Yes, the new Blackberry 9000 aka Blackberry Bold, is now featured on the Blackberry site. For those that asked why I was still holding on to my 8700, cause 8800 shelf life was not even close to what they have in store for the 9000. But, I hesitate like that when, the advancements are coming out too fast.

What’s in the new one, well friggin everything!
It comes with the same ol, IM, email, bluetooth, maps, and then a sup’d up organizer seen in a bit in the 8800. But then it gets interesting, better WIFI capabilities, a newer smoother interface, higher graphics for multimedia functions (movies, music, pictures). The web interface is really highend too. Not sure how that will play out on mobile friendly sites but, I’ll wait to see. Until its officially on sale, Blackberry Blurbs will use the trusty ol 8800.

For detail junkies:
Read Press Release

And an awesome Gizmodo overview:
• Has 802.11a/b/g plus good GPS, typically a tradeoff with BBs
• GPS is enhanced and assisted, and the handset has better map rendering, says Laptop
• 480 x 320 resolution screen with 65,000 colors—Crave says “never seen a better-looking display”
• 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor (reports differ), up from 312MHz
• Runs BlackBerry OS 4.6
• Keyboard has 8800-style “sculpted keys,” says PC Mag, “but the rows are separated by curved barriers”
• 4.5″ tall x 2.6″ wide x 0.5″ deep, weighing 4.7oz
• Side-loading MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 16GB additional
• 2MP camera with flash
• Talk time of 5 hours, with standby of 13 days
• MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4 and WMV3 codec support
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• “Pretty powerful speakers—none of that weak, tinny junk,” says Crave
• 128MB of flash plus 1GB of onboard memory (with encryption)
• Black leather back panel that can be swapped for other color leather plates
• Pricing will be $300 to $500 says BGR, a pretty wide (and obvious) range; Crave narrows it to “$300 to $400″

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