The BlackBerry Bold Smartphone
RIM have just announced the Blackberry Bold, it’s said to be available in the US this summer on AT&T 3G, with a T-Mobile 3G edition in the wings-the handset can handle 850/1900/2100Mhz for HSDPA/UMTS, plus T-Mo’s 1700MHz band.
So far no release date for Europe but we’ll keep an eye out for it.
The Spec
• Has 802.11a/b/g plus good GPS, typically a tradeoff with BBs
• GPS is enhanced and assisted, and the handset has better map rendering, says Laptop
• 480 x 320 resolution screen with 65,000 colors-Crave says “never seen a better-looking display”
• 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor (reports differ), up from 312MHz
• Runs BlackBerry OS 4.6
• Keyboard has 8800-style “sculpted keys,” says PC Mag, “but the rows are separated by curved barriers”
• 4.5″ tall x 2.6″ wide x 0.5″ deep, weighing 4.7oz
• Side-loading MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 16GB additional
• 2MP camera with flash
• Talk time of 5 hours, with standby of 13 days
• MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4 and WMV3 codec support
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• “Pretty powerful speakers-none of that weak, tinny junk,” says Crave
• 128MB of flash plus 1GB of onboard memory (with encryption)
• Black leather back panel that can be swapped for other color leather plates
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May 12, 2008 | News
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