Research In Motion on Monday introduced a new world-band Bold and the Pearl 3G, which is its first 802.11n Wi-Fi device and the first BlackBerry with a traditional phone keypad. The new BlackBerry smartphones were unveiled at a press event in Orlando on Monday, in advance of Research In Motion's (RIM) annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium event. Described by RIM devices chief Mike McAndrews as the "sports car of BlackBerry smartphones", the new Pearl is the company's first 3G model in a candybar form factor. The Bold 9650 is also a 3G world phone, and marks a shift away from the Tour brand name that RIM had previously employed in the North American market. Replacing the original Pearl's trackball with a new optical trackpad, the Pearl 3G continues RIM's transition away from mechanical navigation hardware.