The BlackBerry Bold is Research In Motion's latest full QWERTY device. That is to say, underneath the screen there is a little QWERTY keyboard that the emailaholics among us can use to tap out messages while on the move.
But the BlackBerry has come a long way from the days when it was purely designed as a mobile email machine. Research In Motion has upped the ante and is targeting consumers as much as those professionals who like to do a bit more than tapping out messages to each other, and the Bold shows this off.
Of course email remains a central feature of the Bold and, as befits a consumer focused device, setting up personal email accounts is straightforward. Multiple accounts are catered for and they all show up individually so you can manage different ‘personas' with ease. The BlackBerry Bold will also work on corporate networks, of course.
The screen isn't all that vast at just 2.5 inches across diagonal corners, but it crams 320 x 480 pixels into that space making it very sharp indeed. And the Bold sports a redesigned user interface that makes it look rather more consumer friendly than in the past.
