p2pnet - rss feed: RIM launches BlackBerry Bold smartphone
p2pnet news | Mobiles:- Canada’s RIM has stolen a march on Apple’s iPhone.
Its new BlackBerry Bold 9000 supports 3G worldwide, as well as Wi-Fi and GPS.
But without going into detail, “Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies,” it says.
The Bold smartphone’s support for tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and its next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages, says RIM.
It includes 128 MB Flash memory plus 1 GB on-board storage memory, as well as and a microSD/SDHC memory card slot accessible from a side door.
MicroSD/SDHC memory cards are available today in configurations of up to 8GB and the BlackBerry Bold is expected to support upcoming 16GB microSD/SDHC cards, says the company.
“A major weakness with BlackBerry devices has been the web browser, but the press release states that this new browswer will support full desktop-style HTML and also allow streaming via RTSP - real-time streaming protocol,” says ZDNet, noting it features a 2-megapixel camera with integrated flash.”
According to TheBoyGenius, it’ll come in at $300 to $500 from AT&T “this summer”.
The story says the Bond also features
- Interchangable color back plates.
- 5 hours of talk time, 13 days of standby time.
- 624-MHz Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor.
The redesigned keyboard, “has guitar-inspired frets - thin metal strips - between each row,” says PC World, going on the keys themselves are sculpted to help users avoid fingertip slippage, going on:
“Of course, little commercial video content is available as yet for non-Apple media players. Further, the Bold’s screen is diminutive compared to the current iPhone’s roomy 3.5-inch display, and it isn’t a touch screen. (RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis simply smiled when we asked about reports that the company is working on a touch-screen BlackBerry).
“But since the Bold’s smaller display holds the same number of pixels as the current iPhone’s, images look much higher-res on it than on its competitor.”
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RIM - RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone, May 12, 2008
ZDNet - RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund, May 12, 2008
PC World - RIM’s BlackBerry Bold Beats Apple to the 3G Punch, May 12, 2008
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May 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Knowing Rogers it’ll be $500 with a 3 year ball and chain, $700 without.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Ha I’m not impressed! cause it still won’t be able to compete with Palm, and the the current Treo currently does what the nex-gen Blackberry Bold will be able to do.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:13 am
In April Vringo (the company I work for) announced a new Facebook application that lets you easily see your friends’ pictures every time they call, creating a unique type of “visual caller ID.” The application is free to download from Facebook and will be available worldwide for all BB device. just take a look. After installing the facebook app you should go to: http://get.vringo.com on your blackberry browser to complete the set up process.