Latest BlackBerry Bold, QWERTY and Touch Screen

Waterloo - Coming to the BlackBerry World Conference held in Orlando, Florida, USA, 3-5 May 2011, Research In Motion (RIM) announced a new smartphone models, Bold 9900 and 9930. Both models are identical for different networks. Model 9900 for GSM, while the 9930 for CDMA. It looked like any other Bold series. However, not only using the QWERTY keypad, the BlackBerry is equipped with touch screen.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 is also the first smartphone that will use the operating system "BlackBerry 7". The shape is similar to the Bold series in general, but is thinner because it is only 10.5 mm thick or the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone model so far.

The operating system "BlackBerry 7" provides a new experience to add convenience and user satisfaction. For example, faster browsing, there are additional search feature with sound, can manage personal and corporate content separately, and can arrange a personal application with office applications for the security of sensitive data.

The browser is updated with features Liquid Graphics, which provides faster rendering process, panning and zooming is more delicious, and the compiler JIT (just in time) the latest JavaScript that makes web sites open faster. His browser also supports HTML5, and HTML5 video element.

Performance capability is supported "new processor" with a speed of 1.2 GHz. Connection is also already supporting the 4G network. In addition, both are already equipped with NFC chips (near field communication) system in anticipation of future transactions. Bold 9900 and 9930 also is equipped with magnetometers (compass built in) to support location-based services and augmented reality. The camera can record 720p HD video. Multimedia applications also can play HD video with the same image quality.

Both will be available in some countries in the world in the summer of this year.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Specifications:
• 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130 g • 2.8" capacitive touch screen display – VGA (640 x 480), 287 dpi resolution • Ultra-easy QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad • 1.2 GHz processor, 768 MB RAM • 8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB cards • NFC technology • 5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording • 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 • Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR support • Wireless network support: o 9900: Tri-Band HSPA+, Quad-band GSM/EDGE o 9930: Dual-band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, Dual-band HSPA+, Quad-band GSM/EDGE • 1230 mAh removable, rechargeable battery • BlackBerry 7 OS

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