Research In Motion and Oman Mobile launch the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone in the Sultanate

Mobilk - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Oman Mobile announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone in the Sultanate which was made available in Omantel and Oman Mobile stores from Thursday 25th August 2011.

 

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone yet at only 10.5mm, and the first to offer the perfect union of a high performance keyboard and touch display integrated within the iconic BlackBerry Bold design. The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that is enabling many new and exciting capabilities, including the ability to pair with NFC-enabled accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.

 

Distinguished by its beautiful design, amazingly effective keyboard and brilliant touch display, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is crafted with premium materials including a brushed stainless steel frame that puts the finishing touch on a truly outstanding smartphone. 

 

Saleem Ahmed Abdullatiff General Manager of Marketing at Omantel Consumer Business Unit said: “We are very excited to be bringing the highly-anticipated BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone to the Sultanate. Based on the iconic design of the original BlackBerry Bold series, this new smartphone offers a best-in-class mobile communications experience that we think our customers will love.  Part of our new BlackBerry 7 series, the Bold 9900 is characterized by faster performance, an enhanced browsing experience and richer multimedia capabilities.”

 

BlackBerry 7, the operating system for the new BlackBerry Bold 9900, introduces a next generation BlackBerry browser with a significantly faster, more fluid web browsing experience that is among the best in the industry. Combining the dramatically improved performance of the advanced WebKit browser engine together with powerful hardware enhancements, BlackBerry 7 based smartphones deliver browsing  results that are up to 40% faster than BlackBerry® 6 based smartphones and up to 100% faster than BlackBerry® 5 based smartphones*.  Additional enhancements to this next generation BlackBerry browser have also optimized zooming and panning for smoother web navigation and optimized HTML5 performance for incredible gaming and video experiences.