BLACKBERRY BOLD 9780 SMARTPHONE

               If you’re nuts about QWERTY smartphones, then the Blackberry Bold 9780 is the best that RIM has produced in this form factor. The display is the same 480x360 screen that the Bold 9700 sports. There’s also the same, amazing optical trackpad and keypad. The 624 MHz processor is the same too, but RAM has been bumped up from 256 MB to 512 MB, making OS 6 far smoother and faster. The 9780 is OS 6 done right; nothing turned off and no serious memory leakages. There’s Universal Search, where you can search across apps, folders, the Web, e-mail and more from the home screen. Then there’s Social Feeds, a social networking aggregation app, and the new WebKit-based browser with tabs, but no Flash support. Things have improved on the camera front. The 5 megapixel shooter performs well and comes with scene modes and an improved interface. Video recording is now improved from 480x352 to 640x480. Although it features the same 1500 mAhr Lithium Ion battery as the 9700, it has a bit more juice. We used the phone on BES and easily got a day-and-a-half with heavy use. One annoying fact is that if you set your device to automatically lock itself, it will do so even if you’re in the middle of watching a video. The Bold 9780 has most of the connectivity options you’ll need, Wi-Fi 802.11n support being the only glaring omission. There is, however, support for 3G and Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR with A2DP/ AVCRP. The Rs 27,990 price sounds far sweeter than other RIM price tags we’ve seen recently. If you’re looking for a buy in the premium smartphone category, the Blackberry Bold 9780 is at a very sweet spot. According to us, it’s the best Blackberry money can buy.

SPECIFICATIONS
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Dimensions (WxHxD): 60 x 109 x 14 mm; Weight: 122
g; Display: 2.44-in, 480x360 pixels; Camera: 5 MP with
autofocus and LED flash; Memory: 512 MB RAM and
256 MB storage; Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, 3G
and Bluetooth; Rated talk time: Up to 6 hours.