Round Robin: TiPb vs. BlackBerry Bold Video Preview
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First post!! Nice review btw
Is that a waffle on your ear? Oh wait. It's just a Blackberry. ;)
Seriously, my wife has a Curve (although she secretly covets my iPhone 3G), and although she was considering the Bold, she decided against it because it was just too big.
That's a nice look at the Bold - I'm looking forward to your final review when you look at the media player when compared to the iPhone.
Great review. I wanted to know if you tried out how word processing worked on the bold and if there was any cut and paste.
Good review also wondering how the copy and paste works on the bold because i had a treo and it was simple with the touchscreen and wondered how would that work with non touchscreen berries thanks ahead of time
If the iPhone didn't exist, I'd probably have a bold. Though I love my iPhone to much.
Ping!
I have been looking forward to this review. I love(d) my BlackBerry and have been thinking about going back, but the iPhone just does everything I need it to do.
I suppose the big news is Jobs shunning Macworld and Palm's upcoming announcement, but Rene's video is a fun few minutes... ping! Yeah, trying to hold a conversation with a Blackberry owner is an exercise in frustration as they never seem to pay attention to you... ping!
Good Review!
Its so painful to watch blackberries being used hahaha
its still a cool phone. but i want the iphone
That has got to be the most entertaining review I've read throughout all of the Round Robin Posts so far. Rene cracks me up! Seriously.
While I am a Crackberry addict, I really enjoyed listening to his take and humor on the Bold. So much so, that I may even look at an iphone as a secondary device.
Yeah, he was that good.
Ok. This guy obviously does not know a thing about blackberry. They have spellcheck, and the iphone does not render GIF files, as blackberry does -- at least the Curve I am using does.
I could go on, but i'll save it for my I-phone co-worker. We go at it all day lol.
Excellent (P)Review!
Rene, nice job of inserting humor in what would otherwise be a review of a truly boring and passe product. Ping...gotta go.
Didn't I see that hideous contraption in an old movie? :roll:
From someone coming from an iPhone and just starting to work with the Bold, I thin kit was a good review. Just remember, pressing P will take you to the previous e-mail/message and N will take you to the next, so you don't always have to go into the menu to access options. :-)
Great review!
and so it continues. if i could combine a few phones I would be a happy camper.
The "fake buttons" you refer to are actually the contact points for the new style dock/cradle they came out with.
Good review. Please cut and clean your nails next time though before doing a video review. hehe j/k :)
Good review. I too wanted to know if you tried out how word processing features on the device.
I like your initial love of the keyboard.
All you do to copy and paste is go into the options. I dont know how it is on the Storm yet since I will finally be getting it next week. I still don't get it. I've played with the Iphone way before my first Blackberry and still enjoyed RIM's device better. To me the Iphone is an over glorified psp. That being said, I would rather have an Iphone on all trips and to waste time because of the games/app store. Oh well.
Nice review Rene, a few things off for the comments about the spell check and the "fake" buttons, but I'm sure by now you have realized what I'm referring too, from the comments here and just usage of the device. Can't wait to hear your final take!
Nice review!
You might want to clean and cut your nails before showing your hands in a video again.
This is great. Good job
Its amazing how many features you were using on Bold that do not exist on an iphone that were just second nature i.e. Menu button. every app you are in on blackberry has a menu that can do so much. This is the one HUGE thing the iphone is missing. it allows you to forward or reply to a msg from msg view without opening. You can select multiple msgs and mark as read. you can SEARCH you inbox. iphone for email is a complete JOKE.
Great review. I enjoyed the pings a lot.
that bold is a nice phone
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Good review. More positive than I expected from an iPhone user.
Just some FYI's.
The "fake" buttons on the bottom of the sides of the Bold are power contacts for a Charging Pod:http://www.shopblackberry.com/blackberryaccessories/cgi-bin/pd.cgi?frompage=category&page=productdetail&from_category=BlackBerry%20Bold&category=BlackBerry+Bold+Chargers&pid=F2222X26M2J9PNVTGW7
When you place the Bold into the Pod, the Clock will display, and the Clock application can also enter "Bedside" mode which can optionally turn off the LED notifier, disable the Radio, and dim the screen.
Also, you can use the Space bar to scroll down in the Browser.
Finally, you can usually tap the first letter of a menu item to get to it quickly, so when you're in the Browser, instead of having to scroll forever to find Options, you hit Menu --> O --> [Enter] to get into the Options.
There's a wealth of shortcuts - including the Shortcut Keys (http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/blogs/jdellasala/680-homescreenshortcutkeysqwertydevicesonly.html?referrerid=3389)
and lots more!
Give a yell if you need any tips! Nice review BTW.
Jerry
It seems that even Rene is having a hard time finding too much fault with the Bold. It's just a very good PDA that does everything well. Probably the most well rounded device in the round robin. I look forward to your final take.
Nice review. My wife and daughter have the iPhone. I have a Curve 8310. I have to say that using both platforms, I find the iPhone to be awesome... at games. But in real day to day life, I'll take my Blackberry any day. I'll be upgrading to a Bold.
i really like the look of that? what carriers have it in the us? my iphone just isn't cutting it for email and texting and i like the looks of the blackbery
Very nice review. It'll help to learn some of the shortcuts, but even that's a little hard with one week. It took me a month or two to just use shortcuts.
Ah, my cheap company wants to pay for a phone plan but not for the phone itself. I'm trying to get away from Windows Mobile, this generation just isn't in the same league as these other devices.
My iphone is nice, but this blackberry looks outstanding! I think I will be switching soon.
(I can't do it. I'm really a bb user. I just felt like being a wisea**, hehehe, sorry)
Nice review, though.
GREAT VIDEO, I WAS LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY. EVEN THOUGH IT IS A BLACKBERRY I MUST SAY I LIKE THE LOOKS OF THE BOLD ALOT. IF I WERE TO GET A BB THE BOLD WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY TO GO.
If my works wants to buy me one, I wouldn't complain...
Good review!
Love my Blackberry! Wish I could rent an Iphone to see if i liked it
If I comment here can I win an iPhone? Or I guess I'm probably excluded since I'm an editor in the Smartphone Round Robin...hehehe :)
Just wanted to say awesome review!!!
Great review. If it wasn't for the iphone I would be a Blackberry lover.
Want tha iphone 3g...heard it was a great device and ive been reading reviews on it....blackberry bold and iphone unstoppable team lol
Great review. iPhone 3G!
The size of the Bold actually has never seemed "large" to me... but then again, its about the same size as a Treo.
you're so popular with all your messages lol. the bold is sexy.. next to the iphone of course (;
Im sorry, your just a complete moron. First off your gramar was horrible when talking about not typing good. Second off, you don't like to manage memory on your phone? That's maybe that worst apalogetic defense i've heard for the iphone only being able to run 1 program at once, excluding core programs. Jesus man, get off your high horse. The iphone is technology from 3 years ago. Your amazing OS is a bunch of shortcuts on 1 screen, and the browers is based on webkit. YOu can get webkit browsers for any phone. Ill take skyfire over safari any day.
Nice review...
I got a chance of playing around with both iPhone 3G and Blackberry Bold at Rogers, still can't make up my mind with which one I want to go for.... may be both (I buy Blackberry and then I win the iPhone 3G here.... :) )
the back button! wooooooot! lol multiple ways of spelling, bruce lee training method, HAHAHA
blackberry claw...lol
Merry Christmas! :)
@Joeh4x:
Not only is your comment riddled with bad grammar, but you also misspelled the word grammar (not to mention other words). Perhaps you typed it on that piece-of-sh*t phone of yours. :lol:
Looks like we all know who the "complete moron" is. :)
Back button - gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!
Good review. I had both the iPhone 3G and the Bold.
Still not sure which I prefer though.
Wow, it sure is....uh... shiny.
The Bold looks pretty great to me. :)
Great Review! Had been on the fence with the two devices but your review has convinced me to fall fruit side. I'll take that iPhone, please!
HA! @Joeh4x...
or maybe it was a poor shot at irony?
Anyway, great review! I'm a Bold user in a relationship with an iPhone dweeb. That goes well beyond frenemies..
I am an iPhone user who came from Blackberries. The menu sytem of blackberries is a good thing and a bad thing. It allows you to customize a lot but there are menus everywhere. And if your looking to customize something specific, it can be hard to figure out which menu to use: within the app? Main settings? Advanced settings? Blackberries are centralized around menus and the menus are all over the place. Not user friendly in my opinion. Don't get me wrong though, I love the Bold, that's why it's frenemy #1
I'm an iPhone user and I want that keyboard.
the GAYphone please.
The iphone and the Bold are both are great phones!
If only there was some way to combine the iPhone and Bold into one superphone. Then I'd be happy.
haha great review very entertaining!
Bold is awesome!
Bold prevails...
Great Pamela Anderson reference, loved it.
For the iPhone!
sexy phone... well, both are.
mmm....the keyboard's nice haha
Looks like a nice device!
What a weird year for me...started with an "V" (model before the env), went to ATT for the original Iphone, could not receive a call while downloading on EDGE, went back to Verizon for the Voyager, switched to the rev A speed of the Dare, and lastly bought the Storm. The Bold looks nice , but I favor a touch screen.
Great review, hope i win an iPhone though
give me a bold ANYDAY.
At least RIM will partner to all carriers...iPhone's number one problem in the US is AT&T.
Have the best of both worlds, get a BlackBerry Phone and an iPod Touch.
IPhones are great if you don't manage a business, so are G-1's, but Blackberry's are still king if you are a business person or just really busy...
Note: People dont buy them for games, whatever you type you can make a million errors- just hit menu and spell check. Duhhhhhhh......I find the spell-check in my Curve to be better than Word...
sick review!!!
You've got mail!
clash of the titans
The bold is a beautiful phone.
pick me
I was a previous owner of the iPhone (sorry guys), and have converted to a BB lover ever since my change. I have a VZW Curve and I don't know how I ever lived without one before (heheh). I do think I've outgrown it as I look at the Bold and the Storm with drool on both sides of my mouth. Not sure what side of the fence I'll fall on but I'm not going back to an iPhone. Again, sorry folks :)
Though the browser is awesome on the iphone, nothing compares to a blackberry! Especially the Bold!!!
Very nice review
Muhahahaha......The Bold is King! All Hail the BB Bold!!!
One of the great benefits of a physical keyboard is shortcuts: R for reply, F for forward, etc. Forget the endless menus!
Nice review. I'm holding out to see what Palm brings out at CES.
Nobody mention the bold is HUGE with the smallest sreen of all. It's the tallest and widest phone among all the new phones. But also the smallest screen.
(Sq inches:)
- Fuze 8.06
- G1 10.10
- Treo 10.60
- iPhone 11,20
- Bold 11.66
Bold with the smallest screen is even bigger than the HD with a 3.8" screen
It's a huge tablet to hold in your your hand and put in your face.
It's a good phone but there is no point of comparing to the iPhone. Two different animals.
Excellent!
Wooo! Let's go! I wanna win me some prize-age!
IPHONE WINS
Bold....loses
Bold loses, but is still the best BB to date. Thanks for the great review!
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