous unsubstantiated specs that have been going around the net, here are further details straight from the horse’s mouth:
“The BlackBerry ‘Onyx’ sports a premium experience and design with a high-gloss black finish and leather grain detail on the back. Boasting features such as high-speed 3G Web browsing, Wi-Fi calling, visual voicemail and support for corporate and personal e-mail options, the ‘Onyx’ will satisfy all your on-the-go needs. Also the phone comes preloaded with mobile applications from BlackBerry App World, including Amazon MP3 store for quick and easy music downloads and TeleNav GPS Navigator for turn-by-turn directions.”
Sleek, sexy lines, beveled screen, 3G support, UMA, optical trackpad, and the same original Bold keypad? Well, dangit, T-Mobile just became that much more attractive…
[via BGR]
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The folks over at BGR seemingly uncovered the specs for RIM’s next BlackBerry, the 9700. Up to this point, no one knew it even existed so take it as you will. Ready to get your head blown off by the astounding specs of the new super, bionic BlackBerry? Here goes:
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- UMTS/HSDPA
- 480×360 resolution display
- Wi-Fi a,b,g
- OS 5.0
- QWERTY keyboard
- 3.2 megapixel AF camera
- Bluetooth
Yeah, I know, not exactly mind-blowing but the excitement is in the details, which will be uncovered. Soon. Hopefully.
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