BlackBerry Bold 9900 & 9930 (Bold Touch) Specs & Features Now Official

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We already told you a bunch of times that RIM was rumored to launch the next-gen BlackBerry Bold smartphone at this year’s BlackBerry World conference and it looks like it all turned out to be true. RIM did announce the phone, but not as Bold Touch, but as the Bold 9900/9930.

The company announced two devices, which are essentially the same thing, with the only difference between them being radio support: one will hit GSM markets, the Bold 9900, while the 9930 will be a CDMA-ready machine.

The phone will actually be available in stores this summer, and therefore we don’t have exact launch dates right now, not to mention pricing details. However we expect this baby to cost $199.99 with new two-year contracts, and we’ll have these specific numbers for you in due time. In the mean time let’s take a look at the official specs and features of the new 2011 Bold models:

• 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130 g (slimmest BlackBerry smartphone in the world)
• 2.8″ capacitive touch screen display – VGA (640×480), 287 dpi resolution
• Ultra-easy QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
• 1.2 GHz Processor, 768 MB RAM
• 8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB cards
• NFC technology
• 5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording
• Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
• Built-in GPS / aGPS
• Dual-Band Wi-Fi® – 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and 802.11 a/n at 5 GHz • Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR support
• Wireless Network support:

o 9900: Tri-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
o 9930: Dual-Band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, Dual-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE

• 1230 mAh removable, rechargeable battery
• BlackBerry 7 OS

This is all pretty much in line with what we expected this smartphone to offer and the new Bold has just become the company’s new flagship smartphone. Will you buy the slimmest BlackBerry in the world as soon as it becomes official?