RIM Launches New BlackBerry Bold Smartphones

Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones.

 

 

 

The high-performance BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature a design that integrates an easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard with a brilliant, high resolution, capacitive touch screen. These smartphones are built on a new, performance-driven platform powered by the BlackBerry 7 operating system.

 

 

 

The new BlackBerry Bold smartphones and BlackBerry 7 OS are inspired by millions of customers around the world who want the ultimate combination of performance, functionality and style”,  said Mike Lazaridis, president and Co-CEO, Research In Motion.  These fully-loaded and beautifully crafted smartphones offer a highly refined user experience with blazingly fast performance, a brilliant touch screen and an outstanding typing experience”.

 

 

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature the premium materials and finishes that characterize the BlackBerry Bold line.

 

 

 

These BlackBerry Bold smartphones are built on a new performance-driven platform featuring a 1.2 GHz processor, Liquid Graphics touch screen, and support for high speed 4G/HSPA+ wide area wireless networks.

 

 

 

The new platform also provides support for 4G networks; the 9900 supports HSPA+ connectivity, and the 9930 supports CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and HSPA+ global roaming on GSM/UMTS networks.

 

 

 

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones include built-in support for Near Field Communications (NFC), a new technology that will enable many rich and exciting experiences. Through NFC, users will be able to, for example, pair the BlackBerry Bold to an accessory or read information such as a web link from smart tags by simply tapping their BlackBerry Bold to an NFC tag.

 

 

 

The BlackBerry 7 OS is designed to power the new performance-driven BlackBerry Bold platform. It provides an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches, the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, as well as additional personal and productivity apps out of the box.

 

 

 

The BlackBerry Browser has been significantly enhanced in BlackBerry 7. In addition to the general performance gains of Liquid Graphics, which helps deliver faster rendering and seamless panning and zooming, the BlackBerry 7 browser includes a new JIT (just in time) JavaScript compiler to improve the load time speed of web pages. The new browser also includes support for additional HTML5 elements, such as HTML5 Video.

 

 

 

By TelecomLead.com Team
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