The device is a light 4.58 ounces, 4.5 inches long and 2.6 inches wide.
2RIM’s Thinnest BlackBerry Yet
The new handset is only 10.5 millimeters thick, or thin, if you prefer.
3Apps
RIM said it upgraded the iconography for the BlackBerry 7 operating system, though the improvement in these icons appears incremental. We were told the Blackberry 7 we saw on the test Bolds was still in beta. The 2.8-inch touch-screen is VGA (640 by 480) with 287 dpi resolution.
4Social Feed
The new social feed includes custom views and notification bookmarking for Facebook and Twitter status updates.
5Near-Field Communication Support
The Bold 9900 includes NFC, which enables tag reading for smart posters and pairing with other accessories.
6Music App Storefront
The Bold 9900 includes a new music application storefront.
7Camera, Video
The Bold 9900 includes a 5MP camera and supports 720p video.
8BlackBerry Bold Frame
The Bold 9900 and 9930 frame is brushed stainless steel.
9Bold Back Plate
Blackberry Bold is encased in a glass-weave back plate.
10Bold Keyboard
The Bold QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad have been refined to be larger despite the smaller Bold 9900 form factor.
11Bold 9900, 9930 Specs
Here is a deeper look into the Bold 9900/9930 technical specs.
12Blackberry 7 OS
The Blackberry 7 OS is 1.6 times faster than its BB 6 predecessor and includes several new features.
13Voice Activated Search
The Blackberry 7 OS supports voice-activated search.
14NFC APIs for Developers
The NFC capabilities in the Blackberry 7 0S include APIs for developers.
15Augmented Reality
The Blackberry 7 OS enables augmented reality via Wikitude and developer APIs.
16Music Store
The Blackberry 7 OS nods to consumers with its music storefront, which includes access to Amazon’s music store.
17Social Feeds
The new and improved Social Feeds 2.0 application streams Facebook and Twitter status updates.
18Business Productivity Suite
While Blackberry 7 features a lot of consumer-friendly perks, it’s also serious about business, offering the Docs-to-go productivity suite with a native PDF viewer. This is free with new Blackberry Bold devices.
19BlackBerry Balance
One of the core capabilities for the Blackberry 7 OS is Blackberry Balance, which lets users access Blackberry 6 OS and later devices for work and personal tasks while protecting corporate data.
20Blackberry Mobile Device Management
RIM launched new mobile device management software to provide support Blackberry Enterprise Server support for Android and Apple iOS handsets and tablets.
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