RIM unveils BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone in UAE

Research In Motion (RIM) announced the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone for customers in the United Arab Emirates.

BlackBerry Bold 9780

As the newest addition to the BlackBerry Bold series of smartphones, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is a compact and stylish smartphone that offers a compelling blend of features, performance and design. It supports 3G networks around the world, includes Wi-Fi and GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging. It comes with a 5MP camera with a full complement of high-end features including continuous auto focus, scene modes, image stabilisation, flash and video recording. The new smartphone also provides 512MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32GB of additional storage.

The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the first BlackBerry Bold smartphone to come with the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, which retains the familiar and trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh, approachable and engaging experience that’s powerful and easy to use. It integrates a new and rich WebKit-based browser that renders HTML web pages quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience. The browser offers fluid navigation using the handset's optical trackpad, includes tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously and provides a zoom feature that can intelligently auto-wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page's key elements for easier viewing.

The BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone will be available from Etisalat, du and leading UAE retailers.