The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

Waterloo, ON, Canada - May 2, 2011

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today unveiled two new BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphones.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The high-performance BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature a stunning and iconic design that integrates an incredibly easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard with a brilliant, high resolution, capacitive touch screen.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

These exceptional smartphones are built on a new, performance-driven platform powered by the BlackBerry® 7 operating system and designed to deliver the ultimate in communications, multimedia and productivity for users around the world.

Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. Courtesy of Research In Motion

"The new BlackBerry Bold smartphones and BlackBerry 7 OS are inspired by millions of customers around the world who want the ultimate combination of performance, functionality and style," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion.
“These fully-loaded and beautifully crafted smartphones offer a highly refined user experience with blazingly fast performance, a brilliant touch screen and an outstanding typing experience.”


Thin, Sleek, Iconic Design


Distinguished by an iconic design and the industry's best keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature the premium materials and finishes that characterize the BlackBerry Bold line.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

Both models have a lustrous exterior with a brushed stainless steel frame and a high-gloss glass-weave backplate.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

They are also the thinnest BlackBerry smartphones yet, at only 10.5mm.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The quality materials and optimized design of the new BlackBerry Bold smartphones are instantly evident when held in the hand.


Performance-Driven


These BlackBerry Bold smartphones are built on a new performance-driven platform featuring a 1.2 GHz processor, Liquid Graphics™ touch screen, and support for high speed 4G/HSPA+ wide area wireless networks.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The Liquid Graphics touch screen, a key new feature powered by BlackBerry 7, delivers fast, smooth performance for highly responsive touch-based navigation, web browsing, pictures, video and graphics intensive games.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

Features OpenGL 2.0 support for developers.

Offering up to 60 frames-per-second performance with instant UI action/response, Liquid Graphics gives customers a visually rich and immersive experience that's responsive to the touch.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

In addition, the smartphones feature brilliant displays with an eye-popping 287 dpi to deliver crisp, stunning visuals.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The new platform also provides support for 4G networks; the 9900 supports HSPA+ connectivity, and the 9930 supports CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and HSPA+ global roaming on GSM/UMTS networks.


NFC


The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that will enable many rich and exciting experiences.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

Through NFC, users will be able to, for example, pair the BlackBerry Bold to an accessory or read information such as a web link from smart tags by simply tapping their BlackBerry Bold to an NFC tag (eg. Smart Poster).


Augmented Reality


The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature a built-in compass (magnetometer) to support location-based services and augmented reality.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

APIs will allow third party developers to take advantage of the new functionality within their applications.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The new smartphones will also include Wikitude, the leader in mobile augmented reality, which overlays contextual information on what the user sees through the smartphone's camera viewfinder.


HD Video


The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones support up to 720p HD video recording and playback.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

Users can easily share their videos directly from the smartphone or sync videos, as well as music and photos, to their computer using Media Sync in the BlackBerry® Desktop Software.


BlackBerry 7


The BlackBerry 7 OS is designed to power the new performance-driven BlackBerry Bold platform.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

It provides an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches, the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, as well as additional personal and productivity apps out of the box.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The BlackBerry Browser has been significantly enhanced in BlackBerry 7.

In addition to the general performance gains of Liquid Graphics, which helps deliver faster rendering and seamless panning and zooming, the BlackBerry 7 browser includes a new JIT (just in time) JavaScript compiler to improve the load time speed of web pages.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

The new browser also includes support for additional HTML5 elements, such as HTML5 Video.

Building upon the Universal Search feature introduced in BlackBerry 6, BlackBerry 7 expands the capability to include voice-activated search.

This new capability makes it even easier and more convenient to search for content on the smartphone or web.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

BlackBerry 7 also integrates BlackBerry® Balance™, which separates personal content from corporate content on the smartphone, giving users the freedom and flexibility to use the handset for personal email, Facebook®, Twitter®, multimedia, games and other apps while satisfying the very real need for corporate data to be highly secure and manageable.

The new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphone. Courtesy of Research In Motion

BlackBerry Balance works in conjunction with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0.3, which provides a number of unique IT policy controls such as wiping only corporate data from the handset or blocking work related content and apps from being copied or forwarded to personal contacts.

With BlackBerry 7 on the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones, users will also get the full version of Docs To Go® with all "premium" features enabled out-of-the-box so that users can easily work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the smartphone.

Docs To Go also includes a native PDF viewer.


Availability


The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones are expected to be available from carriers around the world beginning this summer.

For additional information please visit

www.blackberry.com/touchbold  


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BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Specifications

• 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130 g

• 2.8" capacitive touch screen display – VGA (640x480), 287 dpi resolution

• Ultra-easy QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad

• 1.2 GHz Processor, 768 MB RAM

• 8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB
cards

• NFC technology

• 5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording

• Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor

• Built-in GPS / aGPS

• 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

• Wireless Network support:
o 9900: Tri-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
o 9930: Dual-Band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, Dual-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE

• 1230 mAh removable, rechargeable battery

• BlackBerry 7 OS


About Research In Motion


Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999.

Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day.

Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Research In Motion Office Courtesy of Research In Motion

RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM).

For more information, visit

www.rim.com  

or

www.blackberry.com  


SOURCE: Research In Motion

http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=4999  



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