8700, my old friend
Posted by Rod in Communications, Technolust at 2:45 pm on Sunday, 11 May 2008

Managed to get back up and connected with my old BlackBerry 8700 that seems to have been passed through the office. While the 8700 is chunkier it immediately feels easier to use than the smaller and newer BB 8310 Curve. The click wheel is much more natural to use than the trackball and the keys are better spaced.

When submitting my Curve for repair our tech guru Keith quipped … you may have exceeded the lifetime number of messages a blackberry can send.

I got a cheap phone in Queenstown to get by for a couple of days and it was awful having to do txt on a kybrd. Smartphones are so much easier to communicate with.

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Comments(5)

    Comment by Keith at 5:44 pm on 11 May 2008

    It is true, based on Rod’s berry usage we are going to apply to be a stress test site for future Blackberry models.




    Comment by Colin at 6:38 pm on 11 May 2008

    8700’s rock - just a pitty its so heavy that it weighs down my shirt pocket. I’ve never completely adjusted to the pearly wheely thing - the scroll wheel and click action just makes more sense to me.

    Hold off for this - http://vowe.net/archives/009449.html - Jesus phone might be cool but soooo big!




    Comment by Rod at 6:49 pm on 11 May 2008

    I saw there was a ‘bedside’ mode on the 9000




    Comment by Sam Farrow at 5:27 pm on 12 May 2008

    It is hard to tell how good a phone is until you drop it, which I do about twice a month.

    I have had my current 8707 for 18 months and counting… Great phone.




    Comment by Michael Sampson at 12:53 pm on 13 May 2008

    Just in time for the BlackBerry Bold announcement too … what timing!