The Bold is the latest device out of Research In Motion. It lives up to its name with striking design and a rather decent featureset.
Is it a contender for smartphone of the year? It certainly is, but with a caveat: this is a business phone with some fun features, whereas the iPhone, for my money, is a fun phone with business features.
So don’t expect anything revolutionary out of the Bold, but it is certainly the best BlackBerry yet. Watch the video for our full verdict.
hey will have you heard about the blackberry storm on vodafone , with a full responsive touch screen which i belive has the same definiton as the bold ?
I would say that the Bolds nearest competitor is the Nokia E71, very similar form factor and functionality. IMO the navigation options are better on the E71 because the maps are preloaded instead of having to be downloaded via HSDPA, EDGE etc. No coverage = No maps. Plus it offers voice assisted turn by turn navigation, very useful while driving. This is something the AFAICT the Bold does not have, just like the iPhone.
I have been using the Bold for a couple of months now and it’s biggest fault is the battery life, which lasts about 5 minutes, and also the battery cover, it looks like the Bold came from a drunken relationship between a Cortina and an iPhone. I’m getting a Storm soon(lucky enought to have a job which i get to test all the new gagets for my company) and I have some high hopes for the new models, but these devices are moving away from a business device to a consumer device and is playing hell with security compliance
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Argh! I knew I should have waited for the new one to come out. Now I’m stuck with my current blackberry (Unless I want to shell out the cash for the upgrade now :/ ).