The BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. Featuring a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leatherette backplate, the BlackBerry Bold is a symbol of accomplishment and aspiration. The smartphone's stunning display, sophisticated user interface and newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard make the BlackBerry Bold a ‘must have’ for power users and business professionals.
Through its integrated GPS, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone can pinpoint its exact location, supporting a variety of location-based applications and services. With its improved rendering capabilities, fast download speeds and ability to support simultaneous voice and data, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone even allows users to check email or surf the Internet while on a call.
“We are proud and honored to offer our postpaid customers the BlackBerry Bold smartphone with a special pricing package. The Tigo brand has always been a pioneer in introducing new communication services and new attractive plans in Ghana. Tigo will be associating its fresh and innovative image with the BlackBerry brand. Tigo Ghana is not only launching the BlackBerry Bold smartphone but more importantly the full BlackBerry solution experience and functionalities. As we put a high value on our customers needs, all our communication will highlight the BlackBerry solution for what it can bring to them in their daily-lives. The BlackBerry solution is much more than a phone and that will be our message to Ghanaians,” said Percy Grundy, General Manager Tigo Ghana.
“The BlackBerry Bold delivers an amazing combination of functionality, performance, usability and design, making it an ideal choice for business professionals and power users,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. “We are very pleased to be working with Tigo to offer the BlackBerry Bold to customers in Ghana.”
BlackBerry Bold smartphone features include:
- Dimensions: 114 x 66 x 15 mm. Approximate weight (including removable battery) 136 g.
- Elegant design with chic, glossy finish.
- Half VGA (480x320 resolution at 217 ppi) colour LCD presents stunning image quality.
- Newly designed precision keyboard allows fast and accurate typing.
- Support for tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and a next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video and rendering web pages.
- Integrated GPS with support for location-based applications and services.
- Includes 128 MB Flash memory plus 1 GB on-board storage memory, as well as a microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports up to 16GB of additional memory storage per card and is conveniently accessible from a side door.
- Newly enhanced, high performance browser and high-resolution, ultra-bright display give users an on-the-go web browsing experience with desktop-style depiction. The trackball mimics a mouse, making it easy to navigate sites in "Page View" or "Column View" or zoom in on specific parts of a web page, while various emulation settings allow users to choose between the full desktop-style HTML content and layout or a mobile version. Attachments can also be downloaded from within the browser and there is support for watching streaming videos (RTSP – real-time streaming protocol).
- Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files can be downloaded and edited directly on the handset using the preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go® software suite.
- 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, built-in flash and digital zoom.
- Numerous premium phone features including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), Bluetooth® 2.0, with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits (including car kits that adhere to the Bluetooth Remote SIM Access Profile) and other Bluetooth peripherals.
- For managing music and video, the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager software includes Roxio® Media Manager for BlackBerry® as well as Roxio Photosuite® 9 LE, which makes it easy to enhance pictures and create photo albums on the computer. For users that manage their collection with iTunes®, the new BlackBerry® Media Sync application provides a simple way to sync iTunes digital music collections with the smartphone*. Support for High Speed USB 2.0 allows files to be transferred quickly from a computer to the BlackBerry Bold smartphone.
- BlackBerry® Internet Service support, which is optimal for smaller businesses and individuals and allows users to access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts, such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) from the smartphone.
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which is designed for organisations that manage their own email servers and provides advanced security, IT policy controls and management in IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange, and Novell® GroupWise® environments.
Tigo Ghana is offering the BlackBerry Bold smartphone for $675 (for a cash purchase) or for 6 payments of $130 per month. Tigo's postpaid data packages include unlimited Internet access and are priced at $25 per month for BlackBerry Internet Service and $35 per month for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. The packages are available at the Tigo Osu Postpaid office.
About Tigo
Tigo is owned by Millicom Ghana Limited. Millicom Ghana Limited launched the Tigo brand in Ghana in 2006.
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.BlackBerry.com.
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