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BlackBerry Torch 9800 Review
Aug 19th
If you have a product that have been successful for several years, but has fallen somewhat behind the times, it can be difficult to figure out what to change and what to leave alone. With the new BlackBerry 9800 Smartphone Torch, RIM seems this line to navigate successfully. While it is unlikely that the torch for the consumer away from their iPhone and Google Android devices are characterized at least BlackBerry users are not left completely in the dust.
The new BlackBerry smartphone features a 3.2in, 480×360 resolution touch display. While there is clear and quite sharp, the BlackBerry 9800 Torch is not really comparable to the display with the leading consumer smart phones – for example, offers the iPhone is 3.5 inches 4 shows a 960×640 resolution, while the Google Android-running Motorola Droid X has an even larger 4.3-in display with a resolution of 854×480.
On the other side is worth the BlackBerry 9800 Torch 162g, about the same weight as the Droid X, and is 61x14x112mm at about the same size as the iPhone 4th We found it very comfortable to handle and use, and it is small enough to drop in a shirt pocket without a second thought.
The phone features a vertical slide-out keyboard – it makes for a length of 147mm when opened – that still has the rounded look and small but well-developed key characteristic of BlackBerry devices. We found the BlackBerry 9800 Torch the buttons a bit too small for comfort, but is typical for BlackBerry, we were able to “thumb-type” short messages with relative ease. Current BlackBerry users should be pleased.
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The BlackBerry 9800 Torch includes four hard keys, including one start and one to a call – we have often wished end. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with 3G broadband, a 4 GB microSD flash card, 512MB RAM and 4GB of built-in memory.
The new BlackBerry OS 6 is elegant and simple to use and understand. All of your applications on a “tray” that can be raised or lowered are on your home screen. Their main applications are represented by icons on the home screen (you can also icons for individual contacts, and bookmarks). Swipe left and right you will see on other screens, including the favorites and the newest (most recently used applications).
One of the new OS features is the universal search. Just start, and the BlackBerry 9800 Torch is for applications and information on and off the phone that one could look to fit. For example, we have tried typing “weather” and got an application icons for “weather” and links to weather sites. We started typing the name “Michael” and by the third letter, we saw relevant news and contacts.
Another feature that really work well in our tests, the BlackBerry 9800 Torch the universal inbox. All e-mail, social network messages, etc. are displayed on a screen – touch on a particular message, and it opens in the application relevant to this message. Hit the Back button, and you are back in the Inbox. Sideways swipe, and you have access to your RSS feeds.
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According to RIM, the BlackBerry 9800 Torch has full multi-tasking, so that for example, can download music into the background while you are working on the browser or other parts of the OS.
No decent smartphone today would dare show their face without any kind of business apps. In the case of the BlackBerry Torch 9800, additional apps get with BlackBerry App World, which is accessible may be an icon on your screen at home. The phone comes with a number of applications, including the Weather Channel, CNN, Bloomberg, Web and Video Search Slacker Radio Plus pre-installed.
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BlackBerry Storm 9530 Review
Aug 16th
It is a little over a month since I my Blackberry Storm Review Unit received and I must say it was a lukewarm experience. With the world’s first “clickable” touch screen display, but offers a similar experience to the heavyweight champion, the iPhone 3G? How about the other competitors with Windows Mobile? Before we dive into the review and my thoughts on the product, I have decided not to characteristics that make a BlackBerry-like push e-mail, contacts, calendar, mark and other PIM functions such as.
It is clear that Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, their time spent designing the product (but not eliminate bugs, we will talk about it later!) And get it right, unlike other competitors on the iPhone as LG and HTC. The Storm 9530 has a 3.25 “touch screen display of glass, with SurePress technology. Effectively, the technology makes SurePress the entire display a button that the user feedback in the selection of an on-screen interface element. At first I was just tap the screen to navigate through the phone to forget, actually push down on the display, but after the first week or so, I was comfortable enough and found myself getting used to.
Unlike the iPhone, there are more than one key (in addition to the touch-screen), including talk/end, menu and navigation buttons along the back bottom. The Storm uses the fast EVDO Rev. A network with support for HSDPA/UMTS networks.
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The whole device weighs 5.46 ounces and measures 4.4″ x 2.4″ x 0.55″, a bit smaller than the iPhone. Being both an original iPhone, iPhone 3G and a user, it was for me to get used to the keyboard SurePress hard. First time visitors, it should work without problems after typing on it for a few days. Something that I missed in person from the Storm was the trackball that users accustomed now to the Pearl, Curve, and Bold. It would be a have nice gesture for a simple one-hand operation and selection of specific items on a web page with tons of links.
Unlike some smart phones, the Storm 9530 has a standard 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, making it easy in your favorite headphones with A2DP support for stereo Bluetooth headsets plug the gap between a business-oriented and a music oriented phone.
Compared with the iPhone 3G, the 9530 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with video, autofocus and flash. The image quality was disappointing: Colors were washed out and looked soft objects. The auto focus is an improvement over the lack of an on iPhone and iPhone 3G, however, makes it easy to get a close-up shots of small objects.
With a large touch screen display has its advantages, including ads from big website with lots of content. It is probably the best BlackBerry browser I’ve come across, but it does not work in the vicinity of the power of the WebKit-based browser Safari Mobile to come on the iPhone. It was uncomfortable for me especially when I click on the screen and nothing happened tried to pinch.
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The overall performance of the Smartphone software was sluggish and laggy when the phone from landscape to portrait mode, or while navigating menus and launching applications. The BlackBerry Application Center (clearly a rival to the iPhone App Store) offers only a handful of applications, but this figure should increase when the full service to launch later this year.
Call quality was very good and there was no evidence of background noise or distorted audio. On the contrary, the kit was completely different results. Uneven and rough, the quality of the cut at both ends of the conversation abruptly by saying experienced. Battery life was excellent and during our testing, received approximately 6-7 hours of talk time per battery charge.
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The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is a nice competitor to the venerable Apple iPhone 3G but it’s software flaws keep it out again, one of the best touch-screen smartphone available today. It can be a good choice for Verizon Wireless users, but those with other networks and more time for research should look elsewhere.
If you are a subscriber and Verizon Wireless have no other choice than the gale, it is now available at Amazon.com for only $ 0.01 when purchased with a new service plan, and free two day shipping.
BlackBerry Curve 8530 (Sprint) Review
Aug 4th
The new Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8530, or as curve2 been called on the Sprint network in the last month. A solid start to the month after Verizon Curve 8530th There was not much hype with the launch, and numerous people I spoke to was not too enthusiastic about it not. You have the tour, and do not see why they should be excited about this device.
Well, let me tell you, even though the 8530 Curve does not have all the luxury of the tour, they have quite a few bells and whistles that the tour not. In my opinion, make a few things, this device of choice for me. We cover all these changes, as you read further.
The hardware of the Curve 8530 is similar to the Curve 8330, but it also has some big differences. Size wise, the device is virtually identical to its predecessor. The screen resolution is the same, the camera is the same, and so is the battery. Enough with the similarities, let’s talk about the differences. The Curve 8530 is the first BlackBerry smartphone to Sprint in Wi-Fi. This gives users the opportunity to enjoy faster downloads for connection, and have the capacity for simultaneous voice and data usage.
External media controls has been added to the upper edge of the device, giving the user the opportunity to play, pause, fast forward, rewind, or whatever media they currently play. This can be especially useful if you carried your BlackBerry in a holster, there is now no need to remove the device from the holster, to control the media.
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It also comes with the new optical trackpad. In my opinion this is the biggest improvement RIM has, in his equipment was. All too many times with my previous devices trackball dirty problem I had with the track ball, and thus does not work in some form or fashion. On the old Curve 8330, has been with the track ball to replace the simple, but for newer devices like the tour had taken apart the unit to replace the trackball. Now that the trackpad is turned up, I do not see that navigation problems an issue anymore, because a dirty controller.
Finally, the internal flash memory upgraded to 256 MB, which is significantly more than the 96MB that came with the Curve 8330 is loaded. The increased memory gives the user the ability to add more applications and the user, the device should not notice any more sluggish, as it often did with the original curve due to lack of memory.
How to start with all the other new BlackBerry devices now the Curve 8530 comes loaded with the new OS 5.0 software. More precisely, it comes loaded with 5.0.0.395. Although the newer OS is loaded, it had installed 4.7 BBM. This was a simple solution, like everything, what I had to do was to download and App World BBM 5.0, but I wonder why it is not loaded in the first place, since the time of the launch at his disposal.
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Many applications have come to users on the device, such as IM applications, leaving social networking applications pre-installed, and of course BlackBerry App World. Something that Sprint, Verizon does not depend on their Curve 8530, is the inclusion of a folder you have designated as a sports and entertainment. In this folder is: NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile, NFL Live Mobile, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store, Pandora, and Pocket Express. Now the latter two are for all BlackBerry users regardless of carrier, but the first three are specific Sprint. They offer some interesting content and that content is included at no additional cost as part of your All Data Plan. This is in line to get more for your money with Sprint. No other airline offers, content, and Sprint Navigation powered by TeleNav for an all-inclusive price.
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BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Review
Aug 2nd
The BlackBerry 9550 Storm2 finally the original Storm 9530 promise. It is then a powerful device with an innovative screen that really works, and it feels rather like an engineering prototype ready. Aside from the Storm 9550 is now a proper version of last year’s groundbreaking smartphone. Is that good enough for a given Editors’ Choice Award, all that has happened in the wireless industry in the past year? It is a difficult, but we do not have because of his unassuming Web browsing and say underpowered camera.
Design and touch screen
The Storm2 looks a little thinner and finer. In essence, it consists of fewer moving parts. The 4.4 is replaced Storm2 measures 2.4 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 5.6 ounces. It is heavier than the HTC Imagio, our current Editors’ Choice, although the Storm2 has a smaller screen and no mobile TV tuner or side stand. Touch-buttons at the top of grip force, dumb bell and screen lock features. Other links and volume buttons are now gummed. The Storm2 is usually black, although the RIM darkened chrome accents. The brushed aluminum back feels noble and remains as before with the exception of the speaker (more on that in a moment).
The click-screen, the source of so much controversy about the original Storm-is completely new. It is a 3.3-inch, 360 x 480 pixels SurePress glass touchscreen, 65K colors supported. The four front panel buttons are now touch-based and integrated with the rest of the glass. Colors seemed a little warmer and more natural, with less a blue cast.
The screen presses still like the original Storm. But instead of a giant, hidden physical button offers Storm2 four actuators, one under each corner. Touch the screen and the actuators act electric charge on the glass. It is suitable for the registration of two presses at the same time, such as when you hold the Shift key while pressing a letter key. The end result: localized haptic feedback that feels natural. The screen does not jiggle around more in his rod. Back and forth between the two towers, I could type more accurately and quickly to the new screen-based first of the sentence. You get real physical feedback. It’s still a little stiff, so for the cramped fingers after a long preparation typing.
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The Storm2 also supports multi-touch, but only in certain cases. You can copy and paste text by using two fingers on both ends, double-tap to appear on a word and handles. It is bad when they jump around, which handles graphics and sometimes leave “ghosts” of themselves in spots. Double-tap also zooms in, which is not as obvious as the iPhone zoom with two fingers or the Imagio’s Touch zoom slider, but it works in a pinch. The scrolling is too slow, you can swipe the screen let go and watch it roll to a stop. As before, turn the Storm2 on his side and the accelerometer calls the landscape QWERTY keyboard, stand on it and can choose portrait or SureType QWERTY arrangement.
Voice Quality, messaging and web browsing
As a dual-band EV-DO Rev A (850/1900 MHz), Quad-Band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and single-band HSDPA (2100 MHz) device, a true world phone hits Storm2 that high-speed data networks here and overseas. It also works as a data modem with the appropriate BroadbandAccess Connect plan. The Storm2 eventually include Wi-Fi, I do not think that was a big deal given Verizon pervasive 3G coverage, but many people asked for it, so there it is. Voice calls sounded excellent, with a bright, edgy tone that accentuates every syllable clearly. There was no noise, static or other unwanted background noise in both directions. Reception was questionable; a nearby BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Verizon’s EV-DO posted on mode tougher in rural areas. This gross data transfer speeds not affect the quality of the connection. The new lower edge mounted speakerphone is loud and clear, you can plop down on a table Storm2 face without loss of sound. Calls through a Bluetooth headset Plantronics Voyager Pro sounded fine, and the Storm2 includes Visual Voicemail and Nuance Voice Control. Battery life was good on 5 hours and 44 minutes of talk time, but that’s an hour and a half, the tempo from the original Storm. (And that was off with the new Wi-Fi radio.)
Web browsing is not one of the Storm2 strong suits. The HTML browser makes websites Desktop good, but slow (in 3G). Also audio and video streams, but lacks flash and two-finger zoom. Scrolling of web sites around felt jerky. Plus, was the symbol on the bottom bar fussy, it does not always appear on cue. Safari on iPhone, Android, Opera Mobile, and all offer a better mobile browsing experience.
On the other hand, messaging, rule-like at all BlackBerrys. The Storm hook in ten e-mail accounts and pushes full HTML messages. Text messages are now threaded and color coded. For instant messaging, Blackberry RIM pre-loads Messenger, but also throws in Relation to clients for Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, AIM and download it, and Google Talk that date. DataViz DocumentsToGo is on board to view, edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. The A-GPS radio works with VZ Navigator for voice-enabled, turn-by-turn directions (at $ 9.99 per month extra). The Storm2 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, with the same 528 MHz CPU as before. You can buy third-party applications through the BlackBerry App World, there are about 2,000 currently in the catalog.
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Multimedia, camera and conclusions
The Storm2 includes 2 GB on-board memory and a 16GB SanDisk microSD card in the box, the card slot is located under the battery lid that opens smoothly. A proper 3.5mm headphone jack on the right side near the top. The Roxio Media Manager is based desktop for the trip, and RIM finally unveiled a proper Mac Sync App. AAC and MP3 sound-light and a little hazy on Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth headphones. The Storm2 synchronizes iTunes and Windows Media Player music files, but also large displays thumbnails of beautiful album art, if available. Verizon offers its Rhapsody subscription-based service. Standalone video playback was great. While the Storm2 was unexpected on my HD and WMV-files of the former, because the original Storm, she played stifling played it 3gp and mp4 videos very smooth, with bright colors and clear stereo sound through the headphones.
The 3.2-megapixel camera has autofocus, image stabilizer and an LED flashlight. The operative word “dark.” Instead of collapsing in excessive noise, the camera simply refuses Storm2 not reproduce without enough light, you will get is black. sufficiently in a bright environment, photos looked OK with no glaring deficiencies in total. Shutter speed was only about a second, I did not see much movement with or without image stabilization blur. The photos with geotagged geotagged Storm2 also provided maps showing only images, photos and communicate with Flickr and other services. Recorded video, now at 480-by-352 resolution were very smooth at 26 frames per second. But there was the same problem, crank the lights or forget something to see in the photographs.
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In short, the smart update is recommended Storm2 easier than the first model. Only a few weeks ago, we awarded the HTC Imagio with our Editors’ Choice, as it was the best of an otherwise unremarkable set of Verizon’s smartphones. The Imagio includes real broadcast mobile TV (in appropriate service areas), a larger screen with much higher resolution, better web browser and camera, an attractive and respond UI (at least to take before all the terrible dialogues Windows Mobile) and it weighs a little less. Even if you think that Windows Mobile 6.5 is a five-year-old OS with a fresh coat of paint and you’d be right that a lot has to be overcome for the Storm2. Storm2 The screen is much better than before, but the UI still need the intuitive reaction to a device designed with touch from the start.
If you are iffy on the touchscreen, then the BlackBerry 9630 tour your model. It is still an excellent smartphone and packs a stellar QWERTY keyboard, even when the screen is smaller (albeit with the same resolution as the Storm2). Verizon really needs at least one other smartphone OS, it was the iPhone, Android or webOS. Until then, the Storm2, tour, and Imagio any solid decisions.
BlackBerry Bold 9650 Review
Jul 16th
Shortly after the launch of the BlackBerry tour after complaints from a buggy track ball and the lack of Wi-Fi in blogs and forums, had Sprint confirmed that it would be an updated version of the tour, the Wi-Fi. As it turned out that the optical trackpad was introduced at the same time in the Black Berry Curve 8530, it would be included in the refresh. The trackball was notoriously unreliable on the tour, and no doubt those who had fought with him, were eagerly looking for an alternative.
Almost a year later, Sprint came to realize promises. RIM announced the Pearl 9100 and Bold 9650 at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in April of this year, finally offers a BlackBerry CDMA, which could properly compete with the latest available GSM carriers Bold, currently the 9700th The most notable addition that the 9650 application is an advantage over the 9700 memory (256 MB doubled to 512 MB). Was there a lot riding on such a cold, hard statistics, there were even more significant difference between the two, or they are really more or less the same, only built for various wireless standards? The BlackBerry Bold 9650 will be on Sprint and Verizon, the discerning buyer can some answers.
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Hardware
The housing is identical with the tour 9630, except for replacement of the trackball with a trackpad, so there is not much new. As for size, this is just a big larger than the 9700th It’s the same keyboard with Bold frets spaces between each line, single sound port on the left side, and a single mute Lock button on the top.
Maybe it’s just my imagination, but I found the trackpad on the Bold 9650 very responsive and smooth, even compared to other trackpad toting BlackBerrys. It worked well in direct sunlight, which is usually a big problem for this type of sensors. I think the top-mounted lock mute buttons a little too easily accidentally press, but at this point seems RIM dedicated to consistently keep them there.
Overall the build quality is stable. The battery compartment is in the same style as the old tour (including the latch mechanism), but they exchanged glossy texture suitable for a matte plastic for body, and a new ridged texture for the center. Scratch it on, and in no time you can use the office’s resident DJ to be irritating.
Software
The BlackBerry Bold 9650 OS is 5.0, which contains many new features, like e-mail contains flags, synchronization distribution and a mixture of aesthetic and practical updates. By default, the user interface pretty much standard grid, which you navigate with the trackpad and features for access by the menu button (left) and the Back button (right). There are many issues is to change the layout, colors, fonts, and generally offer a more colorful ride.
BlackBerry is an efficient, if sometimes highly experience. Third-party applications range from the App World feels a little compared to Android sometimes limited and iPhone often, but Google has managed most of its major products on BlackBerry, which get about usually a high priority of the benefits and Polish. GPS is always helpful, and RIM has its own BlackBerry Maps app, which is slightly above the bandwidth, but the light on the features – get Google Maps for Mobile instead. Official RIM apps for social networking and instant messaging tends to be good, and the integration with the native messages and address book applications.
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Now is the big plus of the Bold 9650 with the 512 MB memory by APP. It is the first BlackBerry dial memory, high, and it is an absolute godsend. My daily driver is the Bold 9000, which is stuck with 128 MB memory by APP – an amount that you have to supervise properly or regularly suffer, while mixing of the OS, to make room everyday after downloading files such as Web pages, waiting for emails, and the like. In this way, app store is more than just how much software you can plug in your phone, but also how much space they wind has to work. I am glad to say that was with the Bold 9650, I am able to load up all the apps I needed, even the ones that I had tears on my left side 9000 votes, to just work, and still have room to do for the BlackBerry, his thing. I have not much more than a week with equipment that had the 256 MB, but it is mostly from memory not an issue; in the mark 512 MB, the situation quite luxurious. Most future BlackBerrys, including the next GSM Bold 9800 and the forthcoming meeting slider this standard, although the lower end of BlackBerrys, such as the Curve 9300 “Kepler” is sitting at 256 MB for now.
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RIM Blackberry Pearl 8120 Review
Jul 2nd
A year passed, and the RIM BlackBerry Pearl sleek look given to transform, with a new purply-blue phone for those who would like to ring the changes (a black version is still available).Moreover, our tests show that measures to improve the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 not only cosmetic.
For starters, you now get Wi-Fi, as well as GPRS and GPRS / EDGE connection. Where else in the middle of Kent, BlackBerry Pearl 8120 quickly found two or three Wi-Fi networks, so that we can enter into if we decide, helped by the fact that 2002 has tied up a cloud.
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02 minimizes the standard BlackBerry screen clutter by reducing the main screen BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to choose from five main areas of application – Communications, the second e-mail box created for this process, dual SMS and MMS alert, Calendar and Address Book. Below is the standard BlackBerry icon which you click to access more familiar BlackBerry screen.
As before, the wind, to reach the Internet and sending and receiving e-mail. Hints emerge if necessary – and only then. Most helpfully, BlackBerry Pearl 8120 in the wireless radio icon now pops up to manage all connections. You asked whether you want to include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or mobile network, or to include a lot at once.
We took the 8120 out and about in the mid-Kent, where he quickly found 2 or 3 Wi-Fi networks, so that we can enter into if we choose. 2002 has tied himself The Cloud for iPhone purposes and submitted Unlimited monthly rates for Internet access to other phone contract, so this is a good option if you need to go online on a regular basis.
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During the time when you need to handle on where you are, Pearl has Maps built While no match for the detailed and more local Vodafone Card recent BlackBerry Curve, it is nevertheless useful for those who include travel long distances and need to obtain the fix on where they are.
This BlackBerry Pearl 8120 does multimedia far better too: 2-megapixel camera (with 5 times zoom range with the central rollerball navigator and automatic flash), produced surprisingly good pictures even in low light conditions. Expandable memory now, too, with the help of MicroSD-card. Slot 1, and you can shoot video on it (you still only get 64 MB of flash memory onboard).
BlackBerry 8800 Review
May 7th
The first thing hardened BlackBerry fans will notice is that this is not the sleekest, most shiny BlackBerry. Gone is the plastic feel, the cheap buttons and disappointing to some, the Jog Wheel.
The famous jog wheel, which you know to be just begging thumb RSI has been a nipple pearl between the keyboard and the screen is 2.4in replaced much wider than the Pearl.
The pearl is the most important type of interaction with the device and is incredibly easy to use. Navigating the menus on the screen and now Tcl Tk-directional up down motion instead of the previous BlackBerrys, and total found, although some crackberry addicts we were not with the new Contoller is in love, overall it is a thumbs-up .
Unlike the Pearl and the more traditional BlackBerry handhelds, the 8800 has a full QWERTY keyboard that is easy to use. The buttons are well thought out and by far quite flat and significantly better than the Palm Treo 750 keyboard layout.
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And what about the inside? And, above all, there is no Wi-Fi, no HSDPA connectivity junkies, though a quad-band GSM GPRS device that is also EDGE-capable, and there is no camera for those who like snap when they’re on the go .
Now is our film critic, loved friend, because it meant his phone was not seized would, if they next went to get a screening, but we are disappointed it is not an option to this add if you like – a 8800C if you want.
What does the BlackBerry 8800 is, however, have built-in GPS. We must admit we have us think too much about this feature, we were able to ditch the need for a separate one tense in the car.
We were bitterly disappointed. More than a must-have, not the GPS mapping software include postcode search is not really designed for use in the car and the general thinking is slow to respond, because to save instead of the map data on the device, it downloads information it needs. This can make such a slow process, scrolling, as you wait for the new data to load. It is a shame, because this seems to be the killer application that could drive the 8800 size.
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have Moreover, it is means business as usual, that the flashing red light you tell addictive, you will have mail every second of the day and in the two weeks we have lived with him, we already have we found ourselves our postal reviewed by 3 clock in the morning because it is so easy to do so.
Other features are Bluetooth 2.0, polyphonic ringtones, media player, headset jack, and video support.
Blackberry Bold 9000 Review
Apr 20th
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 comes with a large high resolution screen looking for, that uses the light-sensing technology and a 2-megapixel camera with built-in flash. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 along with some nice features, the Intel 624 MHz processor, packed a large 480 x 320 pixel color screen and massive memory includes.
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 is not sacrificed it traditinal design, but when it comes to technology, this phone far superior to 136grams includes 3G technology and up to 7.2 Mbps HSDPA capabilities, rapid data transfer protocols for a powerful wireless networking experience means.
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As a quad-band phone, the BlackBerry Bold 9000 supports multiple GSM frequencies (GSM 850/900/1800/1900). A quad-band technology means that it enabled device supports the roaming between different countries, and if you are a frequent traveler then BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a dream phone for you. The quad-band technology supports not only the roaming, but also allows a better coverage in the same country.
This phone has strong working-class and business people and executives in the company, as this classy handset offers text messaging (SMS), multimedia messaging (MMS), e-mail with great ease and many organizer applications together with a full QWERTY keyboard loaded. Users can even their favorite video clips or music with the MP3 player available when they are not using it for business it means you can use it for entertainment.
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When it comes to the navigational skills go, this BlackBerry Bold 9000 acts as a guide and helps you achieve your goal with the integrated GPS receiver and built-in BlackBerry Maps. This mobile phone you can never lose the right path.
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a stylish mobile phone that has forgotten a “must-have gadget among professionals such as doctors, engineers, IT Processional, bank manager, not the stars like Kate Moss. We suggest that everyone who has something unique and stylish wants at a competitive price, then this mobile is the best choice!
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8320 Review
Apr 16th
First came the trim, consumer-friendly BlackBerry Curve 8300 Then came the Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry 8820. Now there’s the BlackBerry Curve 8320, an impressive PDA phone that the best combination from the previous two models and has an added bonus: While the 8820 supports Wi-Fi for data only, which allows 8320 you to calls over WLAN 802.11b/g networks.
Physically, the 8320 is the same as the original BlackBerry Curve, though it comes in two different colors, titanium gray or gold. It has the same thin and light design, a small but very usable QWERTY keyboard , a 2 – megapixel camera, and a gorgeous 320-240 display.
The biggest news is under the hood: In addition to support for GSM voice and EDGE data networks, the 8320 adds Wi-Fi with UMA – a technology that you can make calls over Wi-Fi. The phone works with T-Mobile’s $ 20-per-month (on top of your voice and data plan) HotSpot @ Home service, unlimited calls over Wi-Fi networks allow. While the service is a bit expensive, it could potentially lower your costs by your cellular voice minutes.
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I tested the phone and made the service using a T-Mobile HotSpot @ Home wireless router from Linksys. By 8320 the on-screen wizard to connect to a wireless network is a breeze, and within a few minutes I was surfing the Internet and downloading files with ease. The 8320 is on any 802.11b/g wireless network to connect to, you can use your existing router – or even a public hotspot – to make calls and surf around the Web.
T-Mobile says to spare his router (priced at $ 50 but free after a rebate) is designed to charge your phone battery and prioritize voice traffic, which should – in theory – lead to a better quality of the connection . However, I noticed no significant improvement when using the T-Mobile router instead of my own Linksys wireless router. Call quality over both wireless networks was the same: decent. Voices were garbled sometimes, and I noticed an echo, as I often did when the phone over a regular cellular connection. The ability to make telephone calls over Wi-Fi is a good option in areas (like my house), where mobile services is spotty, though. (We could not lab-test the phone’s talk-time battery life in time, this item to the original post but we will review if we have the results – and the PCW Rating for this phone to update.)
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For both voice calls and data use, will enable the 8320 default to your Wi-Fi network when it becomes available. Leaving the network range, the phone will switch seamlessly to your call to the GSM network (and vice versa) – but in my tests was not the experience as smooth. When I went outside the range of my Wi-Fi network, my calls occasionally dropped, even though cellular service was available.
These faults aside, the 8320 is an excellent phone. Like all BlackBerry units, it is a stellar e-mail device, with support for ten accounts. The included camera (which sports a flash and a 3X digital zoom) took adequate but – like many camera phones – occasionally blurry snapshots. Among other multimedia features an audio and video player supports most formats (including MP3, AAC, WMA, WMV, MP4). The player interface is simple, but audio quality is good and video looks great. The device also has a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD card slot (which is uncomfortable under the phone’s battery, unfortunately) is located.
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While voice quality over Wi-Fi was only passable, the capability itself is still impressive. And in combination with the 8320′s sleek design and awesome e-mail handling, it makes for a winning package.
BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip Review
Apr 15th
Make no mistake: The design of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is significant news for RIM. The first iteration of the BlackBerry Pearl, 8100, featured candy-bar styling – like the vast majority of RIM’s devices before and since. About a year later, RIM announced a CDMA version of the device for U.S. customers, the Pearl 8130, with a slightly different design positioned above all, a camera and a slot for external memory card. Since then, various carriers have released the device in custom colors, but everything else about the Pearl has remained largely the same.
This is changing in a big way with the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip. The quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) device with Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) was originally presented in September at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment event in San Francisco.
RIM agreed with the Pearl name for its newest smartphone-stick and a similar much larger SureType keyboard. But there the similarities end. The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip’s new flip design features two high-resolution LCDs, one on the inside of the device when opened and another external display for when it is closed, you receive notifications, see caller / sender ID information , and can navigate through and preview new messages.
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The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 runs on the latest handheld OS from RIM, BlackBerry OS v4.6, which create a variety of exciting new features, including the possibility of HTML e-mails with pictures, the folder icon for a custom display get better organized, and offers the device in safe mode to help detect problems and can remove applications. And this phone has double the amount of flash memory of previous Pearls with 128MB, although the processor speed remains the same at 312MHz.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip is a truly sexy smartphone. The modern, minimalist design is sure draw stares – for men and women alike. But it feels light and thin and the shiny black external display, the real focus of the design can, light scratches. The Pearl Flip also offers a larger version of the SureType keyboard on the existing BlackBerry Pearl found devices, and while the keyboard is better than those on older Pearls, it still is not as efficient as many of the full QWERTY keyboard on RIM devices found, like the Curve 83xx and Bold 9000 Many tried and shortcuts for BlackBerrys with full qwertys not work on the Pearl.
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And Pearl imply a lack of full keyboard and questionable life 8220 is not the ideal smartphone for discerning business people, or power users. But that’s okay, because RIM has clearly shifted its company-specific focus on consumers in the last few years, and the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, the company is the latest attempt to woo the non-business-oriented masses. And it is a huge effort. So while the most demanding business and advanced users will probably not want to rush to the store to pick up RIM latest gadget, you can bet many feature-phone users who make the transition to a smartphone. The eye-catching device might even steal some would-be iPhone buyers.