BlackBerry Bold 9700

RIM has announced its latest device, The BlackBerry Bold 9700, which will replace the massively popular BlackBerry Bold 9000. This latest handset features a 2.44 inch HVGA display with a resolution of 480 x 360, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and it features a similar 35 key QWERTY keyboard to the previous model. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 architecture is slightly smaller than the previous model, measuring 4.29 inches tall by 2.36 inches wide by 0.56 inches thick and it weighs in at 4.3 ounces.

The trackball navigator from the Bold 9000 has been replaced with a touch sensitive trackpad, and it also comes with a 3.5mm audio jack, it features double the internal flash memory with 256MB but this can be expanded up to 32GB with a microSD card. Other techie features of this handset: it is a quad band mobile phone and it features built in WiFi, A-GPS, Bluetooth, 3G connectivity. It will go on sale worldwide in November, there is no word on pricing as yet.