January comes not a lot of money to buy those nice treats that cheer you up but your due for a phone upgrade – time for a new gadget in your life. Well this was me a few weeks back. I took the plunge into the world of “blackberry”… How am I finding it?
Having had a Nokia for the past eight or so years I thought it was time for a change also I had found myself wanting to access the web when I couldn’t access a computer and on my old Nokia with a screen the size of a postage stamp it was time for change. The Iphone never really came into the equation due to that fact of my Apple dis-like and everyone has one of those now – they look nice but technically?
I did some research and asked around of peoples opinions of the Blackberry and didn’t hear anything bad so went for the Blackberry 8900 curve. After arriving, it was really easy to set-up out of the box and up and running within minutes. It has a very similar UI to a Nokia so the transition was fairly easy – menu button, roller ball and your away (the roller ball has a nice feel to it the keyboard is nice and firm no annoying softness).
When I was ordering for some reason I thought it had 3G turns out it doesn’t but I find edge quick enough for my needs no problems with getting frustrated with downloads etc. Once get to know your way around installing various app’s is fun being addicted to twitter right now “Twitterberry” is a really nice app that allows you to keep in touch with all things Twitter on the move.
Setting up email addresses was really simple takes a short while for them to start receiving but apart from that no complaints. Google maps app is a must to download the GPS is spot on as long as you are on the move if your in a static location it doesn’t seem to work it gives you an approx position but maybe this is my misunderstanding of GPS maybe you need to be on the move? Just make sure you quit after using else it will drink your battery. Another cool feature is the holder that comes with your phone which put the phone in standby once placed inside saving you battery and protecting from scratches in the process.
It really doesn’t feel like a phone it feels like you are getting a lot more than that with all its little features that you discover as you go along and I personally would rate a Blackberry a lot higher than an Iphone (though I haven’t really used one in any detail) it’s a phone but a lot more. I’m addicted guess the term “crackberry” does apply after all!
The only bad thing is when the charger is plugged in, it gets in the way of my typing but thats all…
Kinda funny…. As I was typing this and setting up as a post we had a powercut… Without internet access it would have been difficult to get a number for central networks who have informed me there is a powercut and it will be a few hours! Sit tight the joys of also having a laptop!
Post by: Richard
Tags: Blackberry, Contact, Crackberry, Gadgets, Phone, Twitter, Twitterberry