First Blackberry Bold Review Surfaces
Techtree News Staff, Jul 16, 2008 1901 hrs IST
The first review of the Blackberry Bold is available on Boy Genius Report.
Boy Genius Report has managed to pull off a Blackberry Bold review out of nowhere and has revealed never-before heard facets of the Blackberry Bold - scheduled to hit the stores this August. The successor to the Curve, the phone was in the making for almost three years.
This is just a basic roundup of some of the features that the latest iteration from the RIM stable has to offer.
To start with, the folks at BGR did face some issues with starting up the device. But a quick call to one of their "Blackberry ninjas" and post a software update, things fell into place and they were able to check out the device in detail.
The 480x 320 screen is said to be one of the best seen on a mobile device. The vibrant, colour-rich screen is however prone to scratches and even the most careful users can end up with a scratch on the screen - thanks to the flimsy plastic quality that RIM chose for the screen.
Design-wise, the phone may look a tad iPhonish, but the comparson ends there. Like the plastic on the screen, there is a flimsy chrome strip (plastic again), which is prone to scratches.
The keyboard is similar to earlier models and ex-Blackberrians will have no issues graduating to the 9000 in case they upgrade. No learning curve needed here!
Connectivity-wise, the 9000 has everything you can think of - 3G, GPS and WiFi. There is also a brand new browser which works extremely well to display web content in the intended format. In all, a pretty good upgrade over the previous versions. Although still not in the league of the iPhone, it's much much better now.
As for battery life, the 1500 MAh mill lasted almost 18 hours under the following usage pattern: 300 to 500 e-mails, an hours worth of web surfing over 3G, Wi Fi on, Bluetooth off and yes, an hour of calling.
Sound quality is nothing exceptional, but better than the older versions. Call quality is extremely good as well. Although the speakerphone lpudness nees to be worked upon.
Overall, the Blackberry Bold 9000 seems well worth the wait and hopefully, RIM can needle out the plastic quality issues as well as the overall build quality which is now a notch below that of the Curve.
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