BlackBerry Bold 9900 will be Available this Summer

After spotting a working model of a Bold 9900 at the PepCom Digital Experience event in New York City last week, RIM’s PR rep confirmed by email that “the product [Bold 9900] will be available this summer.”

First impressions, the handset looks just like any BlackBerry, but realized it is slimmer and sleeker than its predecessors, with none of the plastic feel of old, thanks to a streamlined battery door/back cover, brushed stainless steel finish and iPhone 4-like metallic rim.
The new Bold features a familiar BlackBerry shell, with everyone’s favourite physical Qwerty keyboard and a super-sharp 2.8-inch screen. The Bold 9900's 5-megapixel is no slouch either, capable as it is of shooting 720p HD video.

The middle plane includes the track pad, phone keys, menu key and escape key. Super App features of BlackBerry 6 and 7 are touted to be leveraged in this version.
Platform services supported in RIM’s newest OS ought to be enhanced and includes BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform, payment service, locate service, advertising and analytics. The simulators page is to be scanned to check the app’s compatibility with BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphones. The Java SDK v7.0 is out through the BlackBerry Developer Zone

The Bold 9900 will be one of the first to run the new BlackBerry OS 7, which supports Near Field Communication (NFC) with other NFC devices via the built-in NFC chip, magnetometer (compass), accelerometer (orientation sensor) and proximity sensor for augmented reality applications.

Technical specs of the Bold 9900 are as follows:

•     Dimensions & Weight: 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130 g
•     Display: 2.8? capacitive touch screen display – VGA (640×480), 287 PPI resolution (Liquid Graphics)
•     Input: Full, wide QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
•     Processor: 1.2 GHz Processor, 768 MB RAM
•     Internal Storage: 8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB cards
•     Camera/Camcorder: 5.0 MP camera with flash, supports 720p HD video recording
•     Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
•     Built-in GPS / aGPS
•     Connectivity: 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, microUSB, NFC
•     Battery: 1230 mAh removable, rechargeable battery
•     Radio: Quad-band GSM (3G)/UMTS (4G), Tri-band HSPA+

An photo gallery showing the Bold 9900 had the T-Mobile stamp but this most recent batch of press images from RIM’s PR rep, show the handset as unbranded. Prices have not been announced either but more information should be forthcoming as the actual ship date nears.

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