The Blackberry Bold 9700 & Blackberry 9000 Review

Blackberry 8530 Temporary Phone

Well – I couldn’t stand the android Google Nexus One any longer, so I decided to move back to Blackberry. However, I didn’t want to shell out a ton of money for a Blackberry Bold 9650 something or other, so I got a cheap Blackberry Curve 8530 temporarily.

If money were no object, a Bold 9650 would have been a much better choice… With slightly more ram than a Bold 9700, it’s slightly bigger and the higher resolution screen would have been brilliant.

The Curve’s lower resolution screen makes some text hard to read and certainly feels like there’s not as much screen real estate. The lack of 3G is pretty noticable when trying to open websites, but OS 5.0 itself runs quite nicely on it (using the Wind download).

Overall, it’s a nice calendar and email tool where I can actually type on buttons (Sheah, buttons! not glass!) and get something done.

What’s driving me nuts and why I’d say stay away from this if you have the budget for something $100 more.. is the sound it makes when your typing, the battery door seems to have that styrofoam plasticy squeel when you squeeze the unit as your typing which makes it sound very cheap. It also feels too light to be taken seriously.

Happy to be back in Blackberry Land.
Until Next time,
Dan