BlackBerry Bold 9900 gets reviewed
CrackBerry.com's full review of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 touchscreen, QWERTY smartphone
Kevin Michaluk of sibling site CrackBerry.com has just posted his BlackBerry Bold 9900, with all the detail you'd expect, and a slick new presentation style that's certain to wake you up. While many may think the new BlackBerry Storm 3 full screen BlackBerry Torch will be the true iPhone competitor from RIM, it's hard to bet against the thing BlackBerry does best -- front facing QWERTY.
Bottom line, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is the best BlackBerry to date. We love the design, and the upgraded hardware platform delivers a ton of performance to the end user. It really is the best of BlackBerry as we have known it.
That said, there's nothing fundamentally different in BlackBerry 7 that's going to change the way you use your BlackBerry. For some that's not a bad thing. For others it may be. There has always been a lot to like in the BlackBerry OS. And this is the same BlackBerry OS, with the same strengths and the same weaknesses. It's still by far the best mobile platform for communication and it's still lagging in areas like the quality third party apps.
So if you're walking into a store this fall, iPhone 5 on one side, Android phone de jour on the other, would you walk past them for a BlackBerry Bold 9900? Check out Kevin's review and let us know.
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wonder why Apple haven't sue RIM for copying icon/notification badge thing....
Bad Joke
I'm seriously thinking about going back to BB to the new touch screen... ahh what am i saying lol!!
blackberry on the iphone blog?
it was, lol... the icon badge is invented by individuals, not Apple nor RIM : http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090305732
Just wondering: why is BB news on TiPB? I realize it is a sister site, but if I wanted to see BB news, I'm quite capable of clicking the link at the top of the page...
Its a phone that should have been released a year ago and is behind the power curve. It uses old parts and calls BB OS 6.2 OS7. Its a crime and RIM just needs to go away or drop the prices on their phones below $50 on contract.
S.S.D.D.
I'd take it over a phone that does everything but make phone calls properly
I'm seriously thinking about going back to BB to the new touch screen... wonder why Apple haven't sue RIM for copying icon/notification badge thing....
I have a soft spot for Blackberry and really keen to get a 9900. However I know that I would have the handset for only a day or so before I would be back using my iPhone. Having a MacBook, an iMac and using mobile me for email and my calendar it does not make sense for me to go back to Blackberry. I just wish Apple would hurry up with iPhone 5 as I am having to restrain myself from visiting eBay and getting a 9900!!
I actually sold my Verizon iPhone 4 last week and FedEx is delivering my 9930 today. While I did like my iPhone quite a bit, I found myself missing the physical keyboard plus I really don't use many apps at all. Now that the BlackBerry browser is finally competitive, it was time to make the switch back as a Pearl 8130 was my first smartphone ever.
Please crawl out of your hole. You sound so miserable and pathetic.
Is it not? You seem to forget to quote the last part of that sentence as well.
I don't give a damn about the last part of the sentence. It's time for BlackBerry people to look at other phones and discover they also email and message, for chrissake.
Its not saying its the only phone that can do that but that it's the best at it. Which phone would you say is better for communication?
BB recieve emails in an instant iphonee and android dont. if email is important to you, BB would be best choice.
This Smartphone Expert cross-selling is so ridiculously obvious.
There are very many things Blackberry's do well at without having to load an app. We all wish the iphone had better notification. I like the status light and the converged inbox. I hate having to touch each icon. With a BB you can open your message inbox and reply to email, text, tweets, bbms, FB messages/comments, Linkin messages, etc without having to open each app. This in itself is a time saver.
Just saying... :)
I did just like you did ..I use the 9900 n the speed was awesoe ..but at the same time I carry ipodtouch ..
Very interesting. Thanks a lot for sharing this. I really like your blog. :)