Research In Motion has announced the release of the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone into Nigeria.
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 features a compact design and offersusers a fully loaded, high performance smartphone with the dual benefits of a high-resolution touch display and a highly tactile keyboard, the company said in a statement on Friday.
With the BlackBerry 7 Operating System and a powerful 1 GHz processor, the phone delivers fast, smooth performance for browsing the web, running applications, working with documents, and enjoying multimedia. It includes 8GB of onboard memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.
BlackBerry 7 introduces an enhanced browser that provides a significantly faster, more fluid web browsing experience. It also offers optimized HTML5 performance for gaming and video experiences.
The Regional Director for East, West and Central Africa at RIM, Mr. Waldi Wepener, said, “The phone combines a fluid touch display with the iconic BlackBerry keyboard in an impressively slim and stylish design.
“It’s powered by the new BlackBerry 7 operating system and delivers a truly outstanding mix of communications, multimedia, productivity and social connectivity features. BlackBerry is very popular in Nigeria and we are excited to be expanding our portfolio of smartphones in this market.â€