RIM announces two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones

From InfoWorld: Research in Motion announced two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones on Monday that run on a new BlackBerry 7 operating system and include near field communication (NFC) support.

The Bold 9900 and 9930 are the thinnest (10.5 mm, about .4 of an inch) and most powerful (with 1.2GHz processors) yet from RIM, which opened its biggest annual conference in Orlando on Monday. RIM officials promised more NFC phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.

Pricing was not announced, but both smartphones are due from carriers globally this summer. Prospective buyers can register for more information on RIM's website.

The new BlackBerry 7 OS is designed for an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice searches, and the ability to manage a user's personal content separate from the user's corporate content.

RIM has previously described this separation of personal and business-related content as an effective means of allowing IT managers to easily strip off corporate content from the smartphone if the employee departs the company, leaving all the personal photos and music intact for the user to keep.

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