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October 23, 2008

ATT officially announced the availability of the delayed Blackberry Bold in stores on November 4th.

The BlackBerry Bold includes a half-VGA (480 x 320 at 217 ppi) and a newly designed full QWERTY. On the inside, the BlackBerry Bold features built-in GPS and Wi-Fi®, a new 624 MHz mobile processor, plenty of storage memory, 1 GB on board and up to 16 GB via its microSD/SDHC expansion slot and a 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom and video recording, as well as an optimized Web browser.

The BlackBerry Bold from AT&T will support:
• Simultaneous Voice and Data Capabilities — When connected to AT&T's 3G network, customers can conduct a phone conversation and at the same time check e-mail, browse the Web or use another data application, including when tethered to a notebook computer.
• AT&T Navigator Global Edition — Powered by TeleNav, the only GPS-based service available from a U.S. wireless carrier to provide international navigation capabilities. AT&T customers can get spoken or text-based turn-by-turn directions with automatic missed turn rerouting and a local business finder service in 20 countries.
• Wi-Fi — Allows AT&T customers who turn on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone’s Wi-Fi feature — 802.11 a/b/g — to connect to home or business networks. AT&T customers also will be able to access more than 17,000 AT&T hot spots nationwide.
• CV — CV (Cellular Video) from AT&T gives viewers access to thousands of video clips — news, sports, weather, entertainment and more — directly on a BlackBerry Bold smartphone via streaming video.
• AT&T Mobile Music Services — An industry leader in mobile music, AT&T boasts the largest catalog of offerings available today, giving customers mobile access to enjoy XM Radio Mobile™, song identification through MusicID, music videos through MobiTV and over-the-air access to the extensive music databases of Napster Mobile® and eMusic®.

ATT Newswroom