The BlackBerry Bold 9900 was one of two new versions of the QWERTY phone offered up by RIM running the new version 7 release of its operating system.
Shares of Research in Motion (RIMM) are down 41 cents, or 0.8%, at $48.28 this morning amidst a raft of product announcements this morning in advance of the company’s “BlackBerry World“ conference taking place in Orlando, Florida tomorrow through Thursday.
RIM offered two new versions of the BlackBerry “Bold” line of phones, the 9900 and 9930 models, both of which run on an updated version of the BlackBerry operating system, version 7. RIM said the devices feature a 1.2 gigahertz processor, 768 megabytes of RAM, support for “4G” wireless connections, and are the thinnest versions so far, at 10.5 millimeters. The two are to be made available this summer.
In addition to the devices, RIM cosaid its software sold to rporate IT shops will soon be upgraded to manage not only BlackBerries but also Apple‘s (AAPL) iPhone and other iOS-based devices, and gadgets running Google’s (GOOG) “Android” software.
“We recognize the opportunity to continue leading in the enterprise market by providing customers with a common platform to help simplify the management of a variety of mobile devices,” said RIM VP Peter Devenyi.
RIM also offered up the first version of its own video chat application for its recently released “PlayBook” tablet computer, and a new set of functions for the BlackBerry called “Balance” that provides a sort of firewall between personal and corporate data on the handsets.
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