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BlackBerry Bold 9800 surfaces again with new pictures

BlackBerry Bold 9800 surfaces again with new pictures

Posted: 25 Jun 2010, 11:11, by Alan F.

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BlackBerry Bold 9800 surfaces again with new pictures

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Whether you call it the Bold 9800 or the Torch 9800, BlackBerry's upcoming touchscreen slider is a hot property. Running the new BlackBerry OS 6, the 9800 takes what works on the Storm and combines it with all of the goodness of a Bold model. With AT&T branding, the phone also is equipped with WCDMA bands I, II, V and VI which makes it the "world phone" it says it is on the AT&T logo screen when you turn on the handset. BlackBerry fans are going to be wanting this and even those who think that the Berry is just a business tool will be drooling over the 9800. When the first-gen Storm was released and it became painfully obvious that SurePress was not going to win over cellphone users, BlackBerry fans would ask why couldn't RIM make a touchscreen phone with the same physical QWERTY that at the time was rockin' the Bold 9000. The 9800 is not only that machine, but adds the new OS and a browser that can surf with the best of them. As long as RIM doesn't repeat the Storm's "not quite fully cooked" launch, Android handsets and the iPhone 4 have company at the breakfast table.

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9800 Preliminary Specifications

source: Engadget

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1. PapaJay224 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:47 0 0

Im sorry, but love it or hate it, you have to give credit to RIM for trying, they've tried to saturate every aspect of demands to what a customer wants. i.e Touch screen, full qwerty, track ball's, optical pads, and now a hybrid slider. Atleast every year they throw out something new. Boring iPhone had the same design the first 3 models.

2. Hallucinator posted on 25 Jun 2010, 11:38 0 0

I do agree with you. Like I've said, I have been Iphone from the beginning, but enough is enough. I think the new Iphone is actually pretty boring in design after having it for a couple days. I got rid of it this morning. Also I actually like the new blackberry design.

3. networkdood posted on 25 Jun 2010, 12:01 0 0

It is actually an excellent phone as my brother is testing it our for at&t.

4. Cazwell posted on 25 Jun 2010, 16:05 0 0

Looks good! Hopefully a version will head over to Verizon... just spoke to my Blackberry rep, should be a few more BB's coming out on Big Red around August!