AT&T officially began offering the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone on Tuesday November 4th for a price as low as $299.99 (after a two year subscription and a $100 mail-in-rebate). The BlackBerry Bold supports AT&T’s 3G network, has built-in assisted GPS, Wi-Fi support, and of course the famous BlackBerry messaging support.

For those of you not familiar with the BlackBerry Bold, here are the main features and specifications:

• Black exterior, satin chrome finished frame, and stylish, leatherette backplate
• Supports AT&T’s 3G BroadbandConnect network
• Half-VGA (480 x 320 at 217 ppi) color display
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 624 MHz mobile processor
• 1GB of onboard memory
• microSD/SDHC slot
• Built-in music, video, and photo player
• Supports MP3, .3gp, WMA9 Pro, WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC, AAC +, eAAC+
• Mobile email, IM, web browser
• Quad band GSM support
• Wi-Fi
• aGPS
• 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom, and video recording
• Comes preloaded with AT&T Navigator, Cellular Video, Yellowpages.com Mobile, XM Radio Mobile, MusicID and other applications
• AT&T MEdia mall – one stop shopping for apps, ringtones, games, and graphics
• Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server and supports IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novel GroupWise

You’ll be able to purchase the BlackBerry Bold at AT&T retail stores, online at www.att.com, and select national retailers for as low as $299.99. The no-commitment price is $549.99. The two year contract price out the door is $399.99. You can then send in a $100 mail-in-rebate via an AT&T promotion card which brings the final price to $299.99.

[Check out the press release]

[Check out the product page]

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