The Blackberry Bold 9700 & Blackberry 9000 Review

The Blackberry Bold 9700 vs The iPhone 3GS

I read a review recently that said people were still debating this issue, only now they’re searching more for the 3GS than they are so much for the “iPhone” itself. I have to say that although I’m mildly impressed with Apple’s search for perfection in this device range, I’m still not surprised that many tech savvy folks are still cuddling their blackberries to sleep at night after looking at the specs of the iPhone 3GS.

What’s new in the 3GS from the original iPhone?

• Bit better battery life – nothing compared to a Bold 9700 though.
• STORAGE! 16 & 32GB versions.
• Compass (But… who really needs that when you have GPS!)
• Video Camera with video editing software
• Voice control (Free apps exist on nearly every device for this..)
• Improved performance…

So basically it’s no major upgrade. It’s no major improvement in my eyes. It’s improved though, there’s no question.. They’ve done some work under the hood and they’re improving a great device. I don’t hate iPhones, but i can tell ya that just like in our original post on iPhones vs the Bold 9700, you can quickly see they’re not even close comparable feature wise.

Yes, these iPhones are an AMAZING iPod with a horrible phone attached.. I loved that quote.

Blackberry Bold 9700 Finally Here

Well, Despite my worst fears, it finally arrived. I haven’t had much time to throughly test it, yet so I can’t say much… What I *will* say is despite the battery cover being a pain in the butt to operate that this thing is very slick, the keyboard is more than adequate and the web browser is actually very impressive.

What shocked me was this blog loaded perfectly fine, where on my old one it woudln’t load the CSS but I could read the articles… It works brilliantly.

The trackpad definitely takes some getting used to, so that’ll be an odd adjustment… I’ll report later on battery life, picture quality and other things.

I made numerous reports on various sites complaining , and complaining and complaining some more that I had not received it, I ordered it on a tuesday, and 3 weeks later it finally got here… THAT i’m not impressed with. I phoned Yesterday (Thursday) and said that if it wasn’t on it’s way I was going to cancel it. I didn’t need to be bothered and emotionally upset by how long it was taking that badly, I could wait until they worked the bugs out of the silly thing.

I go by Dano77 on most places, and Thumbtyper on some bberry forums.

Rogers Canada Runs Out Of Blackberry Bold 9700

Every Retailer from Futureshop to Fraser Valley Wireless has no Blackberry Bold 9700’s in stock even
though promised by the cellular Giant “Rogers Wireless Inc”. They’ve released no official statement however
many customers are upset and finding they do not have the product they ordered.

http://www.pocketberry.com/2009/11/06/rogers-canada-runs-out-of-the-blackberry-bold-9700/

Blackberry Bold vs Blackberry Tour – Rim Deceiving The Public

I know it’s not nice to call RIM someone who is intentionally out to deceive people, but it does seem a pinch like that…. Because When I found out there was a new version of the blackberry out, mine being a 9000 series, this one being a 9630 any logical person would assume that this was a “newer” version.

If “new” is decided by the release date alone, then by all means this is very new. However, if new means an improvement on the old, I’d beg to differ… Because this is FAR from an improvement.

The sheer facts surrounding what’s REALLY wrong with the “Tour” actually pissed me off…
Sorry, but it did, because I would have thought it cool to upgrade… Until you find out what I did!

Let’s do a short and very straight forward pro/con list to discuss whether this is an improvement or a fall back.

PRO…

• Has the elements of the Blackberry Storm’s operating system (without touch screen of course), and elements of the Bold’s operating system…
• Has world phone capabilities that the Bold doesn’t, namely EVDO, CDMA2000, UMTS/HSPA networks etc.
• Slightly smaller physically (six grams lighter than bold), and slightly bigger screen (by about 40 pixels)
• Bluetooth v2.0 (means stereo headsets instead of mono etc..)
• 3.2 Megapixel Camera (bold has a 2 megapixel)

That’s where the new “pro’ list ends, it literally has no features the Bold Doesn’t have except what’s listed above.
if you’re not sure or think I’m biased or would like to double check see The Blackberry Tour/Bold Comparison straight from RIM themselves.

Now for the CON list, are you sitting down?

• No WIFI of any kind No Wireless B/G/A (Bold has it though) ZERO wireless internet!
• No Onboard Memory at all (Bold has 1GB of onboard memory!)
• Media Player nolonger supports Divx/ASF Movies (Bold does!)
• Smaller Keyboard (Bold’s is bigger and a little easier to type on…)

Doesn’t sound like a ton of drawbacks, but it sure is in the long run. It’s an obvious choice
to remain a Bold user for a lot longer yet. Seems blackberry added some sweet new toys
to an old bag of tricks in my eyes.

I mean the WIFI is pretty much a deal killer in itself. But killing the onboard
memory and giving you a bigger camera, now that’s cheap. AND you can’t
play downloaded movies anymore?

Come on!

I hope Rim’s coming out with a high end unit soon, one that still keeps all
the good features and adds a bit more speed to the already lagging Bold.

Until Next Time
Daniel J Deyette