There has been a lot of confusion regarding the two handsets, namely the BlackBerry 9700 Onyx and the BlackBerry Bold 9700. I was looking around for several weeks to find out whether the Onyx really existed or it was just a mistaken identity of the Bold 9700. Well on first looking at the available online images, I almost thought that the Onyx was actually the Bold. But I soon found out that the Onyx was in fact the result of the marriage between the Curve 8900 and the Bold. In proportions the Onyx emulates the Curve while intrinsicly it has inherited the genes of the Bold.

The Blackberry 9700 Onyx is a 3G enabled GSM device that looks like a slightly sexier and smaller version of the BlackBerry Bold 9700. While the Bold is already available in the market, it appears that we will have to be more patient with the Onyx. Almost all information on the Onyx is unofficial and the handset might still be under trial and evaluation. All I managed to find out about this GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS device is that it will be Wi-Fi enabled and include a 3.15 mega pixel camera, GPS and a full QWERTY keypad. We can also expect the internal memory to be expandable up to 16GB atleast.

We can also be hopeful that the BlackBerry 9700 Onyx brings along as much of the features that have been included in the BlackBerry Bold 9700. I have already tried my hands on the Bold 9700 and I found the handset quite capable particularly if we take note of it’s business tools. Configuring the email account is very convenient and the touch-sensitive optical trackpad really comes out as a breather. Lets hope that the Onyx has nothing less to offer.

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