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Some additional information about the CDMA BlackBerry Bold has trickled out, including a model number: 9630. Currently packing OS 4.7.1, the Niagara should be landing on Verizon and be dual-mode (running on both EV-DO rev. A networks and UMTS). Bad news? No Wi-Fi. Ugh, that’s just plain silly. The Storm really sucked it up for, among other things, not having Wi-Fi, and yet RIM continues to insist that the Bold is the only BlackBerry that should have it all. Bah. Additional features include:
* The OS actually we’re told is 4.7.1 (but possibly, possibly, be OS 5.0 depending on launch date).
* No Wi-Fi.
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support along with WCDMA support (bands not specified, but most likely 2100MHz).
* CDMA 1x/EV-DO Rev. A device.
* Release date unknown, but we’d say May/June if we had to bet.
* 3.2 megapixel camera (though we heard a rumor there might be a camera-less version, but that’s unconfirmed).
* The web browser supports JavaScript 1.6 (not huge news, but at least the browser is slowly improving).
The Niagara name has been floating around for some time now, and continues to be aimed at a May launch. Maybe we’ll see something at WES…?
[via Boy Genius Report]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
