RIM has at last let the cat out of the bag by unveiling Bold 9700 aka Onyx. Blackberry Bold 9700 offers high-end performance with support for tri-band 3G HSDPA / quad-band GSM networks, Wi-Fi and a powerful 624MHz processor along with 256MB of flash memory.

Bold 9700 hosts a 2.44-inch vivid light-sensing display (480×360), full QWERTY, trackpad, GPS, 3.2MP auto focus camera with flash, 3.5mm headset jack, microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and access to Blackberry App World.

US will get the device via T-Mobile and AT&T while rest of the world can expect local carriers to launch it by November. AT&T will be selling the device for $199.99.

Blackberry Bold 9700
T-Mobile Bold 9700
AT&T Bold 9700
[Via Press Release]

We’ve already seen a live picture of Onyx in a T-Mobile garb and now an image has appeared on the web showing a nicely touched up press photo. As you can see, Onyx too, will ditch the trackball in lieu of trackpad which was first seen on Curve 8520.

The T-Mobile Onyx features a high-gloss finish with leather back and brings 3G, Wi-Fi with support for HotSpot@Home, GPS, 3.2MP camera and pre-installed Amazon MP3 store.

The exact launch date is not known but is expected to come out by the end of this year, mostly November.

[Via CIO]

Crackberry has managed to grab a new shot of Blackberry’s Onyx aka Blackberry 9700. Interesting thing about the image is that it sports a T-Mobile branding and a trackpad with chrome bezel and leather back. The phone as we know features 3G, Wi-Fi, 3.2MP camera and GPS. The rumored availability is in September.

HTC is expected to launch Warhawk, Fortress and Lancaster. Warhawk and Fortress are AT&T’s version of Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2. On the other hand, Lancaster is an Android offering which you can look out for. It looks like HTC Magic but slide it and its full QWERTY keyboard is exposed. The triband GSM/dualband 3G phone will have a 2.8-inch QVGA screen, HTC’s social messaging UI, 3MP camera, Bluetooth 2.0, A-GPS and expandable memory.

Palm’s Eos showed its face almost couple of months back and here it is now, claiming to come out in the second half of 2009 packed with “new Palm OS experience.” The quadband GSM phone has 3G, QWERTY keyboard, 2.63-inch touchscreen, 4GB storage, email, MMS, IM, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, 2MP camera and loaded with AT&T services. The phone is expected to cost $349 after mail-in rebate.

Nokia will be coming with four phones – Mako, Grouper, Thresher and Snapper. Mako (above) looks to be the interesting of the lot since it does not carry any design inspirations from previous Nokia models. Its small, compact, runs on S60 v3.2 and has a 2.4-inch QVGA display, dual-band HSDPA, A-GPS, 2MP camera, video share, 2.5mm headphone jack and microSD slot.

Thresher too, is claimed to be a newly designed device taking no design cues from other phones. It’s a glossy slider phone which comes with dual-band HSDPA, 3.2MP camera and A-GPS. Grouper aka 6750 Mural is also a S40 device and brings in HSDPA, A-GPS and a 2MP camera. Finally, it’s the Snapper, which gives an impression of a decent camera phone but in reality it’s a low-end clamshell phone doing triband HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.1, 2MP camera and A-GPS.

Motorola is also expected to join the party with an Android powered Heron and Sawgrass. The Android Heron packs in a 2.8-inch, 3MP camera with flash, 3G and A-GPS. As for Sawgrass, it is rumored to be Alexander with 2MP camera, 2.5-inch screen, A-GPS.

HP’s idea to spread happiness is a single phone, iPAQ K3 or Obsidian. Good thing about K3 will be that it’s going to run on Windows Mobile 6.5 and will feature “large thumb sized QWERTY keys”, triband 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, 256/512MB RAM/ROM, A-GPS, 2MP camera and couple of sensors like proximity and light.

Finally comes RIM’s foursome in the form of Onyx, Pearl 3G, Magnum and Gemini. We are no strangers to Onyx and Gemini but Magnum is expected to carry forward the evolved Blackberry Bold portfolio with the same processor as Bold, quadband GSM, QWERTY keyboard, HVGA touchscreen, GPS and Wi-Fi. Pearl 3G will go back to the Pearl roots doing away with the flip form factor and will have a SureType keyboard, 3.5mm audio jack, 3G, Bluetooth and A-GPS.

[Via Engadgetmobile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Yet another Blackberry device has been found in the wild. This time its Onyx, which is said to be on the lines of Blackberry 8900 and will support GSM bands. On the other hand, a CDMA based variant will also make it to the market on T-Mobile, known as Driftwood and is slated for a September release.

The rumored specs of the phone are a 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, 3G, optical trackpad (prototype shows a trackball) and the battery cover clad with a similar material to Carbon fiber.

BGR reckons this device will fall under the Blackberry 96XX Series and will have an optical trackball at launch.

[Via Crackberry|BGR]