The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is an upgraded version of the Bold 9700. It's the best business mobile, with a brilliant QWERTY keyboard, full email support, Wi-Fi, HSPA and outstanding battery life. The new Bold brings several minor improvements over the previous model, the main enhancement being the new BlackBerry 6 operating system. Available in Black or White.
For emailing and texting, this is possibly the ultimate device. The UI is great, and all email standards and security protocols are supported, including BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, personal email, enterprise email and web-based email (AOL Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo! Mail). You can view attachments in the following formats: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, WordPerfect, HTML, zip.) WordToGo and SlideshowToGo let you edit Word and PowerPoint files. Security is given full attention, with password protection and a keyboard lock, plus full support for encryption when using BlackBerry Enterprise Server to access data.
The voice features include a speakerphone and conference calling. With voice activated dialing and a Bluetooth headset, it's capable of fully hands free operation.
The Bold also supports multimedia applications. The camera has been upgraded to 5 megapixels, and comes with autofocus, image stabilisation, digital zoom and a flash. There's a video camera too. The media player can play music and video, and there's a 3.5mm audio jack, so you can plug in any third party stereo headphones. A-GPS navigation is also included, and works with Blackberry Maps.
Features of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 include:
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and video recording (480 x 352 pixels)
- LCD display: 480 x 360 pixels, 65,000 colours, 2.44 inches
- Media player (Supports MP3, WMA, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, 3GP formats plus partial XviD support)
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant messaging, push email with attachment viewer
- Built-in speakerphone
- Voice dialling
- Voice memo recorder
- MP3 ringtones / 32 voice polyphonic ringtones
- GPS with BlackBerry Maps
- Personal organiser functions
- Vibration alert
- Internet: Web browser, RSS feeds, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA (3.6 Mbps)
- Connectivity: WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0, USB, RIM wireless modem, 3.5mm stereo headset port
- Memory: 512 MB on-board plus 2GB microSD memory card
- Size: 109 x 60 x 14 mm
- Weight: 122g
- Quadband GSM (1900/1800/900/850 MHz) plus UMTS (2100/1900/850/800 MHz)
- Battery: 1500 mAHr removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Talktime: 6 hours
- Battery standby: up to 528 hours