I recently lost my phone — actually the more detailed reason is I ran fully clothed in the Atlantic at 4am in the morning, but that’s a different story.
Yesterday, I bought the Blackberry Curve 8900. I literally went back and forth between the Curve 8900 and the Bold 9000 five to six times, and ended up going with the Curve. I love it.
It’s the perfect shape, quick, takes 16GB external memory, has a vivid display screen, and has phenomenal battery life. I spend about two hours on the phone yesterday, installed tons of apps, browsed internet, and my battery is still at 55% after not charging it overnight.
Yes, the Curve has no 3G, but 3G from all accounts is a battery hog. My dad recharges his Bold every 7-8 hours. It drains battery as the network isn’t as well saturated yet, and the phone constantly jumps between EDGE and 3G causing the drain. Additionally, most places I’m around frequently like work and home have WiFi so 3G is useless. While traveling on the road, 3G isn’t available due to the remoteness of the highways, and the costs of 3G outweighed the benefits.
The Curve is a better phone on most other accounts, better 3.2mp camera (with auto focus), keyboard (a preference thing), larger screen (40 pixels taller), smaller and lighter. The Bold felt clunky and out of proportion to me, but that’s another preference thing.
For all your iPhone fans out there, I understand the appeal, but I’m a blackberry lover for life. It’s simply too good a phone for people that actually work for a living (ha!).
Microsoft Enterprise Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook, Blackberry Enterprise Server, and a Blackberry device are the perfect combination and I have yet to see a service that can rival how these four play together. Contact, calendars, memos, tasks, emails, settings, speed dial lists, alarm preferences, (even something as meaning less as my ring tones), were automatically synced with my new phone while my old one is somewhere in the bottom of the Atlantic. I can literally throw away my desktop, blackberry, laptop, and still have my data synced with new devices in a matter of minutes.
I initiated a remote wipe on my old phone, just for peace of mind, but I highly doubt underwater sea creatures have mastered the blackberry yet.