Design and Looks
The design of the phone is flat and fits with ease in the palm. The phone appears to be heavier than the other BlackBerry handsets. The phone measures at 114 x 66 x 14 mm and weights about 133 grams.
The front panel on the phone is standard and features the QWERTY keyboard along with the screen.The left side of the phone features the loudspeaker grills, 3.5 mm standard audio jack and the standard miniUSB port. The trackball on the front is stunning and is a great performer with its usage and response.The right side of the phone contains the volume rocker and the convenience key on the right. The top of the Bold 9000 comprises of the mute key.
The display on the BlackBerry Curve 9000 is equipped with a 2.6 inch TFT display of HVGA resolution 320x480 pixels. The phone features good sunlight eligibility. The display is excellent and the best on the BlackBerry lineup.
The keyboard is a full QWERTY on the phone having a four-row layout. The size of the keys and the distance between them is excellent making it a treat to have your fingers pressed against them. The design makes it much easier to type with much greater efficiency and speed.
On the interface front the BlackBerry Bold 9000 runs on the BlackBerry OS v4.6. The screen sports nice glossy icons having a neat and simple interface. The menu navigation is a bit different but any old users of BlackBerry will be able to do navigate their way in no time.
The phone reception is loud and clear and there are no problems encountered. The phone features the Smart Dialing function which is an asset to the device's dialing capabilities.
The music player on the BlackBerry Bold 9000 is average and does its job. It can sort the music library automatically by artist, album and genre and tracks could searched even by gradual typing. Playlists can also be created by users on the phone but there are no equalizers on the player. The video player is quite impressive on the handset, the landscape screen with its amazing display quality gives the video experience a treat to watch. Also the video player is capable of playing DivX and Xvid videos too.
The camera on the BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a standard 2 mega pixel camera with an LED flash. The interface on the phone is disappointing and does not get any easier at all. Although the camera does support the geotagging option onboard. The GPS navigation is inbuilt and the GPS receiver onboard includes the A-GPS support. The software on the phone for navigation is the BlackBerry Maps which comes pre-installed.
The quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE provides global roaming and the 3G with HSDPA gives the extra speed. The Wi-Fi is also present with a nice and easily customizable Wi-Fi manager taking care of all the connections. Bluetooth with A2DP is also included on the handset.
Overall the phone offers a stunning display, an amazing keyboard and excellent connectivity and should be the top phone in the list if you're looking for a good business phone.
Features
- Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
- Quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G with HSDPA
- Wi-fi and built in GPS
- 2 megapixel camera , LED flash
- 624 Mhz CPU , 128MB Ram
- BlackBerry OS v4.6
- DivX and Xvid video support
