Brand new BlackBerry Bold 9000 introduced
Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday is introducing its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company’s desire to make tools for both work and play. The Bold, or 9000, has twice the screen resolution of the current Curve model, making for a very sharp display. It matches the resolution, but not the size, of the screen on Apple Inc.’s iPhone, which has emerged as a potent competitor in the “smart phone” category. It also has much more internal memory, a glossy metallic look, and adds corporate-strength Wi-Fi capabilities to third-generation cellular and Bluetooth radios. Otherwise it stays close to the formula of the Curve, with a horizontal screen above a trackball and a keyboard with one letter per key.
Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM didn’t announce a price for the Bold, nor agreements with specific carriers. It said the phone would be available from various carriers this summer. The initial model would support GSM networks, the kind employed by AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA. Later models could work on the Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless networks, according to RIM co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis. Like the Curve and the Pearl, BlackBerry’s consumer-oriented phones, the Bold has a full-size headset jack and a camera that can also capture video. At the same time, it has dual-band Wi-Fi, a feature previously only found on a model aimed at the corporate market. The Bold will also have exchangable back plates in different colors, a first for a BlackBerry. RIM also was set to announce a $150 million fund that will invest in companies creating software for BlackBerrys and other mobile devices.
Source: AP, Cnet
i bet the price will be OVER 9000!!!!!!!!111111
Wow that is very bold.
it’s just a bloody phone ppl need to get their priorities in order dont call someone and chat for an hour go and bloody visit them face to face
thanks for the info… I love blackberry but I currently own iPhone
I used to always get Blackberry’s but to be honest, they are a long way behind Nokia, I’ve got an N82 now instead of going for another Blackberry and I have no regrets
any word on how much it will cost??
From some comments on a gsm site, this phone will be approx priced similar to the N95. So we’re lookin at retail $500+
nokia is the law in mobiles
I am happier with my (much) cheaper HTC Excaliber than ANY Blackberry… and certainly happier than I would be with a (twitch) iPhone.
htc sucks.. and lack ANY graphics acceleration driver sets.
oh, dont believe me ?
www.htcclassaction.org
-thx
ps. this blackberry is gonna own noobs.
Of all the off topic tech news out there, why did the Blackberry story get posted on this site?
i love my crackberry. cant live wo it. will get this new phone the moment is out.
#10 hahah If you think HTC suckss..
Check out the new HTC touch dimond.. Ass kicker of IPhone
you cannot compare blackberry to any other phone, they are primarily used by corporations who have blackberry enterprise servers….
I am plenty happy with my AT&T tilt, I don’t see all the hype of the blackberry…