Hav you been awaiting some more information about those BlackBerry 7-sporting handsets coming to Sprint? Well, wait not more friend — August 21st could be the day of days for WiMAX fans and BBM addicts. The Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 will arrive together for the carrier within the bumblebee suit, at $250 and $150 respectively — though the Torch price is after a $50 mail-in rebate. You could find some more details inside the PR after the break and, if you would like a refresher on what to anticipate from the newest RIM devices, try our hands on coverage .
Powered by the subsequent-generation BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry® 7, a performance-driven operating system designed to deliver the final in communications, multimedia and productivity, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9930 and BlackBerry® Torch™ 9850 will go on sale in Sprint Stores, Sprint Business Sales, Telesales at 1-800-SPRINT1 and online at www.sprint.com beginning on Sunday, Aug. 21.
BlackBerry Bold 9930
BlackBerry Bold 9930 boasts the thinnest design and widest QWERTY on a BlackBerry smartphone for $249.99 (excluding taxes) with a brand new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement.
At just 10.5mm thick, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone ever. It contains a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the widest QWERTY keyboard available on a BlackBerry smartphone and a trackpad for simple navigation. BlackBerry Bold 9930 also offers Near Field Communications (NFC) support for a safe exchange of knowledge between NFC-enabled devices over a really short distance.
BlackBerry Torch 9850
BlackBerry Torch9850, the primary all-touch BlackBerry smartphone for Sprint customers, will cost $149.99 (excluding taxes) with a brand new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement, after $50 mail-in rebate via reward card1.
The graceful BlackBerry Torch 9850 smartphone incorporates a spectacular, new 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the biggest ever on a BlackBerry smartphone, and trackpad for straightforward navigation.
Both smarpthones feature Liquid Graphics™ technology, a key new feature powered by BlackBerry 7 to deliver incredibly fast, smooth performance and a highly responsive touchscreen experience. Additionally they offer 1.2GHz processors, 5MP cameras and are World Phone capable.
Key features of both BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 include:
BlackBerry® service with access to as much as 10 supported business and private email accounts, plus BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support for corporate email installations
DataViz Docs To move® Premium suite preloaded, for editing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files from anywhere
BlackBerry App World™, the official app store for BlackBerry smartphones offering customization, fun and productivity
BlackBerry® Playbook™ support with BlackBerry Bridge™ (Bridge is out there as a free download on BlackBerry App World)
Augmented Reality using the built-in compass (magnetometer) to support augmented reality applications
BlackBerry 7
BlackBerry 7 introduces a next-generation BlackBerry browser with a significantly faster, more fluid web browsing experience this is as much as 40 percent faster than BlackBerry® 6 based smartphones and as much as 100 pc faster than BlackBerry® 5 based smartphones2.
BlackBerry 7 also integrates BlackBerry® Balance™, which separates personal content from corporate content, giving users the liberty and adaptableness to make use of the smartphone for private email, Facebook®, Twitter®, multimedia, games and other apps, while satisfying the desire for corporate data to be highly secure and manageable. BlackBerry Balance works along side BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0.3, which supplies quite a few unique IT policy controls, equivalent to wiping only corporate data or blocking work-related content and apps from being copied or forwarded to non-public contacts.
BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 require activation on considered one of Sprint’s Everything Data plans plus a required $10 Premium Data add-on charge for smartphones. Sprint’s Everything Data plan with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM includes unlimited web, texting and calling to and from any mobile in America while at the Sprint Network, starting at just $69.99 monthly plus required $10 Premium Data add-on charge – a savings of $39.99 per 30 days versus Verizon’s comparable plan with unlimited talk, text and 2GB web or $9.99 per thirty days versus Verizon’s 450-minute plan with unlimited text and 2GB web. (Pricing excludes taxes and surcharges.)
BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 also offer World Phone capability for international travel to just about anywhere on the planet. Sprint customers have the facility to make or receive phone calls in additional than 200 countries and access to BlackBerry® data services, including email, apps and web browsing in nearly 155 countries. Customers can check the Sprint Worldwide Coverage and Rates page to envision coverage within the specific location they plan to travel and find voice, text, and knowledge rates. In addition they have the opportunity of using a 3rd-party SIM for international voice and information services.
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