The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is the perfect beginner’s smartphone. It comes complete with camera, video recording, Wi-Fi capabilities and expandable memory. The device is available for £139.99 and it comes with £20 top up voucher.
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If you’re going to buy a BlackBerry, it’s important to get the right one. A recent article on Politico is ranting about American politicians complaining about the Storm’s touchscreen being difficult to type with. The article goes on to describe how certain politicians are finding the device much more difficult to write emails with than their previous device. Here is what the article says:
“The BlackBerry, to me, is a utilitarian tool,” said Rodell Mollineau, communications staff director for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). “It’s not easy to send e-mails on that thing. It is not a good touch screen, and it’s not like the iPhone, where there are so many other great features to it.”
Rodell said only one Reid staffer ended up getting the Storm, a senior adviser he wouldn’t identify by name. When Rodell told him that he thought the device was a bigger pain that it was worth, the adviser — an iPhone user — dismissed the warning.
“Three days later,” Rodell said, “I literally walk in and he’s cursing with four-letter words, and he was slamming it down, saying, ‘I can’t get e-mail to work all right.’ It just is not for people here who mainly use their BlackBerrys for that.”
There is so much that frustrates me about what they’re saying in this article. First of all, the iPhone isn’t a device for enterprise and will never be able to do what the BlackBerry does. Also, it doesn’t have “many other great features,” it has some fart apps and lightsaber simulators. Not exactly the stuff that makes for efficient communication.
Another important factor to note, is that there is a learning curve with the Storm. The above user only had his Storm for 3 days, which isn’t enough to have a valid opinion on anything let alone a feature rich smartphone. If you’ve been using the Storm for a few months now, you’ll for sure have noticed your typing speed has improved over time. Also, who slams a phone worth around $500? Talk about politicians wasting tax payer dollars.
If you’re in need of a phone that is as user friendly as possible for typing, go with the Curve 8900. The keys are isolated, raised and will allow you to send more emails in a day than you have contacts. These politicians just weren’t thinking.
(Press Release)The BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available in the Philippines from Globe Telecom and Smart Communications this month. Visit the carriers’ respective sites for pricing and contract details.
The new BlackBerry Curve 8900 features a compact and sleek design weighing just 110 grams and measuring only 109mm x 60mm x 13.5mm, which fits comfortably in the hand for one or two-handed use. Housed within its chrome-frame and stylish black finish, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 packs an expansive feature-set with rich multimedia capabilities, as well as advanced phone, email, messaging, organizer and web browser applications. The powerful new smartphone makes it easy to stay connected with family, friends and co-workers, surf the net, take and view pictures, record* and watch video and listen to music while on the go.
Continue reading about the 8900 launch in Manila
Recently, I’ve been reporting about Bold’s in Japan overheating. The article caused a lot of people to start commenting about what it’s like owning a BlackBerry in their part of the world. I find RIM’s presence in Japan really interesting because previously, North American smartphones would be considered not powerful enough for the Japanese market. Since there are so many questions, I decided to ask a Japanese BBCool reader what he thinks about his latest BlackBerry Bold purchase.
BlackBerryCool: Why did you buy a BlackBerry?
Makoto Kazuo: I work in an international team and all my American colleagues have one. I thought it was a really cool technology. I’m a research assistant and do lots of fieldwork. I need to access my email while I’m out of my office. Carrying my laptop around for that purpose wasn’t very fun. And the QWERTY keyboard was a big plus. When you have to type long texts (sometimes I write myself a long email as a field note), it’s a must. So when it came out here, I bought it right away.
Continue reading BlackBerry Cool’s interview with a Japanese BlackBerry owner
Most people these days are trying to personalize their phones from everyone else and use different means to accomplish this. One way is music. Over the course of your phone’s life you download, create, transfer all kinds of music you enjoy and set them as a ringtones. But most phones allow you to set it as a ringtone and that’s about it. The next 100 calls will start with the same darn riff, lyric, or sound and after awhile it gets monotonous. Heck I even got annoyed by a song I previously enjoyed.
Enter Ringtone Shuffler. As its name implies, it does exactly that.
This little app has made me believe that it should become a standard feature on today’s multimedia oriented phones. It’s incredibly easy to use. It’s not the most useful app but it’s the most used on my phone since it’s used anytime I get a call.
Continue reading Ringtone Shuffler for BlackBerry reviewed
MySpace for BlackBerry has gone V.1.5. and there are some new features to help you promote your page and network with your friends. New features and enhancements include:
· Friend Updates: Users can now view their MySpace Friend Updates from within the application, and click on a thumbnail of a photo in the Friend Updates to be taken to a full screen version
· Enhanced updates and messaging: Instantaneous mobile notifications and messaging (no lag time between receiving a message online and on mobile). Users can also save a composed message/bulletin as a draft, delete and open a saved draft message to edit/send the message, and view or hide sent items
· Enhanced band profiles: Bands can add tour dates and more profile bits to their profiles, like Upcoming Shows (displays more details on the show such as venue, date, address and cost)
· Support for French, German, Italian and Spanish languages
To get the app, point your device here.
Or here via your desktop.
Do you have a MySpace? Now is your time for shameless self-promotion!
