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The BlackBerry Bold : 9000 Series Launched

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/the-blackberry-bold-9000-series-launched.87851/

BBThumbHealer
BBThumbHealer Original post #1
May 14, 2008 at 7:19 PM
*img.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/blackberry/blackberry-bold-10.jpg


Specifications ::::


  • Size - Length: 114mm, Width: 66mm, Thickness: 14mm
  • Weight (with battery) - 133g
  • Memory - 1GB on-board (storage) and 128 MB Flash (applications) , Expandable Upto 8 GB
  • Battery - 1500mAhr lithium cell
  • Est. Battery Life - Standby: 13 days, Talk Time: 5 hours
  • Network Support - UMTS: 2100 / 1900 / 850MHz, GSM: 1900 / 1800 / 900 / 850 MHz, GPRS, EDGE and HDSPA networks
  • Wi-Fi - 803.11a/b/g enabled
  • Display - HVGA, 480 x 320 pixels, Transmissive TFT LCD, supports over 65k colors
  • Media Player, Video Support - DivX 4, Div X 5 & 6 are supported, XviD is supported, H.263, H.264 and WMV3
  • Media Player, Audio Support - .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
  • Media Player, Audio - BlackBerry Media Sync , Compatible With iTunes
  • Camera - 2.0MP, 5 x digital zoom ( No Flash )
  • GPS - GPS with extended ephemeris, BB Maps is standard
  • Bluetooth - Bluetooth v2.0, A2DP & AVCRP
  • USB Port - Enables charging and high-speed data synchronizations via USB "A" to mini-USB "B" cable
  • Browser - HTML browsing, View Movies/Clips from websites , RSS feed support

The BB Bold is yet to be launched in India ! :(

That's not all , The BB 9000 Series have just been launched , and within a span of few months , they'll see the addition of the Apple iPhone Killer i.e BlackBerry Storm !

S
May 15, 2008 at 2:16 AM
screen is small.. what is price for it?
New
New #3
May 15, 2008 at 9:37 AM
^+1
Though it looks cool,screen is small..
Pathik
Pathik #5
May 15, 2008 at 11:58 AM
It's not as small as it seems. Great fone.
S
May 15, 2008 at 12:05 PM
^may be because of top bar and icons on bottom, it seems small
BBThumbHealer
May 15, 2008 at 1:02 PM
^may be because of top bar and icons on bottom, it seems small

exactly ... its lookin because of the theme !

Meanwhile , here's the model of the BlackBerry iKiller i.e BB Storm/Thunder .. Its tentative model no. is 9500

*www.tech2.com/media/images/2008/May/img_63851_bb_thunder.jpg
S
May 15, 2008 at 11:08 PM
also looks like iphone except round edges..
i think it would be first touch screen for BB.
skeletor
May 16, 2008 at 12:08 AM
BlackBerry Bold is a nice fone.

The screen is looking small due to those black coloured panels on the top and the bottom. Otherwise its normal.
BBThumbHealer
May 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM
also looks like iphone except round edges..
i think it would be first touch screen for BB.


Yeah .. Although the design is similar but features are far better :) This would be the first Touchscreen for BB !