AT&T and Research In Motion recently announced that the highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold smartphone would be available in the United States for as low as $299.99 starting November 4th. The device will be available for purchase in AT&T retail stores, through the operator's website and select national retailers, as well as through AT&T's business-to-business sales teams.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which is introduced in the United States only for AT&T customers, can be used in a lot of countries, including more than 60 with 3G networks.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone's design and performance live up to its name. The elegant device features a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome-finished frame and stylish, leather-like backplate with a stunning half-VGA (480 x 320 at 217 ppi) color display for eye-popping visuals and a newly designed full QWERTY keyboard for exceptionally fast and easy typing.

On the inside, the BlackBerry Bold features built-in GPS and Wi-Fi, a powerful new 624 MHz mobile processor that provides impressive performance, more storage memory than ever before - 1 GB on board and up to 16 GB via its microSD/SDHC expansion slot - and a rich set of multimedia capabilities, including an advanced media player for music, videos and photos, and a 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom and video recording, as well as an optimized Web-browsing experience with desktop-style depiction.

In addition to the renowned BlackBerry productivity applications, including phone, e-mail, messaging, organizer and browser, the BlackBerry Bold from AT&T will boast services such as Simultaneous Voice and Data Capabilities, CV service, AT&T Navigator Global Edition, AT&T Mobile Music Services, Napster Mobile and eMusic, and many more.

AT&T Navigator, CV, AT&T Mobile Music services and more than 90,000 additional choices are available through AT&T MEdia Mall.