http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/ Engadget Mobile Comments for T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 review http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 1:37AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
It looks like RIM has been resting on its figurative laurels, collecting profit this whole time and hasn't learned anything about how important a webkit or even somewhat decent in-house browser is for selling a phone. That kind of performance and incompatibility was sub par and unacceptable at best. Almost makes you wonder whether they actually had anyone test it, considering how common engadget is.]]>Jan 28th 2009 2:30AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
1) The guy in the video uses Shift+m to type the period into the URL instead of the Space key. Obviously, someone who is not familiar with Blackberrys.

2) Everything loads a lot faster in "single-column" mode, which the reviewer is not using. I seriously question the intelligence of people who insist on viewing sites in desktop layout on a two-inch screen. Yes, the iPhone does that and it also sucks.

3) Turn off Javascript support. You rarely ever need it. The browser will be A LOT faster with JS off.

4) I noticed the browser trying to load and run scripts even in the mobile version of Engadget. What kind of DUMB ASS writes client-side scripts into a "mobile" site? Whatever Engadget are paying their Web designers, it's more than they deserve.]]>Jan 28th 2009 6:11PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Apr 21st 2009 2:31PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 1:52AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 1:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 2:12AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
To those of you complaining about the lack of 3G...chill. The 8900 has been out for awhile (in other countries) now...no need to be surprised or angered that it doesn't have 3G. Old news.

For those of you that are willing to wait it out and want a 3G Curve with Touch...one word: Magnum (9220, but may actually be 93xx series). ATT to have first dibs and exclusive selling rights (not show how long though). Release date: 2HCY09, but would be surprised to see it early 2010. ]]>Jan 28th 2009 3:48PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 1:58AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 1:54PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
I dropped Symbian in less than a month for BB and haven't looked back.]]>Jan 28th 2009 11:42PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
Which Nokia did you try? The E71's been working great for me so far; apparently several of the other models aren't so reliable (esp. the N78).]]>Jan 29th 2009 12:36AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 29th 2009 1:24AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 2:16AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Mar 26th 2009 2:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 2:38AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 1:44PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 29th 2009 1:27AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 2:39AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/oh sure, other BlackBerrys use mini USB, but the smaller format is increasingly common in consumer electronics.

And uh... What does this have to do with accessories?
The USB port is only used for plugging into a computer (data cable is included), and charging (wall charger is also included.) The only thing I could think you'd possibly be missing out on would be a car charger... maybe?

Even RIM's own dock-style chargers use contacts on the bottom of the phone...]]>Jan 28th 2009 4:32AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
So, they're using the standard port. Mini was never standard...]]>Jan 28th 2009 8:16AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 4:59AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 3:47AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 4:00AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
http://www.htc.com/www/product/s740/overview.html
]]>Jan 28th 2009 4:14AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/But I can't honestly say I like the styling of it overall. The wide strip of chrome across the bottom looks a little out of place, and I really wish they'd done something more to improve the aesthetics of the keyboard.

I personally find the Bold's keyboard slightly easier to type on than current model Curves, I prefer the even chrome border, I like the subtle feeling of luxury associated with the pseudo-leather backing, and perhaps the thing I like most about the Bold is those little "guitar frets" running across the keyboard. They just somehow seal off the lines of it nicely for me.

The Bold was also much smaller than I expected it to be when I first actually held it in real life, so I'm interested to see just how small the Curve 8900 does feel in-hand.

As nice as the new Curve looks, somehow it just doesn't quite cut it for me.
]]>Jan 28th 2009 4:39AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 4:57AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 6:40AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
The E71 has 3G. The E63 has 3G. The Nokia 6600 fold has 3G, and that's not even a featurephone, much less a smartphone. They probably did it because they needed differentiation from the Bold, butt they should have left out GPS or something else instead. 3G is directly related to the Blackberry's core advantage as a connected smartphone, whereas GPS or other features are just extras - handy and useful, but not key to the device.]]>Jan 28th 2009 10:44AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 5:26AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Feb 18th 2009 4:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 5:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 6:31AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 9:28AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 8:20AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 8:23AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
The usb port to charge the phone is on the right side, vertically positioned in the middle of the keyboard, which makes it IMPOSSIBLE TO USE WHILE CHARGING WITH TWO HANDS!


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Even if you don't live in a 3G area, surely you must visit them occasionally. Hell, even if you don't live in a 3G area, what happens when 3G finally does roll out to your neck of the woods? Your new phone gets instantly outdated? I went from my 3G enabled browsing on my HTC Touch Cruise to my girlfriend's non-3G curve the other day, and I was absolutely shocked to see the simplest of websites take minutes to load. That's just ridiculous this day in age.]]>Jan 28th 2009 11:17AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 12:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
Even if you were to use the BB for strictly business purposes, I am sure there are times that you might have to download an attachment or view a website. Such tasks are frustrating on an EDGE only phone esp. when there is 3G out there so that you don't have to wait 5min to download an attachment or move from page to page on a website.]]>Jan 28th 2009 3:15PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 6:02PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 12:13PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/
HTC S740. A real phone that can actually do something besides read email.

http://www.htc.com/www/product/s740/overview.html
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A month later I decided I couldn't take it anymore; I wasn't going back to the iPhone or the Treo I had before that, so I went with a BlackBerry Pearl 8110. My only complaints so far are the screen size, and I happened to get one of the early 8110s that cannot be upgraded to OS 4.5. Otherwise, I absolutely love it. I've never had a phone so customizable and the PDA functions beat everything out there. Syncing with my Mac is a snap, and it even has stereo Bluetooth, so I can listen to music at work without wires in the way.

I'm looking at getting a Bold soon, though if the 8900 comes to AT&T in the next few months I may get that instead. EDGE has never been a problem for me as most websites I visit have great mobile portals, and the BlackBerry is the only phone I've ever had that gives voice traffic priority over browsing. On the iPhone and Treo I would miss calls while browsing the net, but so far it's never happened on the Pearl.]]>Jan 28th 2009 11:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/28/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-review/Jan 28th 2009 3:18PM