BlackBerry Bold 9000 - user opinions and reviews
- Anonymous
- bf{
I had the BB Bold 9000 with o2 for one week and was extremely impressed with its ease of use, applications, keyboard, screen - you know, we've all read the outstanding reviews and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Sadly after a few days use I noticed some bugs appearing with the software - I was unable to delete some SMS messages, they would only finally go by taking out the battery. The bluetooth was unable to send files without dropping the connection but did receive them ok. We tried this with multiple devices with the same result. While connecting my headset it dropped the connection and my headset switched off. I thought the charge may have gone but the headset had actually been damaged in some way and would not switch back on resulting in me having to buy a new bluetooth headset. The browser failed to impress me too I have to say! I took the phone in to o2 and as always the staff there were very helpful but despite over an hour of calls to a BlackBerry Rep and an unsuccessful software upgrade the problem not was not resolved. A different unit was brought out to replace it but similar problems were detected immediately with the bluetooth. I can't tell you how disappointed I felt after weeks of deliberating between the BB Bold and the iphone I had determined that the Bold was the one for me. The staff at o2 suggested I tried the iphone, after all I could always return it within the 14 day new contract cool off period if I was dissatisfied, so reluctantly I took the iphone home. The user interface and stunning screen blew me away immediately. The photo's taken with its 2 meg camera look fantastic viewed on the phone's photo application even in full screen mode and on my computer, much better than my old 5 meg camera phone which really amazed me. E-mail was set up in seconds and the bowser surpasses all my expectations, its fantastic. I could go on but as sad as I was to see my BB Bold go I am much more impressed with the iphone. I'm pleased really that I had the opportunity to try both. If you're a pure business user I can see the attraction to any BlackBerry device. For me its a combination of business and pleasure - The iphone has mixed the two with astonishing results, much more effectively than the Bold. I know its difficult to choose which phone (or multimedia device which also makes phone calls) to choose when comparing side by side so I hope my experience helps you decide if you're stuck between the two devises like I was!
- Anonymous
- Uq4
What'd you say about Internet browsing of bold 9000? Please compare with E71 which support Flash. Does it support?
- ybmtnt
- LxJ
Folks, I just purchased the BlackBerry Bold 9000 as an upgrade from the 8700. My question is, I cannot seem to find any option to edit the various profiles. One the 8700 you opened the "profiles screen, highlighted the profile you wanted to edit then click the scroll wheel and it allows you to edit that profile.
The manual that came with he Bold has no mention of profile editing. Any help would be appreciated.
- Ken
- N75
Hmm..another iphone vs bb bold debate huh? To summarize it all, here goes.
The Bold is a business phone and even though apple is pushing the iphone to the business community it just wouldn't work.
If you want PROPER push email (email comes to u) then go for the Bold.
If u want proper qwerty keypad and u constantly chat and type,go for the Bold. Touchscreen typing is not very efficient.
If u want to watch a video on ur phone go for the bold. The screen for the bold has a higer dpi and gives u hd quality viweing.
If want a lot of 3rd party software to download, go for the Bold, the iphone is only very good with apple software, it stuggles with others.
But if u want a phone that is gonna grab attention, go for the iphone, its touchscreen is unriavalled (till the blackberry storm comes).
Like i said before it all depends on what u use ur phone for. The choice is urs.
- Ken
- N75
Hmm..another iphone vs bb bold debate huh? To summarize it all, here goes.
The Bold is a business phone and even though apple is pushing the iphone to the business community it just wouldn't work.
If you want PROPER push email (email comes to u) then go for the Bold.
If u want proper qwerty keypad and u constantly chat and type,go for the Bold. Touchscreen typing is not very efficient.
If u want to watch a video on ur phone go for the bold. The screen for the bold has a higer dpi and gives u hd quality viweing.
If want a lot of 3rd party software to download, go for the Bold, the iphone is only very good with apple software, it stuggles with others.
But if u want a phone that is gonna grab attention, go for the iphone, its touchscreen is unriavalled (till the blackberry storm comes).
Like i said before it all depends on what u use ur phone for. The choice is urs.
- paul
- 4aY
mark, 31 Oct 2008not true everybody in my firm loves bb easy to use and with a outstanding battery life the onl... morewe as people have the right to express our opinion.everybody stop trying to argue with bwehg that person is just giving their point of view
- Anonymous
- Uq4
BB users increase day by day in Pakistan. But the BB devices are quite expensive. Does it support Flash sites while browsing? Like Nokia E71/90
- mark
- Nhd
bwehg, 29 Oct 2008even though blackberries are smartphones they are not user friendly even though i like them. b... morenot true everybody in my firm loves bb easy to use and with a outstanding battery life the only good nokia are the entry level models.be patient it eill be worth it
- bwehg
- 4hQ
gippy grewal, 30 Oct 2008hi mate you clearly have never owned or used a blackberry. they are the most easiest to use sm... moresince you know about blacberries tell me the release date of the 8350i curve on nextel coming out it has camera,video record/playback,bluetooth,web browser,push to talk,micro sd card,speakerphone and i beleive 3g.
- bwehg
- 4hQ
gippy grewal, 30 Oct 2008hi mate you clearly have never owned or used a blackberry. they are the most easiest to use sm... morei know all about blackberries the 8100 was tmobile and at&t, the 8120 is wifi and no gps,the 8110 is gps and no wifi,the 8320 is wifi and no gps, the 8310 is gps and no wifi,the 8300 is at&t, the 8130 is sprint ,verizon with 3g ,the 8110,8120,8130 all have video recording except the blackberries with 30 on the end of them are cdma 3g phones,the 20 on end mean wifi,and the 10 on the end mean gps but verizon and sprint was the first one to come out with blackberries that had 3g and video recording.also a gsm has better voice reception but a cdma does far better data wise.
- bwehg
- 4hQ
gippy grewal, 30 Oct 2008hi mate you clearly have never owned or used a blackberry. they are the most easiest to use sm... morei know all about blackberries the 8100 was tmobile and at&t, the 8120 is wifi and no gps,the 8110 is gps and no wifi,the 8320 is wifi and no gps, the 8310 is gps and no wifi,the 8300 is at&t, the 8130 is sprint ,verizon with 3g ,the 8110,8120,8130 all have video recording except the blackberries with 30 on the end of them are cdma 3g phones,the 20 on end mean wifi,and the 10 on the end mean gps but verizon was sprint was the first one to come out with blackberries that had 3g and video recording.also a gsm has better voice reception but a cdma does far as data wise.
- bwehg
- 4hQ
gippy grewal, 30 Oct 2008hi mate you clearly have never owned or used a blackberry. they are the most easiest to use sm... moreyou dont know what you are talking about i have had plenty blackberries i dont know what country you from sounding like australia over there everything is simple and with each service provider the menu is set up different before you try to tell me about cellphones.by the way this probably is your first one and email is simple to use on any smartphone.
- bwehg
- 4hQ
Iceman, 30 Oct 2008I need to know something from you blackberry bold owners... when you get an e-mail or other me... moremine stays on until i answer the email.
- Iceman
- TYW
I need to know something from you blackberry bold owners... when you get an e-mail or other message, does the LED light stay on until you check the phone, no matter how long? or does it stay on for some minutes then go off afterward? mine is only staying on for some minutes and I find that kinda annoying man
- Constantine
- p$K
It costs 45000 rupees with Mobilink Orsacom Pakistan with service charges rupees 1300 per month plus taxes and a post paid package with EDGE activated, too costly for the package and its worth
- gippy grewal
- mCS
Sime, 28 Oct 2008Does windows recognize as storage device when pluged in usb without software instaled. Or do i... moreit will recognize your device as a usb mass storage device. no need to install the bb software.
- gippy grewal
- mCS
bwehg, 29 Oct 2008even though blackberries are smartphones they are not user friendly even though i like them. b... morehi mate you clearly have never owned or used a blackberry. they are the most easiest to use smartphone with the most stable software ever. these things have awesome battery life and in my opinion out doo the buggy nokias that crash and even the iphone. it takes me less then a few seconds to reply a quick text. and im never out of contact. msn messenger is now free and contacting other blackberrys is alsoi free providing you have a unlimited datatpla. i speak to clients and friends from other countries all around the worl for only 42.50 pm. so make sure you do your homework before rl4plying utter nonsense on things you have no clue of
- Jess
- uKa
I'm a bit frustrated with my BB Bold, I cant download anything on it, the live messenger keeps saying that the handhels doesnt have the service enabled, and I cant download skype or google talk because the phone's OS doesnt have the requirement.
I am so angry....someone please....help?
- Shepard316
- n5e
bwehg, 29 Oct 2008even though blackberries are smartphones they are not user friendly even though i like them. b... moreHave never liked Nokia's since Sonyericsson started bring out quality phones have had a go of a pearl and thought it was mint, so decided the bold is the way forward, and i wasn't dissappointed.
- Bratasena
- wr4
Wow! Amazing screen... Very soft and sharp!!! I love my first BB, BB 9000 Bold!!!
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