The second new model is the 6303 classic – Nokia targets it to people that like what the 6300 currently offers for its price. The 6303 classic has modest features compared to the 6700 classic, but is better than the 6300, with a 3.2-megapixel camera, equipped with a dual LED flash and a 3.5mm stereo jack. Its price is £117 similar to the one of the 6300, but unfortunately it is a tri-band phone, for Europe only.

Nokia 2700 classic is the most affordable of the three, at a price of 65 euro ($85) and Nokia claims it offers a very good price/functionality ratio. The 2700 classic offers a 2-megapixel camera, music player and a microSD slot for up to 2GB of memory. As it is a quad-band GSM, it can be used with any GSM network around the globe.

The three new Nokia phones are scheduled for the second quarter of the year.

You’d expect the BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone to be able to send and receive emails, from various accounts. It’s a BlackBerry smartphone after all. But it has so much more to give. Take its soft-touch screen, which responds to your fingertip commands, its 3.25″ high-resolution display that brings pictures to life and its 3G connection that will have you browsing the internet at super-fast speeds. With a BlackBerry Storm smartphone you get:

High-resolution soft-touch screen

• The first thing you’ll notice with the BlackBerry Storm smartphone is its huge 3.25″ high-resolution screen (480 X 360 pixels). Turn it on and it bursts into colour – 65,000 colours to be precise. The wide-screen display gives you crystal clarity even when you’re outdoors.
• When you touch the screen you’ll notice it’s soft under your fingertips. Just swipe over it and press down to make things happen.

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Multiple keyboard options

• When it comes to messaging, everyone’s different. So you can choose from one of three styles of keyboard. Choose from SureType® (predictive) and Multi-tap (multiple keypress) in portrait if you’re dashing off a quick message or turn the phone to landscape and use the on-screen QWERTY keyboard for longer messages.

Size & weight

• Length: 112.5mm
• Depth: 13.95mm
• Width: 62.2mm
• Lightweight: Only 155g (battery included)

Expandable memory

• You can carry your documents or your favourite tunes around with you. Its 1GB built-in memory can hold around 250 songs. If you want even more music with you just expand the memory by 16GB (using a plug in MicroSD™ memory card – not included) giving you enough space for another 4000 or so tracks.

Battery and adapter

• To recharge, or simply run your mobile phone on mains power, use its +5V DC/500 mA AC power adapter which comes with interchangeable, location-specific plugs.

Built-in GPS and BlackBerry Maps

• With built-in GPS you can pinpoint your location and track your routes faster than ever. And when you team GPS with BlackBerry® Maps you can save time and cut stress with step-by-step directions. Just type in an address and see it brought to life on maps, quickly and conveniently on your mobile phone.

Mobile internet

• Thanks to its HSPDA technology (think super-fast 3G) you can browse the web at warp speed and multitask to your heart’s content. Take calls while sending and responding to emails, or when browsing the internet, and access your favourite websites – from Google to the BBC, YouTube to eBay – when you’re out and about. Keep in touch with your friends and spread a bit of fun with social networking applications like Facebook® for BlackBerry smartphones and Flickr™ Photo Uploader for BlackBerry smartphones.

Email and messaging

• As you’d expect from BlackBerry®, email is at its heart. Stay on top of your email accounts including: web-based email (such as Windows Live™, Gmail®, Yahoo!® Mail and AOL® Mail), Microsoft® Outlook® Web Access, Microsoft® Exchange, IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Novell® GroupWise®.
• As well as reading your messages you can open and download attachments (JPEG, Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® PowerPoint files) on the go.
• Email’s not the only way to keep in touch. With BlackBerry Storm smartphone you can chat online and even send pictures with Windows Live™ Messenger, Yahoo® Messenger, AOL® Instant Messenger® and ICQ®.

Camera and video recorder

• BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s camera is a quality 3.2MP digital camera with auto flash, auto focus and 2x digital zoom.
• And you can capture all your moving action on its built-in video camera. Replay your masterpieces in full high definition quality through the built-in BlackBerry® Media Sync media player.
• Why not share your pictures and videos? Send them via email or picture message or upload them to photo storage websites like Flickr™.

Synchronisation

• The desktop software (supplied with your smartphone) synchronises your calendar, address book, tasks and memos between your BlackBerry Storm smartphone and your desktop. It also loads new applications and upgrades from your PC to your BlackBerry Storm smartphone.
• When used with BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone supports wireless synchronisation with: IBM Lotus Notes®, Microsoft Outlook, Novell GroupWise.
• When used with BlackBerry® Desktop Manager, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone supports desktop synchronisation with: ACT!® 4.0.2/2000/6.0; ASCII Text File Importer/Exporter; Novell GroupWise 5.5/6.0; Lotus Notes 4.5/4.6/5.0/6.0/6.5; Lotus Organiser® 5.0/6.0; Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000/2002/2003 (XP); Microsoft Outlook Express; Microsoft® Schedule +7.5; Microsoft Schedule + Default; Netscape®.

Multimedia formats

• The BlackBerry Storm smartphone can handle a number of formats, whether you’re watching videos or listening to your tunes.
  • - video formats: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264 (encoding and decoding 30fps), WMV
  • - audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus.
• BlackBerry® Media Sync is BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s built-in media player. You can listen to your tunes or watch your videos and use it to sync your desktop iTunes® music files with your BlackBerry Storm smartphone.

Business use

The BlackBerry Storm smartphone is ideal for businesses of all sizes.

• Download attachments on the go. Open and edit Microsoft® Word and Microsoft Excel® documents, and view Microsoft® PowerPoint® documents. Copy and paste, change font size, colour bullets, numbering and more.
• For small to medium-sized business, Hosted BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Professional Software offer you affordable, easy-to-set up solution options.
• For larger organisations, BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution provides advanced security features, enterprise-grade functionality and hands-on control to implement a comprehensive wireless solution.
• To protect your BlackBerry Storm smartphone from prying eyes, each phone can be set with its own unique password.

Connectivity

• You can get more done by keeping your hands free while you talk or listen without getting tangled up in a mess of wires. The BlackBerry Storm smartphone works with the Bluetooth® Stereo Audio profile for high-quality, wireless stereo sound.
• Using Bluetooth headphones or speakers, use wireless technology to enjoy your music on the move.
• Bluetooth v2.0; Mono/Stereo Headset, Handsfree, Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP), and Serial Port Profile Supported.
• 3.5mm stereo headset capable.

• Connect to your computer, for charging and data synchronisation, using a high-speed USB cable (provided).

Network Support

Stay in touch with the people who matter as you travel across town or to almost any corner of the world.

• Quad-Band: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks.
• Single-Band: 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA networks.

Voice Input/Output and ringtones

• Integrated speaker and microphone, hands-free headset capable, Bluetooth® headset capable, integrated hands-free speakerphone.
• 32 polyphonic – MIDI, MP3.

World: Say hello to the RIM BlackBerry Bold. *Cue dramatic music.*

You may know it as the RIM BlackBerry 9000, but on Sunday, Research In Motion officially took the wraps off the highly anticipated smartphone, complete with a new name. The “Bold” is in reference to the smartphone’s gorgeous display, but it’s also bold in that it represents a number of new moves for the company. Oh, BlackBerry Bold, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways.

The bold and the beautiful
As we just mentioned, the device gets its name from its screen. The BlackBerry Bold features a half-VGA (480×320 pixel resolution) and a 65,000-color display. During some initial product testing, research group participants repeatedly called the screen “bold” and “brilliant.” The Brilliant moniker didn’t really jibe with the company, thus the BlackBerry Bold was born.

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So just how bold is it? Well, RIM stopped by our office late last week to show us the device, and let me just tell you, I was absolutely blown away. I can pretty much say I’ve never seen a better-looking display on a smartphone. Colors pop off the screen, and it’s really amazing how sharp and crisp everything looks on the display.

We watched a couple of videos, and for the first time, we didn’t notice any of the pixelation or blurriness that you typically get with phones. In addition, the menu interface has been revamped with a much more modern look and icons. Also, as you can see from the images, the BlackBerry Bold boasts a new design. It’s more elegant than models past, with curvier edges and a silver trim that complements the black casing.

If you turn it over, you’ll also notice that the back has a leatherette texture. No more slick plastic. RIM will sell replaceable backplates in different colors, including blue, gray, and red, if you want to individualize your phone a bit. The BlackBerry Bold measures 4.5 inches tall by 2.6 inches wide by half an inch deep, and it weighs 4.7 ounces.

Kevin Michaluk at Crackberry.com took a gamble, buying one on eBay, and posted a hands-on review. He made a good comparison of the device to the Motorola Q9h.

Finally, the BlackBerry Bold has a QWERTY keyboard that RIM likened to a modernized Curve keyboard, but I’m not really seeing it. Instead, it reminded me more of the BlackBerry 8830.

Now, I know some of you 8800 series users had issues with the keyboard, but I tried it out, and it’s pretty easy to use–relatively large buttons with some spacing between the keys.

Wireless smorgasbord
There’s a heaping of wireless options on the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) BlackBerry Bold, but the most appetizing and notable item is the HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900/2100) support.

It’s the first such equipped BlackBerry, and we all know that it’s been a long time coming. RIM says the delay for bringing such a device to the market is that it wanted to make sure that battery life wouldn’t be sacrificed at the expense of including the 3.5G technology. Hey, whatever the reason, we’re just finally happy to have it.

You also get integrated Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 with full A2DP support, and built-in GPS (enhanced and assisted).

Horsepower
The RIM BlackBerry Bold is equipped with a 624MHz Intel PXA270 processor, whereas previous BlackBerrys had 312MHz processors, so technically, you should enjoy smoother and faster performance.

During our briefing, there were a few hiccups in performance, but we’re going to keep our fingers crossed and chalk it up to the fact that it wasn’t a final unit. There’s also 128MB of flash memory and 1GB of onboard memory, which is all supplemented by the microSD/SDHC expansion slot (supports up to 16GB cards).

Multimedia, Web, and other good stuff
You still with me? I know this post is getting a bit lengthy, but there are just a few more highlights to note. First, the Bold includes an improved Web browser (thank goodness), with the option to view pages in a full desktop HTML style or a mobile version, and you can now more easily navigate pages with the trackball, which acts like a mouse cursor, and zoom in and out.

As for multimedia, the smartphone is equipped with a 2-megapixel camera with video-recording capabilities and up to 5x zoom. The media player also continues to support numerous audio and video formats, including MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4, and WMV3 files, and the phone is equipped with a 3.5mm headphone jack. By the way, the Bold has some pretty powerful speakers–none of that weak, tinny junk.

Oh, and hey, what’s this? It’s makes calls, and sends and receives e-mails, you say? Yes, you’ll still get all of the voice and messaging features of previous BlackBerrys, and the handset will also come preloaded with Dataviz’s Documents to Go suite, for document viewing and editing.