Research In Motion (RIM) on thursday launched the BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone in China. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone yet and offers the perfect combination of a high performance keyboard and touch display integrated within the iconic BlackBerry Bold design. It also comes with the new BlackBerry 7.1 OS (operating system).

“We’re pleased to work with our partners to bring the top of the line BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone to customers in China,” said Urpo Karjalainen, Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific, at Research In Motion. “The BlackBerry Bold 9900 delivers outstanding performance along with exceptional email and messaging capabilities, fast web browsing, rich multimedia and access to a wide range of apps. In addition, we believe Chinese customers will appreciate the industry leading keyboard and popular Chinese input options provided by the new BlackBerry Bold 9900.”

It features a highly refined and integrated suite of phone, email, messaging, multimedia and business apps to keep customers connected and productive throughout the day. It also features access to BlackBerry App World, which includes many apps localized for Chinese customers.