WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 27, 2010) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone - the newest addition to the BlackBerry Bold series of smartphones. Featuring a premium and iconic design with an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard and optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is elegantly styled and packed with advanced communications and multimedia features. It is also the first BlackBerry Bold smartphone to come with the new BlackBerry 6 operating system."We are very excited to introduce the BlackBerry Bold 9780 featuring the new BlackBerry 6 operating system," said Carlo Chiarello, Vice President, Product Management at Research In Motion. "This new model builds on the highly refined mobile experience that BlackBerry Bold users already know and love and delivers a wide range of enhancements including a rich new user interface, a fast and powerful WebKit-based browser, broadly improved communications and multimedia capabilities, an incredibly useful Universal Search feature and a high quality 5MP camera."
The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is a compact and stylish smartphone that offers a compelling blend of features, performance and design. It supports 3G networks around the world, includes Wi-Fi with support for carrier supported Wi-Fi calling (UMA where available) and GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging. It comes with a 5 MP camera with a full complement of high-end features including continuous auto focus, scene modes, image stabilization, flash and video recording. The BlackBerry Bold 9780 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.
BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system that retains the familiar and trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh, approachable and engaging experience that's powerful and easy to use. It integrates a new and rich WebKit-based browser that renders HTML web pages quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience. The browser offers fluid navigation using the handset's optical trackpad, includes tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously and provides a zoom feature that can intelligently auto-wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page's key elements for easier viewing.Additional features of BlackBerry 6 include expanded messaging capabilities with intuitive features to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), and integrated access to BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various instant messaging applications on the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone. Its enhanced multimedia experience rivals the best in the industry and includes a dedicated YouTube app. It also features redesigned Music and Pictures applications and a new universal search feature that allows users to more effectively search for content on the smartphone as well as extend their search to the Internet or to discover applications on BlackBerry App World.
The Bold series has been a favorite with core Blackberry users and many of those users have been wishing and waiting for an upgrade. The arrival of the Blackberry Torch 9800 was received with mixed reviews so Bold users continued to wait. While there is no word of a revamp for the Bold series, for those with beat up Bold 9700s, an upgrade is coming. This coming November 17th T-Mobile will release an upgrade to the Bold 9700 with the Blackberry Bold 9780. No drastic design changes but welcomed changes include the Blackberry 6 operating system, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 624MHz processor and 512MB of internal memory. For for those who need options, the Blackberry Bold will come in black or white editions.
Bold BlackBerry 9780 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and a memory card slot expandable up to 32 GB of additional storage memory.Excess BlackBerry operating system 6 is to unite a Web-based browser-Kit is new and spacious, capable of opening HTML page becomes faster wen.
Additional features of the BlackBerry 6 is able to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), an integrated link to access the BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various instant messaging applications on the BlackBerry 9780 smartphone.
BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone will be available through various operators around the world in early November.
BlackBerry Bold 9780 - Research In Motion (RIM) introduced the BlackBerry Bold 9780, Thursday, October 28, 2010 - the latest variant on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone series.This smart phone combines the features keyboard and optical trackpad, and run under the new operating system BlackBerry 6.
This variant has been supports 3G networks worldwide, including Wi-Fi with support for mobile phone operators to make phone calls with free Wi Fi (UMA depending on availability) and GPS features to the application pointer location and geo-tagging.
Bold 9780 5MP camera equipped with additional functions in the form of auto focus, scene modes, image stabilization, flash and video recording.
