RIM makes Bold move with OS 7

Updated smartphone, operating system

By Caleb Cox, 3rd May 2011

Research in Motion has unveiled two additions to its range of Blackberry Bold smartphones, the 9900 and 9930.

Both handsets run the new BlackBerry 7 OS, which provides support for 4G networks, HSPA+ connectivity, faster JavaScript, HTML 5 and voice-activated searches.

Spec-wise, the latest BlackBerrys pack a 1.2GHz processor, a 5Mp camera and 8GB of on-board storage. Then there's a 2.8in, 480 x 640 "Liquid Graphics" touchscreen display featuring a 287 pixels per inch (ppi) pixel density. The iPhone 4's "retina display" is 326ppi, in case you ask.

Both handsets can connect to 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi networks. They also have Bluetooth 2.1.

As well as support for near-field communications (NFC) technology, there's a built-in compass, which can be used for location-based functions and augmented reality apps such as Wikitude, an AR service preinstalled on each device.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 - the HSPa+ 3G version - and 9930 - the CDMA EvDo model - are expected this summer. Prices have yet to be announced. ®

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Posted Tuesday 3rd May 2011 12:42 GMT

Anonymous Coward

OS 7 won't work on OS 6 devices

I've just read that my Torch won't be eligible for the upgrade, even though it's only a few months old. The 6.1 upgrade "coming soon" has morphed into OS 7 and won't work on current devices.

If that's true, BlackBerry can just fuck right off.

Posted Wednesday 4th May 2011 10:55 GMT

Anonymous Coward

No it's not reasonable

Considering that the iPhone 3Gs runs iOS 4 and might also run iOS 5. Android is more mixed, but even crappy Android phones can usually get at least a 0.1 version increase. IIRC the Torch only came out in the UK in August, and it's been "known" for a while that OS 6.1 will be coming soon.

Posted Tuesday 3rd May 2011 23:21 GMT

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