The Blackberry Bold 9700 & Blackberry 9000 Review

BlackBerry Bold 9650 Review

With all the features promised in Blackberry 6, This new smart phone set to debut sometime this May 2010 seems to be what the Bold 9700 really should have been from day 1. Sharing the width and full typing keyboard the Bold 9000 once had, the Bold 9650 shares more in common with the 9700 than it’s cousin the 9000.

The 9650 has a 480×360 resolution screen, very similar to that of the 9700, 3.2 mpixel camera (again same as the 9700), GPS, Wifi, Trackpad, and more. Other than the size and keyboard width, the other element that really sets it apart from the Bold 9700 is the memory. While Bold 9700’s currently have 256mb built-in, the Bold 9650 will have a full 512MB (rumored to be for running Blackberry 6)

With the Bold 9700, the major complaints heard across the forums from Crackberry to BlackberryForums.com was the insanely small keyboard. While I can attest to the fact that you do get used to it, I do sometimes see my Bold 9000 in my night stand drawer and dream of all my 9700 features (and battery life!) on that old keyboard which was obviously a little easier to type on.

It will be interesting to see what carriers want to charge for this new phone and how well the new operating system and web browser function. When the phone truly is released, I’ll see about getting a preview phone and doing a video of the entire feature system including seeing just how fast we can typ eon the new Bold 9650 and how it compares to the 9700 overall.

For more information, see http://www.blackberry.com/bold

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