BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 launch soon

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 are coming out later this month with BlackBerry 7 OS inside. Both embrace the wonderful world of media as BlackBerry becomes more than just a business-battling work phone. That means getting internet friendly – with an HTML 5 browser that’s 40% faster than the previous OS had to offer. That’s not hard, you might say, but how about a 10.3mm-thin body, fancy new Liquid Graphics technology and touchscreen (as well as keyboard)?

They’ve even crammed in NFC to make these future-proof. Both have 8GB on board (expandable to 40GB with microSD), 720p video and 5MP pics, with an impressive 287ppi screen, so what’s the difference between them? Not much – the 9900 has tri-band and the 9930 doesn’t. Watch this space for pricing and an exact launch date.

BlackBerry also announced three new Torch models.

UPDATE: BlackBerry Bold 9900 up for pre-order from Phones 4u

Also

Bold 9900 video preview

Torch 2 and Touchvolt launch imminent

Need to know – BlackBerry 7 OS

Video – BlackBerry PlayBook review

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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