First Official BlackBerry Bold/Onyx 9700 Image

By now many of you have seen the new BlackBerry Bold/Onyx 9700 in videos leaked on YouTube and from leaked images on pre-release devices.  When it’s not official it’s hard to tell whether or not it will actually look the same when it’s released.  I usually try to hold off my judgements of an upcoming BlackBerry until I see the first official picture released by RIM.

Now we can feast our eyes on an official image first released by @ASacco from CIO.  As you can see the Onyx 9700 will indeed sport the Tour keyboard and the new trackpad.

The 9700 will be T-Mobile’s next major BlackBerry release.  We now know it will be the carrier’s first 3G BlackBerry and that it is set to be released sometime before the end of 2009.  Below is a blurb from T-Mobile about the new Onyx 9700.

“The BlackBerry ‘Onyx’ sports a premium experience and design with a high-gloss black finish and leather grain detail on the back. Boasting features such as high-speed 3G Web browsing, Wi-Fi calling, visual voicemail and support for corporate and personal e-mail options, the ‘Onyx’ will satisfy all your on-the-go needs. Also the phone comes preloaded with mobile applications from BlackBerry App World, including Amazon MP3 store for quick and easy music downloads and TeleNav GPS Navigator for turn-by-turn directions.”