Research in Motion, the makers of Blackberry, have announced the much-awaited BlackBerry 9000 series, now called the BlackBerry Bold. According to the company, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone is scheduled to be available from wireless carriers around the world beginning this summer.

A RIM India spokesperson told Biztech2.0 that no specific details on availability and pricing in India were available at this point of time.

The BlackBerry Bold is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g), as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities, including native DivX support and iTunes via Media Sync.

The BlackBerry Bold also includes 128 MB Flash memory plus 1 GB on-board storage memory, as well as a microSD/SDHC memory card slot that is accessible from a side door.

According to a release issued by RIM, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone comes with the most vivid and bold display ever introduced on a BlackBerry smartphone. Its half-VGA (480x320 resolution) colour LCD is fused to the undersurface of the lens, making images leap out with high definition and clarity. The device has a newly enhanced, high performance browser too.

The camera is a 2 megapixel one with video recording capability, built-in flash and 5x digital zoom. The 1500 mAhr battery provides multi-hour usage with a target talk time of approximately 5 hours and 13 days standby time.