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The BlackBerry Onyx, RIM's follow up to the BlackBerry Bold, can now be viewed in officially thanks to press photo released by a T-Mobile rep to CIO.com's Al Sacco. Unlike other recent BlackBerry models to make it T-Mobile's way, the Onyx (like the Bold) is supposed to be a feature-packed high-end model. AT&T is supposed to be on tap for the new BlackBerry as well.

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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.

The most notable surface difference between the Onyx and Bold is the replacement of the trackball—the no longer so shiny pearl first introduced with the BlackBerry Pearl a few years ago—with a optical trackpad. Also, the Onyx, like other recent Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry models offered by T-Mobile, will sport dual-mode UMA technology to allow folks to make and receive Wi-Fi calls in and out of the home.

UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) can also automatically and seamlessly switch voice and data calls between cellular and Wi-Fi technology depending on which is available and cheaper at any given moment.

Below are some additional rumored features of the BlackBerry Onyx, which may ship as soon as November:

Quad-band GSM world phone

UMTS/HSDPA 3G

A slight bump up in resolution to 480 x 360 pixel from the Bold's 480 x 320 pixel display

Bluetooth

3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus

256MB of memory for apps (twice that of the Bold)

microSD slot

much better battery life than the Bold