AT&T BlackBerry 9800 Smiles For The Camera
The BlackBerry Slider/Torch 9800 has been pictured plenty of times now, but today it is strutting its stuff over at Engadget. They’ve got their hands on one of the phones, which shows an AT&T logo at startup, but that is about it. The official name is still not known and other than seeing OS 6.0 running on the device not much else is known yet.
We’ve just been sent a mother lode of shots of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 9800 — a phone whose market name is still unknown — but whether it’s called the Bold, the Torch, or something else altogether, we think we’re looking at near-final hardware here. The software is identified as version 0.9, but you can clearly tell from the UI that it’s running BlackBerry 6 with an ever-so-slightly refined look and subtle 3D elements missing from prior releases. This particular phone is AT&T-branded, and it starts up with a carrier logo screen that proudly proclaims the 9800 a world phone — sure enough, the About screen shows support for WCDMA bands I, II, V, and VI, which means you’ll be able to use the phone for 3G service in Japan and most of Europe.
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