Sprint announced that it will offer two new BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones, the BlackBerry Torch
9850 and the BlackBerry Bold 9930.
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 has a 2.8-inch capacitive
touchscreen, the widest QWERTY keyboard available on a
BlackBerry, a 1.2GHz processor, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, digital compass, and global world network compatibility.
The BlackBerry Torch 9850 has a new 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, trackpad, a 1.2GHz processor, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, microSD, digital compass and 4GB of onboard storage.
Software and features supported of both BlackBerry models include:
- BlackBerry service with access to up to 10 supported business and personal email accounts, plus BlackBerry Enterprise Server support for corporate email installations.
- DataViz Docs To Go Premium suite preloaded, for editing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files from anywhere.
- Augmented Reality using the built-in compass (magnetometer) to support augmented reality applications
- (BlackBerry Bold Only)Near Field Communications (NFC) support for a secure exchange of information between NFC-enabled devices over a very short distance
BlackBerry 7 integrates BlackBerry Balance, which
separates personal content from corporate content, giving users the
freedom and flexibility to use the smartphone for personal email,
Facebook, Twitter, multimedia, games and other
apps, while satisfying the need for corporate data to be highly secure
and manageable.