BlackBerry Bold 9000: Berry with guts
Gsmarena have posted thier review of the Blackberry Bold 9000. Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final impression.
Key features:
2.6" 65K-color TFT landscape display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels
Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
Quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G with HSDPA
Wi-Fi and built-in GPS and BlackBerry maps preloaded
2 megapixel camera, LED flash
624 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM
BlackBerry OS v4.6
Responsive trackball navigation
Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 8GB)
Excellent build quality
DivX and XviD video support
Good web browser
Office document editor
3.5 mm audio jack
Nice audio quality
Smart dialing
Main disadvantages:
No email support without BlackBerry Internet Service account
Mediocre camera
No FM radio
Cannot handle a 16GB microSD card and lags a lot with an 8GB
The web browser is unstable when browsing through Wi-Fi
At the end of this review we can confirm our initial observation. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 comes to crown the company efforts in the recent years, coming as close as possible to the ultimate business tool.
The handset offers a remarkable display, a great keyboard and an unsurpassed among the family connectivity. We highly doubt that there will be something more that a BlackBerry fan could want, except for maybe the more compact body of the Curve.
Outside the BlackBerry world the Bold faces somewhat stronger competition. The Nokia E71 matches its connectivity, still offers a great screen and keyboard and costs about 50 percent less. And it's more compact. In addition it offers a larger choice of 3rd party apps and more stable OS than the Bold.
Windows Mobile QWERTY devices such as the Samsung i780, Palm Treo Pro and HP 910c are also having an edge over the Bold for offering a much greater variety of 3rd party applications to choose from - those devices have a more competitive price, as well. While there certainly are a number of apps for the BlackBerry too, they are merely a drop in the bucket compared to the software available for WinMo.
Besides, the BlackBerry world is not so hospitable to strangers. There is only point in getting the Bold if you are planning to bet the BlackBerry Internet service, which might be another deal breaker to some.
And even with all those remarks in mind the BlackBerry Bold is still worth a look when you are shopping for your next business handset.
Key features:
2.6" 65K-color TFT landscape display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels
Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
Quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G with HSDPA
Wi-Fi and built-in GPS and BlackBerry maps preloaded
2 megapixel camera, LED flash
624 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM
BlackBerry OS v4.6
Responsive trackball navigation
Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 8GB)
Excellent build quality
DivX and XviD video support
Good web browser
Office document editor
3.5 mm audio jack
Nice audio quality
Smart dialing
Main disadvantages:
No email support without BlackBerry Internet Service account
Mediocre camera
No FM radio
Cannot handle a 16GB microSD card and lags a lot with an 8GB
The web browser is unstable when browsing through Wi-Fi
At the end of this review we can confirm our initial observation. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 comes to crown the company efforts in the recent years, coming as close as possible to the ultimate business tool.
The handset offers a remarkable display, a great keyboard and an unsurpassed among the family connectivity. We highly doubt that there will be something more that a BlackBerry fan could want, except for maybe the more compact body of the Curve.
Outside the BlackBerry world the Bold faces somewhat stronger competition. The Nokia E71 matches its connectivity, still offers a great screen and keyboard and costs about 50 percent less. And it's more compact. In addition it offers a larger choice of 3rd party apps and more stable OS than the Bold.
Windows Mobile QWERTY devices such as the Samsung i780, Palm Treo Pro and HP 910c are also having an edge over the Bold for offering a much greater variety of 3rd party applications to choose from - those devices have a more competitive price, as well. While there certainly are a number of apps for the BlackBerry too, they are merely a drop in the bucket compared to the software available for WinMo.
Besides, the BlackBerry world is not so hospitable to strangers. There is only point in getting the Bold if you are planning to bet the BlackBerry Internet service, which might be another deal breaker to some.
And even with all those remarks in mind the BlackBerry Bold is still worth a look when you are shopping for your next business handset.
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