RIM has now added the Blackberry Bold to its repertoire of smartphones, and it brings a lot of innovative features to the table that are new to the Blackberry family. With this phone, you can take advantage of 3G HSDPA technology to access high speed networks. Also, not only do you get a larger, higher resolution screen, you can use it to view and edit Microsoft Office files. For business users especially, this phone is worth serious consideration.
The 480 x 320 resolution screen makes it sufficiently large to allow you to easily read emails and watch videos with crystal clarity, but it also makes the overall size of the Blackberry Bold bigger compared to other models in the line. While it is a bit bigger, it is just as lightweight, and the keyboard just as simple to use as ever. The new Blackberry OS, Blackberry 4.6, is featured in this phone, powered by a 624 MHz processor and it allows you to connect to WiFi, GPS, and HSDPA networks.
This new Blackberry model also features multimedia connectivity like you have never seen before. The 2 megapixel camera carries a 5x digital zoom, integrated flash and the ability to record video, The media player will let you easily access all of your music and video files, as well as pictures and slideshows. The Blackberry Desktop Manager is a convenient place to organize and get to your music in a snap.
The Blackberry Bold supplies lush stereo sound through two built-in speakers and supports polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones. Using high speed USB 2.0 provides for the fast transfer of music from a computer and the new Blackberry Media sync application facilitates synching iTunes music collections with the phone as well.
A stable and premium Mobile Office suite, DataViz software Documents to Go, is utilized by the Blackberry Bold. This is a huge advantage to frequent travelers who communicate with both their office and their clients via phone since it allows you near perfect duplication of viewing documents and presentations as they would appear if you were viewing them on a desktop. You should be aware that in most instances Microsoft documents will be in a view only format and not allow changes to be made.