Blackberry Bold Officially Announced

RIM has announced its new high-end Blackberry Bold smartphone. The Bold is equipped with triband HSDPA, WiFi and an LCD with a resolution of 480 by 320 pixels.

In the rumor circuit, the Bold was previously known as the Blackberry 9000, but now RIM has finally made its new high-end smartphone official. announced. According to Mike Lazaridis, CEO of the company, the Bold is rather a platform than a single device. For example, just as with the evolution of the Blackberry 8700 to the Curve, Pearl and the 8800, the features of the Bold can be found in Blackberrys for different target groups. Like most Blackberrys, a Bold also has a qwerty keyboard.

By integrating the hsdpa modem and other components of the mobile on one chip, the Bold uses energy relatively economically, according to Lazaridis. With the built-in 1500 mAh battery you can talk for five hours, while the standby time is thirteen days. RIM has not disclosed a price or release date.

The Bold has a Marvell 624MHz processor and has a GPS chip that can determine the route in combination with the Blackberry Maps software. Wifi is available in the variants a, b and g, but the latest n variant is still missing. The Bold also has 128MB of internal flash memory, while another 1GB is available for data storage. The latter can be expanded via a micro SD card.

RIM’s high-end smartphone is equipped with the new Blackberry operating system with version number 4.6, which also includes DataViz’ DocumentsToGo integrated. This allows Microsoft Office files to be viewed and edited.