Alright, looks like this is going to be real, very real, and very official. And it’s very near, like a week’s near. The Bold 9780 looks exactly as we expected it to (meaning not too far from the 9700 design tree), boasting an optical trackpad, QWERTY keyboard, a WebKit-based browser and a five megapixel camera. You’ll also get inbuilt 3G / WiFi, and at least on the T-Mob version, UMA / WiFi calling. Geotagging your images is a breeze courtesy of the integrated GPS module, and RIM’s also tossing in 512MB of Flash memory as well as a microSD slot. RIM stated that the 9780 will be available very soon from “various carriers around the world beginning in November,” with T-Mobile USA confirming that its version will hit on the 17th of next month for $129.99 on a two-year contract. Well, what do you expect? It’s a Bold 9700 with ‘much needed’ enhancement and a BlackBerry OS 6 anyway.

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