Hands-On: BlackBerry Bold 9900
Might be nice...but not what RIM needs to be compete.
I work for T-Mobile and I enjoy selling smart phones all day long. People come in and laugh when I attempt to offer any RIM device. Blackberry is quickly losing appeal across the board (even business oriented customers). I am a fan of RIM, but honestly when you compare a BB to all the new phones out, BB ALWAYS FALLS SHORT.
This phone lacks some serious innovation. For starters, it still has the same display size at the 9700...people are practically begging RIM for a larger screen so they can view content...not to mention FLASH on web pages. A larger keyboard seems nice, but with modern touch screens people are really enjoying swype. This BB might appeal to some business customers, but I see more and more people considering Android phone...
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This phone lacks some serious innovation. For starters, it still has the same display size at the 9700...people are practically begging RIM for a larger screen so they can view content...not to mention FLASH on web pages. A larger keyboard seems nice, but with modern touch screens people are really enjoying swype. This BB might appeal to some business customers, but I see more and more people considering Android phone...
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The screen size on bold 9700 is 2.4" and on the new 9900 it is 2.8". Get your facts right buddy. The difference is substantial.
The blackberries are the most reliable phones on the market. They don't need to compete because bb is in a league of it...
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The blackberries are the most reliable phones on the market. They don't need to compete because bb is in a league of it...
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Why??
Why does the Bold have the same size screen? 2.8 inches is so puny. There is plenty of room at the bottom & top of this phone to make the screen larger. Look at the Motorola Android Pro, that form factor is so much nicer. Why no improvement from RIMM??
Also, why is the display still '640x480' when iPhone and Android phones are twice as good, twice as crisp?
Also, why is the camera still 5 megapixels when iPhone and Android cameras are so, so, so much better, 8 megapixels??!!
This is ridiculous. Blackberry is using the same specs form the Bold that I purchased back in 2008. Who is running this compnay? How can they be so stupid? How can they ignore innovation? Very, very disappointing.
Also, why is the display still '640x480' when iPhone and Android phones are twice as good, twice as crisp?
Also, why is the camera still 5 megapixels when iPhone and Android cameras are so, so, so much better, 8 megapixels??!!
This is ridiculous. Blackberry is using the same specs form the Bold that I purchased back in 2008. Who is running this compnay? How can they be so stupid? How can they ignore innovation? Very, very disappointing.
You're mistaken. 640x480 might be low for a large screen, but it's double what was featured on the Bold 9000, and on a smaller screen it makes the pixel density similar to iPhone 4.
The specs are hugely improved over the original: much faster proce...
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BlackBerry has always served a different market. Their primary focus has always been business users, not consumers. Keyboard and email are key, not camera and a huge display for video, etc.
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I agree....the screen resolution on a 2.8 inch screen is awesome. 5 MP camera is awesome....apple also has 5mp camera on it. Higher resolution, more RAM and memory plus the 1.2 GHz processor definitely sounds like improvements. Look at blackberry f...
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The phone isn't anywhere near the same as the Bold 9000. The processor is a lot faster (which is speaking volumes, since the 9000's processor is still acceptable today), a touchscreen has been added without having to deal with a slider function, there...
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