The BlackBerry Bold features a black exterior, satin chrome-finished frame and a stylish, leatherette backplate with a half-VGA (480 x 320 px at 217 ppi) color display. A newly designed full QWERTY keyboard offers fast and easy typing.
On the inside, a new 624 megahertz (MHz) mobile processor provides improved performance. It comes with 1GB of on-board memory and up to 16GB via a microSD/SDHC expansion slot.
Multimedia capabilities include an advanced media player for music, videos and photos and a 2.0-megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom and video recording, as well as an optimized Web-browsing experience with desktop-style depiction.
The Bold works with BlackBerry Internet Service, giving users push-based access to as many as 10 supported work or personal email accounts.
The Bold comes pre-loaded with AT&T Navigator, CV (Cellular Video), YellowPages.com Mobile and AT&T Mobile Music service with XM Radio Mobile and MusicID. AT&T provides content via its MEdia Mall, a shop for applications, ringtones, games and graphics.
"The BlackBerry Bold is the best BlackBerry smartphone ever," said Jeff Bradley, Senior Vice President of AT&T. "Customers can have a superior experience in accessing email, making a phone call, browsing the Web or performing myriad other data functions."
The BlackBerry Bold is available now for $299.99 in AT&T stores nationwide.
