The BlackBerry Bold 9900, T-Mobile's first 4G BlackBerry, is available for pre-order for T-Mobile business customers today and will hit stores August 31. It'll set you back a whopping $299.99 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) with a two-year service agreement.
The Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry so far, at 0.41 inches thick. It's powered by a 1.2-GHz Snapdragon processor and features the new BlackBerry 7 operating system, which is the latest and final version of the current platform before RIM reportedly launches QNX-based devices in early 2012.
BlackBerry 7 is said to offer a significantly faster, more fluid Web browsing experience than previous generations of the OS. The Web browser has been optimized for zooming and paning, as well as HTML5 performance.
The Bold 9900 is also the first device to come pre-loaded with T-Mobile's new MobileLife Family Organizer application, which uses calendars, shopping lists, to-do lists, and family journals to help manage family schedules.
PCMag mobile analyst Sascha Segan had some hands-on time with the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9300 in May and said it was only a "very subtle upgrade" to existing BlackBerry 6 Bolds. For more, see the slideshow below.
RIM also announced three more BlackBerry 7 devices earlier this month, including the BlackBerry Torch 9810, 9850, and 9860 for AT&T, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular.
The $299.99 price point makes the device T-Mobile's most expensive by $100, and $50 more expensive than the Bolds that have already been announced at $249.99 for Verizon and Sprint.
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 hit the Verizon Wireless Web site on Monday and will be in stores Aug. 25.
For more on the future of BlackBerry, see BlackBerry 7: Dead on Arrival? and How RIM Turned Two New BlackBerrys Into Five, as well as 8 Things the Next BlackBerry Needs to Triumph. PCMag's networking analyst Samara Lynn, meanwhile, argued that BlackBerry Is Still Tops for IT.
Source:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391257,00.asp?kc=PCRSS05039TX1K0000762
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