Just as expected, RIM unveiled the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930.  The Bold 9900 series comes as the same Bold form factor you all know, but gets a touchscreen on top.  The BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 is the thinnnest BlackBerry on the market giving you a full physical QWERTY keyboard along with the touchscreen as mentioned before.  It’s the first BlackBerry smartphone to run BlackBerry 7 OS, formerly known OS 6.1.  It comes with a 1.2GHz processor, providing speed we’re already starting to get acquainted with thanks to the BlackBerry PlayBook.  Hit the jump for the full press release from RIM.

RIM Introduces New BlackBerry Bold Smartphones

New BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Smartphones are the Thinnest and Most
Powerful BlackBerry Smartphones yet, Featuring the Renowned BlackBerry Keyboard
Together with a Brilliant Touch Screen and the New BlackBerry 7 OS

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today unveiled two
new BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphones. The high-performance BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930
smartphones feature a stunning and iconic design that integrates an incredibly easy-to-use
BlackBerry keyboard with a brilliant, high resolution, capacitive touch screen. These exceptional
smartphones are built on a new, performance-driven platform powered by the BlackBerry® 7
operating system and designed to deliver the ultimate in communications, multimedia and
productivity for users around the world.

“The new BlackBerry Bold smartphones and BlackBerry 7 OS are inspired by millions of
customers around the world who want the ultimate combination of performance, functionality and
style,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. “These fully-loaded and
beautifully crafted smartphones offer a highly refined user experience with blazingly fast
performance, a brilliant touch screen and an outstanding typing experience.”

Thin, Sleek, Iconic Design
Distinguished by an iconic design and the industry’s best keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold 9900
and 9930 smartphones feature the premium materials and finishes that characterize the
BlackBerry Bold line. Both models have a lustrous exterior with a brushed stainless steel frame
and a high-gloss glass-weave backplate. They are also the thinnest BlackBerry smartphones yet,
at only 10.5mm. The quality materials and optimized design of the new BlackBerry Bold
smartphones are instantly evident when held in the hand.

Performance-Driven
These BlackBerry Bold smartphones are built on a new performance-driven platform featuring a
1.2 GHz processor, Liquid Graphics™ touch screen, and support for high speed 4G/HSPA+ wide
area wireless networks.

The Liquid Graphics touch screen, a key new feature powered by BlackBerry 7, delivers fast,
smooth performance for highly responsive touch-based navigation, web browsing, pictures, video
and graphics intensive games*. Offering up to 60 frames-per-second performance with instant UI
action/response, Liquid Graphics gives customers a visually rich and immersive experience that’s
responsive to the touch. In addition, the smartphones feature brilliant displays with an eye-
popping 287 dpi to deliver crisp, stunning visuals.

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