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| L2N |
If you want somehting for buisness do not get the Iphone. the key board on that is absolute crap.
I think the only differnce between the Curve and the 8800 is the curve has a camera.
Either way Blackberry is the way to go. |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by L2N
If you want somehting for buisness do not get the Iphone. the key board on that is absolute crap.
I think the only differnce between the Curve and the 8800 is the curve has a camera.
Either way Blackberry is the way to go. |
isn't RIM(makers of blackberry) in some huge copyright lawsuit right now which could potentially ruin/discontinue the product? isn't that why their stock dropped so much in the last year |
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| djjewelz |
RIM settled last year with NTP, so they are all set.
8800 - GPS
8300 (Curve) - no GPS, but 2MP camera and standard headset jack
8820 - GPS + Wifi, coming out 9/15, same form factor as 8800
I prefer the Curve over the 8800 due to the layout of the keyboard. The 8800 is a good choice if you work in places that don't allow cameras into the facility.
Hope that helps. |
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| ninetyninej |
| quote: | Originally posted by L2N
If you want somehting for buisness do not get the Iphone. the key board on that is absolute crap.
I think the only differnce between the Curve and the 8800 is the curve has a camera.
Either way Blackberry is the way to go. |
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'm definitely going to go with BlackBerry Curve.
The 8800 has a built-in GPS and a slightly better battery but overall the Curve I've read is much much better, especially with the keyboard. Also I tried the keyboard on my boss' iPhone and found that typing emails took longer then an external qwerty keyboard like on the BlackBerry.
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| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
isn't RIM(makers of blackberry) in some huge copyright lawsuit right now which could potentially ruin/discontinue the product? isn't that why their stock dropped so much in the last year |
I read up on that and apparently that was 2006 and although it held up RIM production I believe they settled and are functioning just fine. The Curve in fact was just released like 2-3 months ago.
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| quote: | Originally posted by djjewelz
RIM settled last year with NTP, so they are all set.
8800 - GPS
8300 (Curve) - no GPS, but 2MP camera and standard headset jack
8820 - GPS + Wifi, coming out 9/15, same form factor as 8800
I prefer the Curve over the 8800 due to the layout of the keyboard. The 8800 is a good choice if you work in places that don't allow cameras into the facility.
Hope that helps. |
Thanks a lot. This really helps my decision. I think the Curve is the way to go. And even though I'm locked in a contract I can get the Curve for $299 with my company's AT&T business account. |
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| Orbital32 |
| I hate the curve. Too small to type with Suretype. I had that thing for literally an hour before i got rid of it. I never hated a phone as much as that one in my life. I would probably wait for the 8820. |
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| skizzell |
8800 all the way!
I was at a conference last week and RIM was there. Wait til you see what they have in store for the next year or so. :D
New BES pwnz0rs btw. |
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| ninetyninej |
, so hard to choose between curve vs 8800!
i did like the 8800 at first but then when i heard the buttons were too close to each other, making it hard to type, and that it had no camera i assumed the Curve was an easy choice :(
Damn, after some research I see the Curve 8310 coming to AT&T in 3 weeks and the 8820 coming out shortly after.
I need find a way to wait till the end of September before buying...... |
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| djjewelz |
| I have a spare 8800 if you really need something to hold you over. |
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| HotDogWater |
| what provider do you have? i don't know about the others, but i know for sprint if you get the blackberry they tack another $30-40 extra monthly for a "blackberry plan." Also, don't you need a monthly gps subscription to use the built-in gps? if that's the case you may want to look for a bluetooth receiver, those can be had for $60-70+ |
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| Orbital32 |
| quote: | Originally posted by HotDogWater
what provider do you have? i don't know about the others, but i know for sprint if you get the blackberry they tack another $30-40 extra monthly for a "blackberry plan." Also, don't you need a monthly gps subscription to use the built-in gps? if that's the case you may want to look for a bluetooth receiver, those can be had for $60-70+ |
the monthly subscription is with all providers. without it you blackberry is just a phone. |
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| Orbital32 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ninetyninej
, so hard to choose between curve vs 8800!
i did like the 8800 at first but then when i heard the buttons were too close to each other, making it hard to type, and that it had no camera i assumed the Curve was an easy choice :(
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If you think the buttons on the 8800 are too close together... its about 10X worse on the curve. And the "Learning" for spelling blows chunks. |
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