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Advantages & Disadvantages for the BlackBerry’s

14 April, 2009


for those who want to switch to a BlackBerry device this is what you need to know so you can chose what fit’s you:

BlackBerry BOLD 9000:

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Adv:

  • 2.6″ 65K-color TFT landscape display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels
  • Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
  • Quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G with HSDPA
  • Wi-Fi and built-in GPS and BlackBerry maps preloaded
  • 2 megapixel camera, LED flash
  • 624 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM
  • BlackBerry OS v4.6
  • Responsive trackball navigation
  • Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 8GB)
  • Excellent build quality
  • DivX and XviD video support
  • Good web browser
  • Office document editor
  • 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Nice audio quality
  • Smart dialing

Dis:

  • No email support without BlackBerry Internet Service account
  • Mediocre camera
  • No FM radio
  • The web browser is unstable when browsing through Wi-Fi
  • No video-call camera

BlackBerry CURVE 8900:

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Adv:

  • 2.4″ 65K-color TFT landscape display with a resolution of 480 x 360 pixels
  • Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
  • Quad-band GSM support
  • Wi-Fi
  • BlackBerry OS v4.6
  • Trackball navigation
  • Built-in GPS and BlackBerry maps preloaded
  • 3.15 MP autofocus camera, LED flash
  • 512 MHz CPU, 256 MB RAM
  • Hot-swappable microSD card slot
  • Good build quality
  • DivX and XviD video support
  • Compact body
  • Good web browser
  • 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Nice audio quality
  • Smart dialing

Dis:

  • No 3G
  • No email support without BlackBerry Internet Service account
  • Mediocre camera
  • No FM radio

BlackBerry STORM 9500:

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Adv:

  • 3.25″ 65K-color capacitive touchscreen of 360 x 480 pixel resolution
  • A new touchscreen experience thanks to SurePress screen
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 2100 MHz 3G with HSDPA support
  • 3.15 MP autofocus camera, LED flash
  • BlackBerry OS 4.7
  • 624 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM
  • Built-in GPS and BlackBerry maps preloaded
  • 1 GB internal storage
  • Hot-swappable microSD card slot, ships with an 8GB card
  • Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard goes as close to hardware keys as we have seen
  • Great build quality
  • Solid looks
  • 3.5mm standard audio jack
  • Bluetooth and USB v2.0
  • Really nice web browser
  • Document editor
  • Excellent audio quality

Dis:

  • No Wi-fi
  • No email support without BlackBerry Internet Service account
  • Interface not as quick as competitors
  • Chubbier than most touchscreen phones
  • Mediocre camera
  • No FM radio
  • No Flash support
  • Fingerprint-prone front panel
  • No video-call camera


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