Blackberry Bold 9700

Blackberry Bold 9700

RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones have always been practical, but recently the Canadian company has been producing some stylish handsets.  This business-chic handset boats a high resolution 480×360 pixel color display, Integrated GPS with A-GPS, 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard, 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, 3G, 3.2 megapixel camera, video recording and a touch-sensitive trackpad. The Bold 9700 comes with BlackBerry OS 5.0, enabling full HTML Web browsing, calendar and contact management, and integration with corporate email systems like Microsoft Exchange.

If you don’t need any of the frills of other phones the iPhone or Palm Pre, then the utilitarian handset may be the smartphone for you. And if you’re feeling fun and frivolous, the Bold 9700 can also tap into RIM’s BlackBerry App World and uses BlackBerry Media Sync to link up with iTunes or Windows Media Player—also the BlackBerry Bold 9700 can play up to 38 hours of music on a single battery charge.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is available from AT&T for $199 and T-Mobile for $129.99 with a contract and online discount.

Check out our BlackBerry Bold 9700 review.