RIM’s first touch and type Bold smartphone “BlackBerry Bold 9900” has been launched in India and RIM has even started airing a few commercials for the phone here in India. The BB Bold 9900 is a revamped version of the existing Bold range of smartphones from RIM, the only difference being it has a capacitive touch screen along with the QWERTY keypad.
Blackberry Bold 9900 - Front View
Among other things, the Bold 9900 has a few good enhancements such as the back-lit QWERTY keypad, BlackBerry OS 7, a faster processor, around 760MB of RAM and support for NFC. Touch and Type smartphones have already been available from a long time on the Android Platform.
The Blackberry Bold 9900 is currently available in India at a rather high price of Rs. 32,200/-.
Blackberry Bold 9900 is a touch and type phone with a back-lit QWERTY keypad, BlackBerry OS 7, a faster processor, around 760MB of RAM and support for NFC.
Price / Availability
Price
US $700
Price (INR)
RS. 32,200/-
Available In
India
Screen / Display
Screen Size
2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen
Screen Resolution
640 x 480 pixels
Screen Profile
TFT LCD
Physical Appearance
Dimensions
6.6cm x 11.5cm x 1.05cm
Weight
130 grams
Form Factor
Bar
Keypad
Touch & QWERTY
Available Colours
Black
Internet
GPRS
Yes
EDGE
Yes
3G
Yes
Wi-Fi (WLAN)
Yes
Internet Browser
Standard browser, no support for flash
GPS Satellite
Yes
Media Capabilities
Music Support
AAC / eAAC+ / MP3 / MP4 / WMA
Video Support
MPEG-4 / 3GPP H.263
FM Radio
Yes
3.5mm Audio Jack
Yes
Camera
Camera Resolution
5 megapixel camera
Camera Flash
Yes
Video Camera
Upto 720p video recording
Zoom
4x Digital Zoom
Storage Memory
Internal Memory
768 MB of RAM, 8GB internal memory
Expandable Memory
MicroSD upto 32GB
Operating System
OS Platform
Blackberry OS
Version
BBOS version 7
Battery / Power Consumption
Standby
307 hours (2G), 307 hours (3G)
Talktime
talk time of up to 6.3 hours in 2G and 5.9 hours in 3G
Type
Li-Ion
Capacity
1230 mAh
Computer Connectivity
Bluetooth
Yes
HDMI
No
Infra-Red
No
USB
Yes
Hardware Information
Hardware
QC 8655 1.2 GHz Processor, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass
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