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post #31 of 41
7/3/09 at 2:58pm
From the crackberry.com's hands on review:

L to R: BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Tour 9630, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Storm.
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post #32 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:00pm
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Also, I don't think i'd be waiting on the magnum, JD, unless you're already happy with what you've got. I've been doing some checking and the onyx doesn't look likely until november at the earliest, and the pluto/magnum is even farther away.
Keeping my current phone for probably another year almost so I can wait.

To above: phone comparison on the blackberry website reveals that the Tour does NOT have wifi. Hence, it is next to useless in comparison with the bold.
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post #33 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:06pm
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Keeping my current phone for probably another year almost so I can wait. To above: phone comparison on the blackberry website reveals that the Tour does NOT have wifi. Hence, it is next to useless in comparison with the bold.
It's not next to useless, most of the time you'll be surfing the net on it where WiFi isn't available or where you'd have to pay for it, so having WiFi is actually next to useless on a phone. It's one less radio to have on wasting your battery too. If you're already on the fastest 3G network, like Verizon, you're good. Having played with Storm 1, I think it heavy and bulky, so I hope it's not too close to that. Still, I like the Pre.
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post #34 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:07pm
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Are there different versions of the bold? Or I suppose companies can order them without the camera?

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices...hoose_Homepage

The "regular" bold clearly has a 2mp camera as per the webpage.

Also, I don't think i'd be waiting on the magnum, JD, unless you're already happy with what you've got. I've been doing some checking and the onyx doesn't look likely until november at the earliest, and the pluto/magnum is even farther away.

Anyway, i'm leaning towards an iphone 3gs. It seems to take pretty good pictures, has video recording, better browser, fixed part of the type problem with a landscape keyboard, etc. The one issue I'm wondering about is GPS accuracy. A google search turns up a lot of complaints, but they are mostly from last year. Were these issues resolved? Does it work well now? (In cities and driving between them?)

Sorry, you're correct - I have the 8800.

The GPS for me has been outstanding. I gave it a 300 mile test spin this morning. It is much, much faster at locating me than any of my bb's have ever been.
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post #35 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:10pm
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do the BB maps orient themselves to the direction you are facing?
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post #36 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:10pm
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It's not next to useless, most of the time you'll be surfing the net on it where WiFi isn't available or where you'd have to pay for it, so having WiFi is actually next to useless on a phone.

You would be very incorrect on this one.
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post #37 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:11pm
^+1
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post #38 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:15pm
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do the BB maps orient themselves to the direction you are facing?

BB maps don't really go down to the foot level. For driving you use the att navigator -- a product that blows. I would continually get service outages for direction lookups or inability to connect with the satellites. Even while carrying the 8800 and the curve, neither could find anything. I always travel with a dedicated GPS unit.

BB maps orient themselves to you as you move, just like a normal GPS (i.e. turn left in 3 miles), but you'll never get the orientation on a bb that you see in the apple ads.
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post #39 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:25pm
I honestly think the whole map re-orienting itself as I walk would throw me off. That's not how I'm used to maps working. At the very least it would take some getting used to.
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post #40 of 41
7/3/09 at 3:30pm
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BB maps don't really go down to the foot level. For driving you use the att navigator -- a product that blows. I would continually get service outages for direction lookups or inability to connect with the satellites. Even while carrying the 8800 and the curve, neither could find anything. I always travel with a dedicated GPS unit.

BB maps orient themselves to you as you move, just like a normal GPS (i.e. turn left in 3 miles), but you'll never get the orientation on a bb that you see in the apple ads.

Does the map orientation work as advertised on the 3gs?
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post #41 of 41
7/5/09 at 12:19am
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Ugh... the onyx seems pretty pimp, and definitely worth waiting a couple more months for, assuming it comes out in September (which isn't certain yet and will depend on carrier regardless).

However, I was reading a review of the new iphone 3GS. The screen doesn't get as dirty and is easier to clean, it's faster, and it has a compass. The compass is actually really cool b/c when you are using the gps, the maps will rotate depending on what direction you're facing in. Does the BB do that? And apparently they have a landscape keyboard that has more space between the buttons for better typing accuracy, which was a major misgiving for me. I've also been reading that the browser is far superior on the iphone. Oh and it has a video recording (good for teh gqg33k home porn!) and a 3mpix camera (not sure if it has flash though)..

The google maps app on the storm works with the GPS (and is nicer than the provider apps). The map doesnt rotate, but the cursor indicating what direction you are facing/moving does rotate when you ahve GPS on.

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btw is there a place i can actually test the phones by playing around with them? I went in to a rogers store and the phones are totally locked down, and there's always a ridiculous line to speak to a rep... I don't wanna drop hundreds of bucks without being able to try both of them properly.

The AT&T store I went to had all of the phones turned on and ready to use.
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