BlackBerry Curve 8900 hands on
What’s that? Thought we were holding out on you? Never! The BlackBerry Curve 8900, also known to the BlackBerry faithful as the BlackBerry Javelin, is the much-awaited BlackBerry Curve replacement. It’s definitely been covered in depth so we won’t bore you and nitpick the handset. Instead, we’ll give you some of our very first impressions and let you decide the next steps.
- The size is awesome — totally small enough to be pocketable, but not too small where sacrifices on the keyboard had to be made.
- Unlike the Bold where some people had trouble hitting the right convenience key since it was too low, on the Curve 8900, it’s located perfectly.
- The screen, as we’re getting accustomed to now with RIM, is flawless! It’s smaller than the Bold as you know, and that’s an even denser, crisper, and sharper display in our books. Really a job well done.
- What about the keyboard? Even better than the first Curve. The keys feel more “fuller” and not hollow like the original 8300 did. They’re also decently spaced, and even after using a Bold for 5 months, the second we picked this up, we were off to the races. Another great execution by RIM.
- It might just be us, but the fake chrome bezel around the 8900 actually seems like it’s more equipped to handle rough usage than the Bold is. We could be wrong, but at first glance it looks like a tougher material or finish. You know how our original Bold fared…
So, do you guys want a full on review of the BlackBerry Curve 8900, or do you want one of our oh-so-popular battles? Maybe a Curve 8900 vs. G1? Hit us up in the comments and let your voice be heard. Word. Don’t forget to get jiggy with the BGR gallery and check out the pictures!
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i ordered two of the 8900 curves to have unfortunately to have them both sent back for a new one both went defective after one week! i loved the features it had for the week that it lasted…lets see what happens whenever t-mobile decides to send the new one’s out.
@digi
The 8900 is wonderful, however without a data plan the wifi only works for HotSpot(UMA)calling,
(which is fantastic!!!…excellent signal, great reception,… with unlimited HotSpot calling (for 9.99/mo), doesn’t count against your minutes!!!), and limited internet access.
So, if ya need access, a data plan will be necessary.
Cheers
neokuji
@sunny dee
Weird, the phones released to the stores were great, no problems,…well except that with more crap on hers my friend’s for some reason has more available memory…weird, but then again the guy at the store did say her’s was better…LoL…both of us got new 8900’s at the same time, Feb.11, @ 9am!!! (and my B-day was the 14th so it was a wonderful B-day!:))
neokuji
I want to see them two compared. There are thing better on both and its all in what you go for i lean toward the bb the screen is killer and camera feature. and the app store should be coming soon if only they had free ones and cheaper ones dont sure how good of an idea this is.
is it possible to watch dvd movies on the blackberry curve 8900 from tmobile? thanks
Hey, i think the black berry is useless.
I mean … take a look at it, like most kids from now on generations has that ugly phone.
I say iPhone is way better, and the Ultimate mobile phones are too.
We used to have this phone, the battrey, the memory card, the camera qualities are the one we are very dissapointed of.
Isn’t 3G supposed to be much faster for surfing the web? What is the difference between 3G and wifi?
@Ella
I’m sorry for your terrible education, it is sad there are so many ignorant people out there. This is made worse by corporate thought programming and advertising brand for mindshare. People follow the brand, programmed, ..like a machine or robot, believing the hype, and what they are told, and or following the group mindset/programming/thought patterns, removing the one true human characteristic/ability …FREEWILL!!!!!!!
The Curve 8900 is not ugly! …not at all!
…takes all kinds…to each their own…beauty in the eye of the beholder, not to mention if people bought them chances are they like they way they look! The battery & memory card are great and the screen and camera are excellent, if not exceptional, not to mention Blackberry has one of the best radio receivers(receives the signal) out there and with T-Mobile UMA(wifi calling), even better!
-forget Apple, the Iphone, the IPOD, and the deathstar!
is it coming to verizon here in america before may thats when i get an upgrade and ive heard a lot of good about the one currently on tmobile and the only blackberrys that id get with verizon are the storm and the current curve that ive heard a lot of bad about
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I a new owner of a blackberry 8900. I am unable to switch off the auto-answer feature. The manual is clear but I can not seem to find the needed line item in the referenced menu screen. Can someone help. Thanks
I have a G1 and after months of waiting for the cupcake, frankly I’m bored and I’m not as happy with the G1 as I was initially. I love how blackberries look and I’m considering purchasing the 8900…is it worth it?
I REALLY would like to see an 8900 vs G1, as I just got the G1 and am not sure if I like it or not. And a comp to the 8900 would help me make up my mind to switch while I’m in the Buyers Remorse Period, and not be kicking myself for not switching…
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DON’T GET THE 8900!!! It’s HORRIBLE!!! It has a good still camera, good camera “flash”, and a fair video camera, but all of that stuff is useless if you can’t even use the thing– there are several problems, but the real deal-killer is the trackball, which, when it goes out (mine has gone out twice in less than 3 months despite cleaning my thumbs religiously when I get ready to use it) you can’t fix it yourself, and if you bring it in to an ATT Center, they will tell you they can’t repair it, and you’ll have to go through days of waiting (especially if it goes out on a weekend) until a refurbished unit is shipped to you, and then you have a few days to transfer the data and send the old one back– if you don’t send it back in time, they’ll charge you hundreds of dollars for a core charge.
Why would you need more than several days to transfer the data? In my case, if the charge port stops working, you can’t back up anything…
The earlier Blackberry… i think it was an 8310… had a trackball that had problems with suddenly malfunctioning, too, and the first time the trackball went out, it tied me up for days as I tried to get ready to send it back… only to find out that the trackball was something I could replace myself easily without any tools at all, but neither ATT or BlackBerry would let me know that. I was soooooo pissed. The next time it went out, I bought the trackball and little chrome ring for $15. at an independent repair shop and got it handled immediately, rather than get it handled for “free” under warranty and wait forever.
But ATT must be run by a bunch of sadists– rather than continue to use an easily replaceable trackball, they made it necessary to take the phone apart– the same independent shop that sold me the trackball for the old phone for $15. charged me nearly $50. to replace the trackball on the 8900 after only a few weeks, at which time I was fanatical about cleaning my thumbs each time before I used my trackball– and that still was not enough… it STILL screwed up today again!!!! DO NOT BUY THE 8900 UNLESS YOU’RE A MASOCHIST, OR DON’T MIND IF YOUR PHONE GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING EVERY FEW DAYS!!!
ATT AND BLACKBERRY HAVE THE WORST IMAGINABLE PRODUCT SUPPORT!!!!!!!! If an independent shop can repair my phone in REAL TIME when it goes out, why can’t ATT?????
g1 has 3g n the curve doesnt
the G1 is problematic and filled with bugs, not to mention it does not have the quality, and radio quality of the Blackberry! 3G is not available in all areas, and obviously people in those areas, and those who have purchased or like the Blackberry 8900 are ok with the lack of 3G!!!, and prefer quality!!!!!!! No amount of apps the G1 has can make up for it being junk.lol
that is your experience not ours!!!!!!!
the 8900 is awesome!!!!!!!, i wouldn’t rather have any other!!!!!!! sorry you had a bad experience with the Deathstar(At&t), verizon sucks too, fortunately i am not a customer of either, whew! lol
which is better BB Bold or 8900
I asked for the curve 8900 for my upgrade, based mainly on size and it’s camera, over the bold prosumer and the new curve 8520(I think)?
Anyway they sent the bold by mistake, so I’m waiting for the next curve 8900 batch to come in, I haven’t even opened the bold box!!
Should I wait for the curve or keep the bold? this is my first BB.
@ M man and linda…
the Bold has a slightly better processor (100mhz difference),
However the 8900 has a better:…
media player (8900 has the advanced media player compared to bold’s standard blackberry media player)
size (8900 is smaller, thinner, and lighter)
camera (3.2MP compared to the bold’s 2.0MP)
screen resolution (HVGA+ 480×360P compared to the bold’s 480×320P)
Battery (S=14D/T=5.5H compared to the bold’s S=10D/T=4H)
memory (256MB onboard memory and 256MB flash w/SDHC capable up to 32GB compared to the bold’s 1GB onboard memory and only 128MB flash w/SD capable up to 8GB)
while the bold is a great BB, the 8900 is better!!!!!!!!