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  • Any1 fancy buying a Sonyericson experia X8 cheep??

  • The web browser on this phone, was it acceptable back in 2008? .. Just curious, because after using the browser for many months on my Bold 9900 and then watching this, the difference is incredible. Thank gawd for amazing developers.

    Possibly BlackBerrys' weren't used highly for the browsing experience a few years ago?

    This phone does look gorgeous. So well made, even though quite chunky :)

  • do you guys reckon this phones to old to get now or not plz can i have a response as quick as possible might get this on thursday for my birth day

  • how do you take the camera sound off? IT'S ANNOYING.

  • this phone is crap im going to get a blackberry torch that is why more profesional and good quality

  • battery is good, after 2 1/2 years, I get through the whole day from 7am to midnight without problem. I am on the phone about 2 hours a day and write about 20-30 emails. It is not that bad. I used to get 2 full days before.

  • Who wants to surf the web on a phone anyway?

  • @LexieHaddon loads of people thats why htc rocked up!

  • Does the trackball get stuck?

  • LMAO

  • Spending the entire part 2 of the review to judge a phone by it's ability to display a random website shouldn't go against the phone's hundreds of other capabilities. Sorry bud but if you're going to use this phone to read your a website and take photos of your dog, this device wasn't designed for you or your kids, it's a business phone, pure and simple, go buy an Iphone.

  • See, I remember when this came out and I said "Ew. I'm never gonna own a Blackberry!" but right now I happily own a Bold 9650! Once you own one, you can't stop buying them! :)

  • @voyager9600

    Me too. I use my droid incredible now on wifi. I had to scoop me up a 9650 off ebay. I love it but I kinda prefer OS 5.0.. Mine was already loaded with OS6....it has cool features but I remember liking my 8530 on OS5....it was way snappier, seemed quicker... I dont care about fancy animations!...I got a droid for that! Im thinking about downgrading it to 0S5

  • 9000 Ftw !

  • Anyone selling a BB Bold 9000, Curve 8520, Curve 8900 or any other better BB for £50 ? Just the fully working phone, ok condition and the charger ? 

  • this guy is retarted the mouse dosent need to show up for him to click on the link ittle work eather way cause it happens to me

  • i love how this is an AT&T phone but the site hes on in the beginning is about sprint

  • I miss my Blackberry Bold.. Seriously. I went to iPhone and the HTC Desire.. None of them can even compete with the old Bold 8000 series. I'm gonna buy me a BB Bold soon again. Not the new one, but this 9000!

  • curve murks

  • ITS OVER 9000!!!!

  • to be honest i ve got bb bold and i m not happy at all-.- it stucks all teh time and i hate the camera!

  • THANK YOU SOO MUCH THIS HELPED ALOT!!

  • Amazing that with a 624 MHz processor the browser still can't keep up a lot of the time.

  • blackberry bold 9000 FTW :D

  • im looking to buy a used one off of craigs list for about 200. am i overpaying? its in good condition and everything works fine. what are things i should look out for? thank you

  • @dylancohen10 i really think you are over paying for such an older blackberry...i would recomend the bold 9700, or 9650 with the new technology. but thats your choice..but if you still want the 9000 you are deff. over paying

  • i want my niggerberry bold!!

  • dude, i want one sooo baaad !! i have an extra year left on my LG Reveal .... but once my phone contract is done imma hopefully get one

    P.S. i have like a 3 year contract - 1 year left grrrrr ! i hate contracts especially the 3 year contract - they are SOOOO STUPID !!!!

  • Getting one tomorrow! ;D

    Can't wait!

  • @Dylbert666 Getting mine in may I hope

  • really good look on the phone .. i love it so much ... thanks for this vid

  • cant wait to get mine it should be here mon yay

  • should i get this or the new 9700??? help to choose please..

  • @xfaneex this, the new one sucks

  • @xfaneex You're dammed if you get this phone! I've had it for a year now, and im running to the HTC desire crying

  • @xfaneex get the new one...i know some people might like this one more than the new bold coz of its stylish design and the qwerty keyboard which is easy to type with and all but i'm pretty sure you'll prefer the new one once you get it...plus the new optical trackpad makes it much more easier to scroll with especially when in browsing...much more new features and stuff!!

  • @xfaneex get this one i hate that gay scroller on the 9700 it dosent look like a blackberry

  • @steffynorge you are son of bitch cuz iphone 3gs is the best all arounds games apps music best browser best email fuck you and fuck htc and widows mobile

  • I have this phone, my husband has iphone. Yes, the browser on this is disappointing but the calendar, messaging, and email are so much easier. Not to mention the phone features which are so overlooked nowadays on a cell phone. Just the ease of one touch calling from the qwerty pad.... so worth the browser pain!

  • If you are having trouble clicking a link from the browser, click on bb menu then scroll to grab link and click trackball. No problem.

  • mhhhh i would buy it 4 browsing, too, but you should also take a look at the price. the blackberry is much cheaper, and thats why im gonna buy it ^^

    i will have to tolerate the "bad scrolling" and the long loading times....

  • Im so glad i bought the 9000 today, i dont like the 9700, to small and dont like the trackpad. Small phones are for girls this is a mans phone.. havent stopped playing around with it since i got it this morning

  • The trackball will get dirty and give you headaches! And so many bugs! i have the 9000 for 1 year now and im gonna buy the 9700 for sure. The 9700 is an update from 9000

  • i know the 9700 is the new one i just dont like the look of it compared to the 9000, i guess i havent had it long enough to experience a problem with the trackball but after spending 400 im gonna take real good care of it

  • @ricfrasson cant you replace the trackball with a new one every so often

  • i want it so badly

  • i want it so badley

  • @parisbirrdy buy a HTC phone if u want a good browser.. blackberry is exseptionally good on typing and email, easy to use.. tons of aplications, but HTC is a much better device.. then u got the hd2 killer on browsing, and touch pro 2 on querty

  • wich is better bold or tour? and wut does RIM mean?

  • RIM means research in motion, its the canadian company that owns the blackberry brand

    theres more info on google

  • is blackberry curve 8250's browser slow too?

  • yes its about the same

  • @nicolaswatt

    personally 8250 is entry model,no 3G, its simply bad.

    Bold is better, but nothing special.

    Me advice take Nokia E63, E71 or E72 instead.I have E63, just simply perfect.

  • When you buy a blackberry bold, Do you have to get a Data plan to access the web without additional charge or is it free with the wifi?

  • you dont have to have the plan that is a option

  • Free with Wi-Fi but as soon as you use the carrier network to get online you'll be charged and heavily so.

    Whilst optional, It's pretty much read that you need a data plan to fully enjoy a Blackberry.

  • I love the look of the 9000 but the size of the 9700. 9700 feels less BOLD to me though

  • Is this the Opera Mini? I heard its better on it.

  • It's similar to it but it's not. The opera mini is great on the phones. You install it for free. You can zoom in on pictures and see them in clear quality.

  • i know that the blackbery doesn't suport flash... can u watch youtube videos on this device?

  • Hell yes.

  • what is the flashin' orange light for, top right?

  • pending: messages, windows live, blackberry messager, facebook shit like that.the wuns u havent viewed

  • @J0RD2K7 i think its new message

  • lets you know if you have a text message :)

  • @J0RD2K7 wenn u have unread msgs the flash is red so it means u have a msg and u should check it :P

  • it shows new message. email MMS and SMS

  • it meens u have a msg on ur inbox

  • It's supposed to show red. It's becasue he's received a message/email and his phone is alerting him.

  • is there IM on this?

  • BBM & MSN

  • can we change the front picture with another one that maybe we have took on that blackberry?

  • well... seems like you have a lot of time in your hands to be able to copy paste the same comments on two different videos...

  • Why are you even watching it?

    I always wonder when some know it all starts spouting off as to why they watch a video on something they know everything about but never made a video of it themselves.

  • YOU forgot to mention that if you know the first letter of what you want to choose from the options menu, you can press that letter and itll take you right to it. i think?

  • idt they have that in this model

  • That would be sick... but it would be way better to have a BB

  • awesome review, wish the camera and the browser was better but its a solid reliable phone, think im gonna get it.

  • wow after watching this browser i think am going to get an iphone 3gs

  • Scrolling can sometimes be inexact on a browser. You sometimes tend to have trouble zeroing in on that link you want to click on.

  • The internet browser looks a little small and fiddly for me to use :(

    How does it work people?

    Can you enlarge the text to a readable size and navigate well when viewing websites?

    Also can you use IM services well (such as msn, yahoo messenger) with this phone?

  • 1) you can zoom in as much as you want it may take some time but the other features of the phone make it worth it

    2) yes even though when scrolling over a link the hand doesnt appear you can still click the links

    3) yes from the blackberry app world

  • Do you think its a good phone for me? Im just a simle 13 year old girl;)

  • Maybe you should get the Blackberry Pearl. Small in the hand but still very nice.

  • blackberry or iphone 3gs? let me no via rply

  • Iphone is good. Had one and gave it to the wife. Got a blackberry. Same specs apart from touch screen which im not too fussy about. I would go for a BB. Get the apps rolling and its so much smarter. Everyone now has a Iphone.

    Choice is yours mate

  • I want a blackberry, but i still wonder wich one's the best;)

  • The Blackberry Tour is the newest and the best.

  • iPhone 3gs duh.

  • i was gonna get the iPhone 3Gs but didn't really wanna follow the crowd, so I was gonna get the BB Bold or the Nokia N97, went for the Bold cause its cheaper and i could get a deal. All three are awsome phones. I got the Bold cause i just didnt want and iphone.

  • Is the Facebook application something that follow the Bold 9000 as default pre-installed application? And can Myspace be downloaded too? and where can I get the application if they're not already downloaded? Thanks for the help.

  • google it on your web browser n type for blackberry.

  • Very nice review. I wish more reviewer were as thorough as you are.

  • Wi Fi-doesnt eat into data plan.Turn off mobile network and see.

    Got my bold in december paid .0$ 3 year contract can upgrade every year

    Unlimited eaves and weekends starting at 5.

    500 mb month but can use Wi Fi anywhere and hardly eatinto plan.

    250 day time minutes

    Unlimited incomming calls

    10000 text,email,and MMS each.

    60$ a month

  • I wanna buy a new phone, and i can`t make up my mind whether to buy a bold or a nokia e 72 when it`s coming out... i like them both, nokia is going to have newer technology, while the bb is nicer than nokia...help?

  • Nokia e 72 is terrible. The response time is horrible. If you had the money, go for the bold. It's the greatest phone RIM has created by far.

  • bold ftw

  • its the King of Blackberrys

  • I'm so getting this next year for my birthday! My mom likes it and all of my family so no doubt! Yeah! This phone and all other BB's own!

  • You did not show me how to make a phone call

  • What are the available languages? please reply!

  • Has anyone found a video of the updated OS. I had a bold at the first of the year but the browser was so awful that I traded it for a iPhone 3G. BB does a lot of things way better than the iPhone, as the reverse is true also. I also had problems syncing the Bold to my Apple computer. Never got the video to link even with the software BB recommended.

  • blackberry bold owns all phones , XD'

  • @Don32136 not iphone and DEFINITELY not htc hd2

  • the tour doesnt even look as good as the bold IMO. and it doesnt have wifi either? I was gonna hope at&t gets the tour but the bold seems like better anyway.

  • there r more bb's coming to at&t anyway sometime in the nxt 6 months im guessing

  • people

    the bold is better

    got them both and the bold just more fun

  • than the iphone?

  • yup ^^

  • agreed

  • Anyone out there watching and wondering... the OS has improved since this video was shot and the browser is ten times better.

    Also, you can increase the default font size so you dont have to keep zooming in. You can view youtube and it has the same pixel count as the iphone even with a smaller screen which makes it look amazing.

    Bottom line, if all you want is to surf the net, play games get the iphone.

    If you email like crazy, messaging, text heavy typing, get the bold.

    Both are good!

  • I totally agree with you on that one, even though i give the iPhone the slight edge because of the above and the great media experience (iPod) and that works for me...

    but if i could have both i would!

  • can u watch videos on the browser from youtube like u can on the iphone?

  • yes u definitely can...but im still trying to figure out how to play hd youtube videos...

  • yes u can!!

  • with gods grace im getting this phone tmr...and bye bye iphone....i had fun with u...

  • I'm deciding between the 2!! :( HELP!

  • hey babes...if ure a heavy emailer or texter....u shud go 4 the bb..if u love media and exellent browsing experience ...go 4 iphone...but the audio quality 4 bb is jst outstanding...hope it'll help

  • i agree!!! iphone is great for browsing and media but the blackberry wins hand down for email/ text/ IM messaging!

  • i have a first gen iphone ...i love it but the external sound sucks big time..anybody knows about the external sound quality for the bold....cause if it sounds good ..im buying it today....

  • Oh man, the sound is fantastic. It's so good, CNET is now using the Bold as a benchmark when reviewing sound quality on other phones.

  • im only 13 but really want this phone. watch guys think?

  • i'm also 13 like you,and..my friends have this phone. i think its great. You can twitter on it and upload pics and also .. bold has a nice keyboard which can type sms very quickly! apps like facebook is also available to update ppl on current things u're doing...so in conclusion, blackberry bold is quite a wonderful phone.

  • you must be smoke crack instead spoit little boy

  • im not spoiled. ive been using a razr for the past 4 years now. and i think its finally time that i get a new phone dumbass

  • i love blackberries and i cant wait to get mine

  • can you download the flash player ? and does it still allow you to keep the browser you already have on the blackberry?

  • i can't wait to get mine this week.

  • I'm 17 years old and I chose this over the iPhone 3G. Strange, huh? it's just fucking gorgeous.

  • 18 here, just did the exact same thing

  • 16 here, Hopefully this should arriving today!

  • haha im 13 but i really want this phone

  • got it yesterday! ITS AMAZING!

  • Got mine last week.. i like it alot.. much better than the gay iphone.

  • The only thing that irritates me about this phone is the noise the ball makes when scrolling

  • I would get this if I didn't have an iPhone 3G

  • does it has flash to the camera?

  • yes.

    it says it in part 1

  • can you download skype on this phone?

  • most helpful review I have found.

  • I love BlackBerries. If I want to use the browser, then I will use my laptop lol.

  • how much does the bold cost with a 2 year contract with at&t?

  • 299.99 with a rebate. 249.99 refurbished with no rebate.

  • Is the internet really that slow on this phone?

  • No, he is on a WiFi connections as he has said before. And the Blacbkerry Bold is running the fastest moblie processor or the market right now (for a cell phone anyways.)

  • great review keep it up.

  • watching these preview videos is one thing but does anyone out there have this phone cuz im thinking about getting it and i wanna know if anyone has encountered any problems or anything. thanks

  • If it weren't for that browser, I would get this phone. I love the hardware design.

  • VERY NICE review. Best one on youtube in my opinion.

    Im switching from Iphone3g to Bold. Thanks for the help!

  • what happenend to the iphone?

    i wanted so i searched info about it and i sartiting 2 like BB Bold.. but i want to chang ur phone?

  • were actually on 3g not wifi. look at the top status bar. 3g icon would not be displayed if you were on wifi

  • Anyone know if & when this will come out for Sprint???

  • I'm on AT&T. I'm pretty sure AT&T is just really greedy with their phones. They probably made blackberry agree to keep the bold on their service only. It sucks, I wish you could buy any phone and use it on any service... unfortunately that's not the way the world works...

  • great review thanks!!!

  • hey can someone please answer

    this question....

    "whats the difference between a

    BlackBerry bold that is unlocked

    and one that is not?"

    thanks you :)

  • you can use an unlocked phone with other gsm carriers such as t-mobile.

  • You can use an unlocked phone with any carrier which supports gsm, all you have to do is insert the SIM card into the new unlocked phone, BUT you have to pay the full price of the phone which is over $600(for the Bold).

    On the other hand, when you purchase the phone new WITH a contract, you'll pay about $300 after mail-in rebate.

    Hope that helped.

  • I just paid $150 on Amazon with a 2 year contract after rebates. Although you can find it free, those ones require a $79-$99 monthly plan (not including txting/browsing) I don't need all those minutes. The one major thing that sold me when comparing Bold to Iphone was, no copy and paste on Iphone (still?!?) along with it doesn't record video. There are enough features and reasons after 5 hours of reading comparisions I picked the Bold.

  • People have told me that it may be my sim card being too old, i told this to the vodafone people in the shop and they said it wasnt that.

    Ive also restored the settings and ticked the delete third party option with no luck.

    And i am on a contract with the bold tool.

  • did you get a data plan? that might be it. because you can't use wifi or 3g without a data plan.

  • Im just wondering if anyone can help me-

    Mine cannot access the internet as it has no browser icon, it also cannot access the maps icon (even though it is there), a message pops up saying it is disabled by the IT policy, this is the same story when i try to follow the links through my emails to the internet.

    In the security settings it says that the IT policy is 'NO MAPS and NO BROWSER' .

  • I dont give a fuck, Im buying a blackberry bold anyway...Im getting one for the unheard of price of 200...

  • i got mine for 150

  • Thats dirty...I know you love that phone...

  • The scroll wheel makes me anxious.

  • could some please respond to the following question that actually owns a bold!!!

    Does wifi on Bold actually require a data plan??? I am with rogers and thats what they are telling me!! Also is there a way to access broswer without the data plan.

  • Yes you definitely need a data plan. I got mine 2 weeks ago and have just spent most of the day today on the phone to my service provider trying to set up a data plan just so that I can use wifi, email, messenger etc.....quite annoying really!

  • hey thnx for replying but unfortunately wifi actually doesn't require a data plan... i was misinformed!!! The only advantage of data plan is when u need 2 go online and no wifi access is available; or u wanna use application that uses data i.e. maps, msn, facebook, etc

  • can u load new browsers like skyfire and opera

  • you can load the mini opera on it, works well

  • thnx. what about skyfire??

  • skyfire only works on windows mobile 6.0 for now

  • i might get this when my contract ends

  • Can you change your SIM card for the bold?

  • yes you can change it the sim card is under the battery to get to it you got to take off your backdoor. and take out the battery and you should see the slot. but it only works with a att sim card if its unlocked you can pretty much use it on any network worldwide

  • thank u

  • Reviews like this are just nit picking. People aren't happy anymore unless the phone is perfect in everyway