Blackberry Bold 9700 Feaures and specifications. Best prices and plans. The "Bold" a sharp looking phone and is available on all four Australian mobile carriers.

Good: Beautifully designed, Class-leading QWERTY keyboard, Very easy email set-up, Excellent battery life..

Bad: Some included software, including the browser and maps, needs work BlackBerry service accounts are expensive.

RRP: AU$999.00

   
35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard
Trackpad navigation
Wireless Push Email
Bright, hi-resolution screen
3G HSDPA connection speeds
Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® enabled (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g)
256MB flash Memory
Multimedia Player: Video format support: DivX 4, DivX 5/6 partially supported, XviD partially supported, H.263, H.264, WMV3, MPEG4, Sorenson Spark & On2 VP6 (Flash support)
Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro / WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
Vibrate alert
Polyphonic Ringtones
Bluetooth® v2.1
Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP)
Mono/Stereo Headset
Serial Port Profile
Networks: UMTS: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz (Bands 1,2,5/6), 2100/1700/900 MHz (Bands 1,4,8)
Networks: GSM: 1900/1800/900/850 MHz
Quad-band network support: GSM 850; GSM
Integrated GPS with A-GPS
Video camera recording


3.2 MP digital Camera & recording
Organizer
Web Browser
SMS/MMS
Integrated speaker and microphone & Hands-Free Speakerphone

Well yes I have the Bold and to be honest I'm not a fan and I won't be getting another one. The battery life is poor, I have to charge the thing at least every day and I'm not heavy user. The phone also likes to freeze up from time to time so I have to restart it?? Ok so I've been playing around with my mates iphone and it just works so it looks like I'm going that way when I've done my time. The Blackerry ringtone volume is also not loud enough and I'm not sure but I suspect being connected to Optus is having a negative effect on reception so I can't lay that one on the phone.