Blackberry Bold 9000, which is the latest and most powerful that RIM makes to tackle the next generation, 3G iPhone. The Blackberry Bold 9000 will be equipped with various high speed data connectivities that will actually squeeze the 3G iPhone to one corner.
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 will feature tri-band HSDPA, quad-band EDGE, stereo Bluetooth, WiFi A,B and N and also autonomous GPS. Some claim the Blackberry Bold 9000 looks a bit iPhone-esque, especially with its glassy display, generally flat profile and rounded corners.
The Blackberry Bold is similar to its predecessors, which carries the QWERTY keyboards, and it’s shaped like more or less the same to the earlier models such as the Curve. The Bold gives little customization for its back, which it’s removable covered in black leatherette. And you’ll be able to change it later by buying replacement backs, which will be available in different colors, such as blue, brown, green, gray and red.
The BlackBerry 9000 Bold has some improvements for its QWERTY, which it’s claimed to be inspired by guitar with thin metal strips between each row. And the keys are sculpted to help users avoid fingertip slippage.
The Bold boasts a 2 Megapixel camera which is capable of up to 5x digital zoom. And the most worth-mentioned part is the CPU used within this phone, which is the 624-MHz StrongARM processor with full MMX that is claimed to be the most powerful CPU used on a handheld device to date. With this extra power CPU, it allows the BlackBerry Bold to handle full-motion video on the 480×320, 65k-plus-color display, which has double the resolution that the Curve has.
Watching video on the Bold will be smoother than the iPhone and giving you the feeling that the displayed images are in higher resolutions. As the Bold has a smaller screen size but is capable of displaying the same number of pixels as what the iPhone does. The only capability that the Bold lacks is the touchscreen.
Other worth mentioned goodies within the Bold are the 1GB on-board secure memory (on top of the 128MB flash) and also it comes with microSD slot which you can transfer audio and video clips onto it. The pricing of the BlackBerry Bold will be determined by the carriers. In the US, AT&T will be the one having highest chance to carry the Bold, as it’s got largest HSDPA coverage. T-mobile will be kind of unlikely, as it’s just started its 3G roll out. Anyway, RIM expects the Bold to ship worldwide this summer.
General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 Announced Status Available Size Dimensions 97 x 46 x 13.7 mm Weight 90 g Display Type TFT, 256K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inches Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3 Custo..
