by Al Sacco

BlackBerry Bold 9900: A Video Look at NFC on RIM’s Newest Smartphone

Opinion
May 02, 20111 min
MobileSmall and Medium Business

RIM's brand new BlackBerry Bold 9900 supports NFC. Check out this video first-look at the technology on BlackBerry.

Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the latest BlackBerry smartphone: the Bold 9900. The new Bold device is noteworthy for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it is the first BlackBerry Bold device with a touch screen; it’s the thinnest BlackBerry to date; it’s the first BlackBerry to run RIM’s brand new BlackBerry 7 mobile OS; and it supports Near Field Communications (NFC) technology.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 with NFC
BlackBerry Bold 9900 with NFC Enabled (See “N” in top-right corner of display)

NFC is a short-range wireless technology that will be used in the future for a variety of purposes including for mobile payments and other mobile data transactions. For more details on NFC, read RIM’s recent blog post on the subject.

And check out the video below for a first-look at how NFC works on the new BlackBerry Bold 9900, captured today at RIM’s annual BlackBerry World Conference in Orlando.

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NFC on the BlackBerry Bold 9900

Al Sacco covers Mobile and Wireless for CIO.com. Follow Al on Twitter @ASacco. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline and on Facebook. Email Al at asacco@cio.com