Research In Motion (RIM) introduce the BlackBerry Bold series,
BlackBerry Bold 9900 and
BlackBerry Bold 9930. News about these two types of Bold smartphone has long been circulating in cyberspace, even rumors have been there at the end of 2010. Both this smartphone has a 10.5 mm thick, making it the thinnest BlackBerry. In addition, RIM is also already using BlackBerry OS 7 for these products.
Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion said. "The new Blackberry Bold and Blackberry OS 7 was inspired by the millions of customers around the world who want a combination of performance, functionality and style. This is a complete smartphone, beautiful design also offers the experience users with super-fast performance, but it's brilliant Touch Screen provides exceptional typing experience. "
The BlackBerry Bold is built on a new platform BlackBerry 7 OS with 1.2 GHz processor, touch screen Liquid Graphics, and support for HSPA + network. BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 has a built-in compass (magnetometer) to support location-based services. This new smartphone, of course, already use the browser BlackBerry 7, RIM promised that perform more faster and stronger.
BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 Features and Specifications
- Size: 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130g
- 2.8″ capacitive touch screen display – VGA (640×480), 287 dpi resolution
- Ultra-easy QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
- CPU: 1.2 GHz Processor
- Memory: 768 MB RAM; 8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB cards
- Camera: 5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording
- Accelerometer/Magnetometer: Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
- Built-in GPS / aGPS
- Dual-Band Wi-Fi – 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and 802.11 a/n at 5 GHz:
- 9900: Tri-BandHSPA+,Quad-BandGSM/EDGE
- 9930: Dual-BandCDMA/EV-DORev.A,Dual-BandHSPA+,Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
- Bluetooth: 2.1+EDR support
- BlackBerry 7 OS
- Battery: 1230 mAh