BlackBerry 9000 Specifications

The details on the much anticipated BlackBerry 9000 are getting clearer this week. RIM will be marketing the device as "BlackBerry Bold" and is expected to officially release it May 13th during WES 2008. What is a little strange about this is that RIM didn't officially released OS 4.5 for current devices but will release next week the Bold with OS 4.6. Even if they also announce the release of OS 4.5 wouldn't it be obsolete?

CrackBerry.com released the features and specs of the final version of the BlackBerry Bold:

Size - Length: 144mm, Width: 66mm, Thickness: 14mm

Weight (with battery) - 133g (same as the 88xx series)

Memory - 1GB on-board plus 128 MB Flash

Battery - 1500mAhr lithium cell

Est. Battery Life - Standby: 13 days, Talk Time: 5 hours

Network Support - UMTS: 2100 / 1900 / 850MHz, GSM: 1900 / 1800 / 900 / 850 MHz, GPRS, EDGE and HDSPA networks

Wi-Fi - 803.11a/b/g enabled

Display - HVGA, 480 x 320 pixels, Transmissive TFT LCD, supports over 65k colors

Media Player, Video Support - DivX 4, Div X 5 & 6 are partially supported, XviD is partially supported, H.263, H.264 and WMV3

Media Player, Audio Support - .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+

Media Player, Audio - BlackBerry Media Sync allows you to transfer your desktop iTunes music to your BlackBerry!!!

Camera - 2.0MP, 5 x digital zoom (with flash of course)

GPS - internal GPS with extended ephemeris, BB Maps is standard

Bluetooth - Bluetooth v2.0, all the normal stuff and Bluetooth Stereo Audio via A2DP and AVCRP

USB Port - Enables charging and high-speed data synchronization via USB "A" to mini-USB "B" cable (I can personally say moving files back and forth is now lightning quick!)

Browser - HTML browsing, View Movies/Clips from web sites built for mobile streaming, RSS feed support

You can also see on CrackBerry.com a great full review on the Bold including a video tour of the device to give you a little taste of what to expect.