14 DAY TRIAL // After coming to the market with a series of new devices during the ongoing year, such as the BlackBerry Tour or Curve 8520, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is moving forth with the release of other handsets before the end of the ongoing year, among which we can count the BlackBerry Bold 9700, also known as Onyx, and we should expect the second BlackBerry Storm.
While the Storm 2 has already gone official and its launch announcement might drop each day, one handset that still has to be unveiled is the BlackBerry Onyx, which has just popped up in an official photo that surfaced on cio along with a series of details. The handset is heading towards T-Mobile USA, and the carrier's logo can be seen clear on the phone's front, and should turn into the first 3G BlackBerry smartphone ever added to its offering.
As stated above, the official photo and details on the device emerged in an article on cio, and its author says that all the information came from a T-Mobile PR. According to the piece, the specs on Onyx that already emerged into the wild are quite accurate, though still unofficial. No official launch date on the phone has been announced, yet it should become available before the end of the year.
Here's what the email received from T-Mobile's PR reportedly stated, “The BlackBerry 'Onyx' sports a premium experience and design with a high-gloss black finish and leather grain detail on the back. Boasting features such as high-speed 3G Web browsing, Wi-Fi calling, visual voicemail and support for corporate and personal e-mail options, the 'Onyx' will satisfy all your on-the-go needs. Also the phone comes preloaded with mobile applications from BlackBerry App World, including Amazon MP3 store for quick and easy music downloads and TeleNav GPS Navigator for turn-by-turn directions.”
As for Onyx’s specs, previous reports showed Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, along with a display that boasts a 480 x 360 resolution, a 3.2-megapixel photo snapper with auto focus, a QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth and BlackBerry OS 5.0 on-board. Stay tuned to learn more details on the BlackBerry Bold 9700, as soon as it becomes official.