Blackberry 9900 business phone Released 2011, August 130g, 10.5mm
thickness BlackBerry OS 7.0 8GB storage, microSD card slot
Introduction
A brand new OS, more speed, a facelift and a high-res touchscreen,
the latest of the Bold messengers is listening for the roar of the
crowd. There's no going back to the old rational and composed self
- give it danger, thrills and excitement. The BlackBerry Bold Touch
9900 is stronger, faster, better. No ordinary messenger, it's the
bearer of good news.
BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 official pictures
Although on a second thought, a snappy 1.2GHz processor, the new
BlackBerry OS 7.0 with Liquid graphics and a super crisp VGA
touchscreen are no good news for the competition. Nor is HD video,
dual-band Wi-Fi and NFC support. And all that comes on top of the
standard BlackBerry package. The solid build quality and corporate
grade email and data security go without saying. The sharp
precision of the trackpad and a responsive capacitive touchscreen
balance each other in a device that's convincingly comfortable to
handle. Add a standard-setting QWERTY keyboard, and you have a
phone which puts you in charge.
Key features:
- Enhanced email and data security
- 2.8" 16M-color TFT touchscreen of VGA resolution (640 x 480 pixels)
- QWERTY keyboard
- Quad-band GSM support and quad-band 3G with HSDPA
- Dual-band Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity
- NFC capabilities
- GPS receiver and BlackBerry maps preloaded, digital compass
- 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera, LED flash
- HD video, 720p@30fps
- 1.2GHz QC8655 processor
- 768MB RAM
- 8GB of inbuilt storage
- BlackBerry OS v7
- Trackpad
- microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
- DivX and XviD video support
- Office document editor
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Smart dialing
- Compact body and solid build quality
Main disadvantages:
- BlackBerry Internet Service account is a must to enjoy all phone
features
- Fixed focus camera of outdated and unintuitive interface
- No video-call camera
- No Flash support
- Non-hot-swappable memory card
- No FM radio
- No haptic feedback
To begin with, the Bold Touch 9900 is bigger than the preceding
9700 Bold series. It's actually more of a return to the BlackBerry
9000 styling, with a larger screen and body. And since this is a
touch phone we're talking about, the increased display real estate
is welcome. Especially considering that the main competition
recently had a major boost in resolution. With BlackBerry and
Eseries now on par at VGA, the Bold Touch 9900 gets ahead of the
Nokia E6 with 2.8" against 2.44" of screen diagonal.
BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 live photos
So much for size. We're eager to see about speed and performance
too. RIM did get creative with the finish too this time, but did
they cross any kind of line? Our traditional hardware checkup is
coming up. Has the Bold Touch 9900 got what it takes to do well?
Follow us on the next page as we unbox and inspect the design,
display and controls.
Also known as BlackBerry Dakota, BlackBerry Magnum
DISPLAY | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
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Size | 2.8 inches (~32.0% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 640 x 480 pixels (~286 ppi pixel density) |
PLATFORM | OS | BlackBerry OS 7.0 |
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CPU | 1.2 GHz QC 8655 |