The Bold New Blackberry

CNBC

August 21, 2008

Jim Goldman takes a first look at the new BlackBerry Bold. The photos should already tell the story – this is the slickest-looking BlackBerry ever. The Bold represents an all-new ID (industrial design) that’s also earmarked for the ‘Javelin’ (the next-gen Curve, due later this year). RIM has two styles of keyboard for its full QWERTY BlackBerrys (discounting the hybrid ‘SureType’ pattern of the Pearl). The Curve sports individual keys, while the 8800 series removes the gap between each key so they’re all nestled tight next to one another. The screen is big, sharp, rich, vivid, vibrant. The Bold’s Web browser also gets a makeover, with richer rendering of Web pages in Page View (the default) or Column view. Of the many surprises which RIM has packed into the BlackBerry Bold, its multimedia capabilities will make you do a double-take. Bold features a 2.0 megapixel camera.