Vodafone and RIM Launches BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone

Vodafone Essar and Research In Motion (RIM) has launched the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone for Vodafone customers in India.

The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone delivers powerful communications and multimedia applications with outstanding performance. The new smartphone is expected to be available at Vodafone stores across India on January 29, 2009 and priced at Rs. 31990. Kumar Ramanathan, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Essar, said, “Further to the immense success of the BlackBerry Bold 9000 launch, we are delighted to introduce the latest BlackBerry Bold 9700 to Vodafone customers in India. This launch reiterates our commitment towards providing our customers with superior products and services, which enables them to balance their professional and personal lives.” The BlackBerry Bold 9700 supports 3G HSDPA networks around the world and is equipped with a performance enhancing next-generation (624 MHz) processor and 256 MB on-board Flash memory. The exciting new BlackBerry Bold 9700 features built-in GPS and Wi-Fi, a 3.2 MP camera with video recording. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 also supports BlackBerry App World which features a broad and growing catalog of mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more.