Designed to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance, the BlackBerry Bold is the fastest, most powerful Blackberry yet, with support for tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world as well as integrated GPS and Wi-Fi networking (802.11a/b/g). It features a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leather-like backplate, a sophisticated user interface, and a newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard. 
Crafted from premium materials, inside and out, the BlackBerry Bold is designed to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance in an intuitive design. View a demo of the Bold (opens in new window). | Keep yourself on track for your next meeting with turn-by-turn directions via the AT&T Navigator service, which is powered by TeleNav and provides spoken or text-based turn-by-turn directions with automatic missed turn rerouting and a local business finder service in 20 countries. It also supports AT&T mobile music services and access to thousands of video clips via Cellular Video. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free communication, 1 GB of internal memory with MicroSD expansion (up to 32 GB), multi-format audio/video playback, and up to 4.5 hours of talk time. The Blackberry Bold also comes with free access to AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots, available at more than 17,000 locations nationwide including Starbucks. The best part is that you don't need to sign up for anything new to use this service--Wi-Fi access for is included in all Blackberry Personal and Enterprise Rate Plans. (You must subscribe to a Blackberry Data Rate Plan to access AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots.) Additionally, the Blackberry Bold is the first RIM device that supports AT&T Cellular Video (CV). AT&T Service
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS 850/1900 MHz network, and this phone is also compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks (found in international territories). The AT&T 3G network provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. (For use outside the United States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.) In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming. You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search. 
The tri-band 3G Blackberry Bold also offers integrated Wi-Fi networking and GPS for turn-by-turn directions as well as a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder. | With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T's Internet, video, and music services.) The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. Phone Features
The elegant BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome-finished frame and stylish, leatherette backplate with a newly designed full QWERTY keyboard for exceptionally fast and easy typing and stunning half-VGA (480 x 320 at 217 ppi) color display that's fused to the undersurface of the lens, making images leap out with stunning definition and clarity. It also includes a trackball navigation system located on the top of the QWERTY keypad. The BlackBerry Bold also boasts a new acoustic design for enhanced phone listening quality and clarity and numerous premium phone features, including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD). The BlackBerry Bold smartphone's support for tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and its next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages. The BlackBerry Bold also includes 128 MB Flash memory plus 1 GB on-board storage memory, as well as a microSD/SDHC memory card slot that is conveniently accessible from a side door. The Blackberry Bold delivers the legendary BlackBerry email experience. With BlackBerry service plans from AT&T, you can receive emails instantaneously from up to 10 email accounts (personal and enterprise). With BlackBerry push technology, you don't need to retrieve your email. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, allowing you to be discreetly notified as new email arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing email attachments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats). If your company has a BlackBerry Enterprise Server installed, you can also take advantage of the power of wireless calendar synchronization. Your calendar events are exchanged wirelessly and automatically so that your desktop calendar and BlackBerry handheld calendar are synchronized. All your Outlook meeting requests, changes, and updates are instantaneously synchronized instantaneously with your desktop. Make meeting requests, invite new attendees and more, all on your Blackberry Bold. Users without BlackBerry Enterprise Server support can manually sync with their desktop calendars and contacts via Bluetooth or USB using the included BlackBerry Desktop Software. You'll enjoy enhanced Internet browsing on the Blackberry Bold. The trackball mimics a mouse, making it easy to navigate sites in Page View or Column View or to zoom in on specific parts of a web page, while various emulation settings allow you to choose between the full desktop-style HTML content and layout or the mobile version. Attachments can also now be downloaded from within the browser and there is support for watching streaming videos (RTSP, real-time streaming protocol). The included BlackBerry Desktop Manager software comes with Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry, which includes new features that make it easier to organize multimedia content as well as manage music, videos and recorded Voice Notes between a computer and the smartphone. It also optimizes video files for smooth full-screen playback on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone's large display with support for full-screen and widescreen formats. Roxio Photosuite 9 LE is also included, allowing you to easily enhance pictures and create photo albums on your computer. In addition, the new BlackBerry Media Sync application allows you to sync your iTunes digital musical collections . The BlackBerry Bold also boasts a new acoustic design for enhanced phone listening quality and clarity and numerous premium phone features, including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD). Other features include: - Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which enables advanced security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novel GroupWise environments, as well as BlackBerry Professional Software for small businesses
- 2-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, 5x zoom, geo-tagging capabilities, white balance settings, and choice of three picture sizes
- Bluetooth 2.0, with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits (including car kits that adhere to the Bluetooth Remote SIM Access Profile) and other Bluetooth peripherals
- Push Button Setup for Wi-Fi networking, making it faster to connect to protected wireless networks that require a sign-on process
- Video format support: DivX 4, DivX 5/6 partially supported, XviD partially supported, H.263, H.264, WMV3
- Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
- Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones
- Speakerphone
- 3.5mm stereo headset capable
Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry Bold weighs 4.8 ounces and measures 4.49 x 2.59 x 0.59 inches. Its 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 3G networks (2100/1900/850 MHz). |
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 No customer loyalty.Jul 26, 2010
Blackberry Bold is fine. AT&T is opportunistic and ruthless when it comes to replacing phones or working with their customers. After 10 years, they just told me that my recently purchased and accidentally damaged phone (for which I didn't opt for insurance that would have had a $150 deductible) will cost me $450 to replace. Same phone is going for less than $200 for anyone else. Disappointing.
Favorite Yet! :DJul 08, 2010
I bought this phone a couple months ago and I love it. The screen is amazingly bright and clear. The phone takes great pictures (with flash!) that are crisp and colorful- even when you blow them up on the computer screen. It syncs quickly and easily with my computer. The internet and wifi are both easy to use and speedy! The only complaint I have at all is the battery life. My old Curve lasted days with heavy use but with this one- I use it about half a day and it's dead. I do suggest an extended battery just in case and a car charger as well. I love the amount of memory built into the phone and it's design. It's the perfect size and build.
Easily the best phone I've ownedJul 06, 2010
This phone is amazing. It has survived dropps, two drops in the toilet (accidental of course), and several other mishaps and it still works amazingly. The apps are great, the GPS is great, the signal is great. The only bad thing is it's memory management. You get the infuriating hourglass every now and then which requires a restart.
 The BEST decision I have ever made in choosing a cell phone !!!Jun 10, 2010
OMG, this is by far the best chose I have made in choosing a cell phone. I love it ... Never been so damn happy in my life with this chose. I have a Blackberry 8310 and love it and ready to upgrade with AT&T and decided to chose another BB... I looked at each one and decided to choose the BB bold white 9000. WOW, do I love this cell phone. The keys are soft and so easy to use. The style is cute and I honestly "just love it". I am new at the internet stuff but find it so easy to get on line and search what ever it is that I need. The phone is self explanatory as far as the other BB just more of a upgrade in itself. I just love it. The size is GREAT!!! If you are looking to upgrade Amazon is the place to go and there service is GREAT as well. I had no issues getting it up and running and Amazon's customer service was great. I just love it...
 First smart phone, last BlackberryJun 03, 2010
This purchase has been one of my biggest disappointments and a cause of a lot of frustrations. The only reason I chose the Bold over the iPhone is because I liked to have a keyboard. However, within six months the phone started malfunctioning.
First, the phone started freezing every once in a while and I had to wait five to ten seconds for the phone to respond again. I thought this could be due to all the apps installed on the phone, but uninstalling the apps changed nothing and the phone still freezes every day.
The memory on this phone is laughable. I only have four or five apps installed (each is less than 3 MB in size) yet the memory meter shows that I am running out of memory. I purchased a 4 GB mini SD card but apparently you cannot save apps to the card.
The App Store (Blackberry App World) is by far the most frustrating part of the phone. Most of the time it times out or gives you a range of error messages. When it does connect successfully, you realize that there aren't any good or cool apps to install. Also, the apps that are free or cost very little on the iPhone cost an arm and a leg on the Blackberry! There are very few good apps for the Blackberry that are free (or costs $3 or less).
Internet browsing is extremely slow, even in 3G. In fact, I don't think the browser is meant to be used for surfing the net. I installed Opera Mini instead and that has been working fine, except you cannot multitask with Opera so you have to close it every time you want to do something else.
General problems with connecting to the Internet. I'm not sure if this is a problem with Blackberry or the service provider (AT&T in my case), but most of the apps have problems connecting to the internet. The only app that almost always connect is the Opera Mini. Google Mobile App, Movies (by Rotten Tomatoes), and other apps all have problems connecting.
Some apps are simply not well configured to work with the Bold. I have WikiMobile and every time I open it I receive a warning saying "the app is trying to connect to the internet". I changed the permissions settings to allow it to connect, but I still receive the warning message every time which is very annoying. The same is true with Opera Mini. Finding solutions online and on discussion forums seems quite impossible.
The quality of the Bold is definitely subpar. I have had the phone for one year now and it no longer opens my e-mail messages (which triggered me to write this review), the trackball is not as smooth as it used to be, and the freezing (seizures?) are becoming more frequent.
I still think this phone is an upgrade from my previous non-smart phone and I love the Google sync, the calendar, the ability to create .txt files, conversation style text messaging, and visual voice mail. However, the next time I buy a smart phone (which will not be until next year, when I am eligible for an upgrade with AT&T), it will definitely not be a Blackberry.
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