RIM unveils BlackBerry Bold 9650 Essex as first base CDMA Bold

While GSM subscribers rich person been playing with the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold for years, those of you on CDMA networks – like Sprint (New York Stock Exchange: S) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) – whitethorn rich person been feeling a act ignored. Sure, you could get yourself a Bold-esque BlackBerry Tour from your favorite aircraft carrier, but true Bold-fiends aren’t departure to be satisfied with a watered down variant of the push-emailing French telephone. Well, today BlackBerry-manufacturer Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) (RIM) has finally seen to it that customers on CDMA carriers will be able to get their Bold fix in the near future tense. RIM has just announced the long-rumored BlackBerry Bold 9650 (codename: Essex, previously rumored as Tour2) as the first CDMA Bold, complete with wireless local area network, global-roaming capabilities, and a slightly upgraded spec-sheet.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 is a lot like the the Bold 9700 (surprised?). The Bold 9650 sports the same class-leading physical QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-megapixel photographic camera (with flash), 3G data connectivity, WiFi (b/g), integrated Global Positioning System, microSD card slot, bright VGA (480 x 360) display, Bluetooth 2.1, optical trackpad, and 3.5mm headphone jackass as the Bold 9700. The dispute between these two Bold smartphones lies in the cellular radios packed within. The new Bold 9650 manages to squeeze an additional CDMA radio into the stylishly slim package, giving it true global-roaming chops. That agency this new Bold volition happily pull down feather 3G data on CDMA EVDO Rev. A networks in the US, piece distillery acting nice with 3G (HSPA/UMTS) networks overseas.

There’s also another critical difference between the 9700 and the 9650. As expected, the Bold 9650 boasts two-base hit the Flash memory of the Bold 9700. With 512MB of computer memory on tap for run applications and BlackBerry OS overhead, the Bold 9650 should be zippy and slowdown-free people. You might even be able to get away with forgetting to close apps without having the phone get all slowdown-tastic on you.

Unfortunately, organism a US CDMA gimmick, the Bold 9650 won’t be able to grip simultaneous voice and information connections in The States. RIM is quick to distributor point out that you tin use the wireless local area network joining to grip information services while the CDMA wireless does all the legwork on the voice call, but that really only makes sense when you’re sitting at home, at the office, or in a coffee shop with an available WiFi hotspot. Overseas, though, the Bold 9650 should have no problem ferry data and part calls over 3G networks that use HSPA and/or UMTS technology.

There’s no honorable mention of whether or not this new CDMA Bold volition be run BlackBerry OS 6.0 or the OS 5.0 that we’ve come to know and lovemaking accept in the 9700 Bold. We’ve already seen the 9650’s OS leaked and made available for download, so our money’s on the OS 5.0. It’s probably condom to assume that we’ll see an OS 6.0 update in the near future.

RIM says we should expect to see the BlackBerry Bold 9650 hitting US carriers around May 2010 – May 27, if rumors prove accurate – but stops shortstop of mentioning particular carriers. We’re thinking both Verizon and Sprint ar departure to be pick up their own variants of the French telephone, but that’s another proclamation for another meter.

Full pressure liberation after the break.

RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9650 Smartphone

CDMA customers get a boldface new choice with power station 3G smartphone that offers bounty features and execution together with popular keyboard and trackpad, as wellspring as documentation for Wi-Fi and high-speeding 3G networks around the worldly concern

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650 smartphone – the latest addition to the BlackBerry Bold portfolio of premium smartphones.  Sophisticated, powerful and lineament-rich, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 is a global smartphone for CDMA customers who wish to arrest connected, productive and entertained.

“The new BlackBerry Bold 9650 is an extraordinary smartphone that we think customers will lovemaking,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “Whether at employment or at swordplay, the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 offers a truly impressive communication theory, multimedia system and connectivity experience.”

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone supports 3G (EVDO) networks in North United States and (HSPA/UMTS) abroad and has a full-QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad and built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g), which makes it possible to talk on the phone while browse the web or sending and receiving electronic mail. The BlackBerry Bold 9650 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable computer memory circuit board one-armed bandit that supports up to 32 GB microSDHC cards, with a 2 GB circuit board included.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 fuses shape and office in a hit designing and, in addition to providing bounty earphone and multimedia features, it of course of action delivers the industry’s leadership mobile solution for email, electronic messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and sociable networking.

Other key features of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone include:

Stylish designing (4.4” x 2.4” x .56” and 4.8 oz.) with glossy blackness finish and chrome highlightsLarge (2.44”) high-resolution exhibit (480 x 360 resolution at 245 ppi), able to display pictures, videos and web pages with impressive line and detail3.2 MP photographic camera with photoflash, variable quantity zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recordingAdvanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo system headset jackass and support for the Bluetooth® Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)BlackBerry® Media Sync for easily syncing photos as wellspring as  iTunes® and Windows Media® Player medicine with the smartphone*Easy mobile access to Facebook®, MySpace and Flickr®, as wellspring as popular moment electronic messaging services including BlackBerry® MessengerSupport for BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphonesFull HTML vane web browser, streaming audio frequency and video recording via RTSPBuilt-in Global Positioning System with documentation for geotagging, BlackBerry® Maps and other mapping applicationsPremium earphone features including voice activated dialing, speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.1).Support for high gear-speed EV-DO Rev. A networks in northland United States, as wellspring as UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quadrangle-banding EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroadRemovable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of CDMA talk meter

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone is expected to be available from carriers in the United States beginning in May.  For more information sojourn www.blackberry.com/boldface.

Editors: Additional subject, including video, spec sheet and images, is available in RIM’s online newsroom: www.rim.com/newsroom/media/gallery.

* Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights direction technologies. Photo syncing is currently only available for Windows-based PCs.