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I have the AT&T Bold, and what kills the battery is the constant searching for 3G signal, or repeatedly fading in and out between EDGE and 3G. I never really understood the whole hoopla over 3G anyway. Matter of fact, if I'd known that the 8900 is coming to T-mobile, I would've held off renewing my contract with at&t.
2G was fine with me. Most of the time my phone is on 2G anyway (in the bldg, on the way to work). I wouldn't have minded the BOLD had at&t not done away with the toggle switch between 2G and 3G (it's present on the ROGERS Bold and the unlocked BOLD's straight outta RIM, but not on AT&T BOLD). On top, I believe this device will be slimmer than the Bold as well.
Additionally, 3G is negated by the fact that most of the new phones which are 3G-enabled have bigger screens and better resolution and greater pixel-density..so hence the web-pages take almost the same time to load up as phones which're a couple of years old on 2G. Of course, there's the added advantage of being able to doing voice and data together, but I very rarely need to do it simultaneously. For me, a great device would be s'thing like the BB 8900 on either sprint or verizon network.]]>Jan 8th 2009 11:09AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/08/hands-on-with-t-mobiles-blackberry-curve-8900/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/08/hands-on-with-t-mobiles-blackberry-curve-8900/
Fits better in your hand than the Bold.]]>Jan 11th 2009 5:28PM