Research In Motion on Thursday launched new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone with the BlackBerry 7 Operating System (OS) in India. The stunning BlackBerry Bold 9900 offers a large highly-tactile keyboard together with a brilliant touch display.

“We are thrilled to bring this outstanding new smartphone to the Indian market,” said Frenny Bawa, Managing Director, India, RIM. “We believe that customers will be extremely impressed with the exciting new features and exceptional performance delivered by the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry 7 OS.”

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone is built on a new performance driven platform powered by the latest BlackBerry software and hardware. In addition to supporting the new BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 features a range of powerful hardware enhancements including a 1.2 GHz processor, HD video recording, 24-bit high resolution graphics, and advanced sensors enabling new augmented reality applications such as Wikitude that can be seamlessly integrated with BBM 6 – all designed to deliver the ultimate in communications, multimedia and productivity for users around the world.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone yet (at only 10.5mm) and the first to offer the perfect union of a high performance keyboard and touch display integrated within the iconic BlackBerry Bold design. The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that is enabling many new and exciting capabilities, including the ability to pair accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.

The price of BlackBerry Bold 9900 is Rs. 32, 490 in Indian market.