TheBlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word ? Compact . It ’s efficient , almost cramp , like a Japanese car from the 80s .
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Succinctly , it ’s the new BlackBerry to bribe if you ’re on T - Mobile or AT&T. double so on T - Mo , since it ’s their first 3 M BlackBerry .
It ’s not very much likethe original Boldat all , which was the Escalade of BlackBerrys : big , obnoxious , but earnestly prosperous to drive because it give you scads of room to distribute your legs ( err , thumbs ) . If you ’re used to that , at first the 9700 — which is even pocket-size and light than the Tour on Sprint and Verizon — feels like you ’ve been jostle inside of a clown car because the keyboard and screen door , while retaining the same shape and resolution , severally , have been psychiatrist - rayed . ( Update : Actually , the resolution ’s been chance up 40 pixel , to 480×360 , from 480×320 . )
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But , then you realize you ’re not type any slower , or less exactly . The 9700 ’s keyboard is n’t as flat out comfortable as the original Bold — purely a affair of natural philosophy — but it ’s a minor marvel of bioengineering that RIM has recession - sized the keyboard this effectively . They ’re simply bright at building keyboard . The screen has the same resolution as the Bold ’s , but in a smaller size , stand for it has a eminent pixel denseness . Despite that excess clearness , I felt a bit tighten up by it , specially browsing the vane .
It ’s the second BlackBerry to dump all - too - easily - off - by - lint trackball for an optical trackpad , and the first that’snot built for Walmart . You ’ll miss the trackball for about 15 second . Like I say before , the trackpad ’s 90 percentage as serious as the orchis . You might miss the forcible feedback , and it sometimes does n’t totally accurately interpret a aslant swipe that you know would n’t be a problem with the formal but it ’s salutary enough , and by far the most accurate and reactive trackpad I ’ve used on a phone .
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It ’s running BlackBerry OS 5.0 which is n’t tons different than the OS that shipped on the original Bold or Curve 8900 , but it ’s definitely bouncy and it has a few brushstrokes of sum polish here and there . One position you notice is the web web browser — while not as tight as the iPhone 3GS or Android , it has some extra zip to it , and it even race past the Storm 2 burden pages , despite cannonball along on T - Mobile ’s 3 G meshwork vs. Verizon ’s .
Note : In the gallery , the T - Mobile one is the Bold 9700 , the AT&T phone is the original Bold .
fundamentally , barring any major bugs that come out up over the next couple of day , this is the BlackBerry you in all likelihood wanna tap your corporate overlord to handcuff to your pant if you ’re on AT&T or T - Mobile , since it ’ll slide into them easier than any BlackBerry yet . I just hope you bask the feel of faux leather . [ BlackBerry ]
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