BlackBerry Bold 9700 is Now Available

Fans of the BlackBerry (and mobile messaging enthusiasts), are rejoicing the arrival of the Bold 9700, this impressive little 3G wonder brings together high speed internet and ergonomic for the ultimate experience of messaging on-the-go.

Succeeding the Bold 9000 and the Curve, this mobile phone brings the best features of both with a few extra improvements. The most noticeable trait for BlackBerry fans would be the use of the BlackBerry track pad. While many have become attached to the then-successful track ball, BlackBerry has, without a doubt, delivered a much better input system in the form of the track pad.

Bold New Features

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 features a full QWERTY keyboard on the face of the phone. This cramps the screen up a little, but the layout of the phone looks very relaxed and well put together. Thanks to the tapered lines and the form of the device, it not only looks good in the hand, but it feels good as well. The key are nicely spaced apart and typing fast on this device takes only a few seconds to get the hang of.

Users will like the small yet high resolution 2.44 inch screen with its 480 x 360 pixels of resolution and 65 thousand colour display capability. Images and videos taken with the 3.2 mega pixel camera appear nicely on the screen.

Media playback on this phone is a joy, on a full charge, the device can play music for up to 35 hours. While the 256MB of internal storage will not hold much music, a microSD card slot will allow you to store more files.

Out Now

The Bold 9700 is already available as of the time of writing; with T-Mobile and Vodafone already allowing customers to avail of the device for free on certain plans. Orange Mobile has announced that they too would have the phone but have not confirmed as to when the device will be available through their carrier.