Amid swirling rumors about the impending announcement of a 3G iPhone, Research in Motion today introduced its slickest, speediest, most powerful, and most connected BlackBerry to date: the BlackBerry Bold 9000.
Equipped with support for tri-band HSDPA and quad-band EDGE (which means that it will support the highest-speed GSM-family data networks wherever they are available worldwide), 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, and both assisted and autonomous GPS, the Bold could prove a formidable challenger to Apple's next-gen iPhone on connectivity alone.
It even looks a bit iPhone-esque, with its glassy display area, generally flat profile, and rounded corners. Still, the Bold comes configured with a hardware QWERTY keyboard, and it retains the general dimensions of its predecessors, so it's much shorter and somewhat thicker than the iPhone.
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Equipped with support for tri-band HSDPA and quad-band EDGE (which means that it will support the highest-speed GSM-family data networks wherever they are available worldwide), 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, and both assisted and autonomous GPS, the Bold could prove a formidable challenger to Apple's next-gen iPhone on connectivity alone.
It even looks a bit iPhone-esque, with its glassy display area, generally flat profile, and rounded corners. Still, the Bold comes configured with a hardware QWERTY keyboard, and it retains the general dimensions of its predecessors, so it's much shorter and somewhat thicker than the iPhone.
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Who are you talking to? We both made statements about how great the functionality was.
That's just not true. You can/could buy an iPhone (2.5G) from AT&T, however it's stupidly expensive, even for an iPhone.
Yep
The "older promo" for unlimited on data devices (BB/PDA) was $15, and included everything you could do on the device itself (no tethering), the current unlimited data feature is $30.
(not flaming, this is a legitimate question)
I find the Blackberry interface clunky and annoying, and when I have to use a Blackberry it's always a chore.
3G has been out worldwide for ages, there are plenty of Windows Mobile, Symbian and other devices that work with HSDPA (my Samsung Blackjack and Nokia both use it).
The Apple is the more exciting product because it's a powerful device that combines stacks of interesting and useful features into a device that is easy to use. In the beginning I was never a fan of iPhone, I thought it was an underpowered yet cool looking device. With 3G capability and a proper SDK now real software can be developed for it, I think the iPhone'S potential will be unlocked.
I'd be interested to see how the interface is for this Blackberry but I really get the feeling that I will be disappointed as with the rest of the Blackberry devices.
Last edited by Jelly2003 on 12 May 2008 - 12:35
Riiiiight.
No OS X. No touch screen. And the iPhone look-alike silver band around the edge is plastic, not metal. Cheap.
But that's okay, I guess. This is perhaps the best iPhone-wannabe yet. RiM must be very proud.
You can judge the distance behind and overall cluelessness of iPhone's future roadkill by the amount they copy the iPhone's exterior... This ceaseless quest to dress up antiques in Apple veneer is pretty sad.
Just wait until next month.
Just wait until next month.
3G, Exchange, and Cisco VPN are good new features to have, but until the iPhone can read Office documents, it will continue to be a non-starter for a lot of serious businesspeople.
One of the best features!
This phone won't impact iPhone's success much because there's very little work to do to beat it. And considering there won't be a monthly "Apple privilege" tax, this device will offer more features for far less money.
The iPhone does read Office and Excel documents and will read Powerpoint docs with 2.0... so you're saying that it is for a lot of serious businesspeople.
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The iPhone does read Office and Excel documents and will read Powerpoint docs with 2.0... so you're saying that it is for a lot of serious businesspeople.
Your post made me realize that I left out something important - the ability to edit Office documents. I don't believe the iPhone has that ability, even in 2.0.
The iPhone does read Office and Excel documents and will read Powerpoint docs with 2.0... so you're saying that it is for a lot of serious businesspeople.
Your post made me realize that I left out something important - the ability to edit Office documents. I don't believe the iPhone has that ability, even in 2.0.
The Blackberry can't edit office documents either with included software and I disagree, that isn't a feature I really care about either. For me the non-touch screen keyboard is the Blackberry's bigest selling point (when compaired to iPhone 2.0 software).
I looked at BlackBerry but the need to have another physical server, Windows 200x Server just to run BES is alot of money. Thankfully my current Nokia N95 syncs everything with my Exchange 2007 Server via OWA. Blackberry's can also use OWA but they only sync mail. Why?
I agree with the iPhone, graet looking but poor with features. Blackberry's are starting to look nice but seeing Mail for Exchange (Free software) makes me angry.
The features are coming. It's Apple after all . . . look at OS X's features.
Problem is, they're slow in coming.
I <3 my pearl.
The question is which is the lesser of two evils: a small screen with a real keyboard, or a full, beautiful touch screen with an "ok" keyboard on the screen.
Sure, multi touch doesn't seem that useful. But live with it for a few weeks and you'll see its uses. It's just more efficient.
Mind you, yes, to many people it is about the Apple logo.
SGH-F700 is the name in the UK ... it has an updated version now I believe which is thinner and a 5mp camera, but I beieve the keypad has been moved to the screen similar to an iPod. The worst thing about them is because they rely on SDHC when browsing music it sometimes lags a little with the 4gb card I have in it - not awful as I rarely change music that much to annoy me, usually I play a whole album or playlist.
>> SGH-F700 Picture
Think there is a similar phone coming to the US - it might already be out.
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