Blackberry will release the latest version of its emailing mobile phone the Blackberry Bold later this month in an ongoing technology battle with rivals Apple an Nokia.The new phone, called the Bold, will go on sale in the UK around the middle of this month, although no date has yet been set.
It is expected to be available initially at retailers Carphone Warehouse and T-Mobile.
The Carphone Warehouse said the Blackberry Bold, like its rival the iPhone 3G, will be free with a contract but wont be available on “pay as you go†deals.
The Blackberry has already proved highly successful with business workers.
The launch of the Bold comes a month after Apple launched its much-anticipated iPhone 3G.
Research in Motion (RIM), the creator of the BlackBerry, described the new phone as “a symbol of accomplishment and aspirationâ€. It said the Bold’s added processing power will “make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pagesâ€.
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It will allow users to talk on the phone while sending emails an accessing the internet. It also features a 2-megapixel camera with video recording capability, a gigabyte of memory and a media player for watching movies and managing music collections.
