The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a solid bar design Smartphone which comes in an attractive & subtle black coloured casing. It's classic form complete with its user friendly QWERTY keyboard & its selection of features makes the Bold 9700 a fabulous member of the BlackBerry family for style & usability purposes.

The Bold 9700 follows on from its family member the BlackBerry Bold 9000 which is a popular & beautifully designed Smartphone from this BlackBerry range. The Bold 9700 is a 3G Smartphone which comes with a good size TFT colour screen which measures 2.6 Inches diagonally & provides a 480 pixel by 360 pixel screen resolution. This Smartphone supports a BlackBerry® operating system version 5. There is a large QWERTY keyboard situated under the screen which provides the user with a user friendly input method & the user can use the touch sensitive trackball navigation control to scroll through menus & features.

The QWERTY keyboard is a full QWERTY complete with individual keys which have been perfectly spaced for ease of use. This handset is compact when considering its specification so therefore easy to handle & use on the go which measures 10.9cm tall, 6cm wide & 1.4cm deep. The Bold 9700 weighs one hundred & twenty grams which is a good weight for a Smartphone as it will not weigh its user down when being carried. Its fitted battery is recharged via the power adapter cable provided with the handset & when fully charged this battery can provide approximately five hours of talk time or approximately five hundred hours of standby battery time.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 works over 3G networks HSDPA 850, 1900 & 2100 as well as working over GSM networks 850, 900, 1800 & 1900 depending on the users network connectivity needs. This Smartphone comes with memory card support allowing its user to insert a compatible memory card up to sixteen gigabytes in size into the designated slot, plus the handset has two hundred & fifty six megabytes of ROM built in & comes with one gigabyte of built in memory. Its 3G HSDPA capabilities provides high speed connectivity when the user desires & the Bold 9700 supports two connectivity options which include a USB cabled connection & a Bluetooth® wireless connection to other compatible devices. The user can simply use these connectivity options to gain a connection between their Smartphone & other devices to transfer data between the two compatible devices simply & quickly.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 supports Wi-Fi® connectivity which means the user can connect to the Web using Wi-Fi® technology to connect the Bold 9700 to a nearby hotspot or wireless LAN. There is a speaker phone call feature which allows the user to take a call over the handsets speakers for a loud call experience, & the user can rest their handset on a nearby desk whilst on the call for a hands free call experience over the speakers. A HTML Web browser lets the user surf the Web for information, services & the user can simply have much fun using this portable internet feature.

 The BlackBerry Bold 9700 comes with a variety of messaging services which include an email service, text message service, multimedia service & an instant messaging service. An instant message service is a fun way to communicate with others that are online at the same time as the user & the parties can communicate using text or symbols during this online instant message. This handset supports document viewing capabilities which allow the user to view documents in popular formats including Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Excel & PDF format. An integrated media player allows the user to enjoy playing back music in popular music formats which provides a fun entertainment feature to be enjoyed on the BlackBerry Bold 9700.

 The user can use the connectivity options available to transfer their music onto their Smartphone or even download new music from the many online music stores. This music player can play music in MP3, WMA & AAC+ music formats. There is a built in 3.1 megapixel digital camera feature which supports high quality video recording capabilities. This camera has a LED flash feature to brighten up those darker surroundings & an automatic focus feature will ensure a beautifully focused photo or video is captured. An image stabiliser feature will ensure a smooth & wobbly free video record is captured & any small movements made by the user when recording will not be stored, just a smooth seamless recording captured. The user can adjust & change their camera & video settings to makes sure they get the perfect finish & effect they are wanting from their photo or video recording. The Bold 9700 supports video playback in popular video formats including MPEG4 & the user can enjoy viewing videos on the 2.6 Inch colour screen.