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Manufacturer: BlackBerry Part number: 8900
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- The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 brings a number of improvements and additions to make it a nice upgrade to the Curve 8300 series. That said, AT&T offers other QWERTY smartphones that include 3G support and for less.
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CNET editors' review
BlackBerry Curve 8900 - black (AT&T) price range: $111.55
- Reviewed by: Bonnie Cha
- Reviewed on: 06/10/2009
- Released on: 05/22/2009
The good: The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 offers a sleeker design and a vibrant display. The smartphone features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS, and brings new productivity tools, a full HTML Web browser, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. There's also support for the BlackBerry App World and AT&T Navigator.
The bad: The BlackBerry Curve 8900 lacks 3G.
The bottom line: The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 brings a number of improvements and additions to make it a nice upgrade to the Curve 8300 series. That said, AT&T offers other QWERTY smartphones that include 3G support and for less.
User reviews
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Best Blackberry Yet
by happykook on June 26, 2009
Pros: Easy to use Keyboard
Well Laid out Menu's
Easy to Use Email
Easy Wi-fi Capablity
Edge Network Access
Excellent quality cameraCons: No 3G Network access for voice calls
Summary: As my wife's last cell came to the last of its days (RAZR V3xx) she decided she wanted a phone that had a good qwerty Keyboard, and have more ...
Summary: As my wife's last cell came to the last of its days (RAZR V3xx) she decided she wanted a phone that had a good qwerty Keyboard, and have more capabilities than just text and phone calls.
We checked out several different phones, but she decided quickly that she was not a fan of touch screen phones, so we looked at blackberry's.
Immediatly the Curve jumped off the shelf at my wife, and after playing with it for about 5 minutes she decided it was the phone for her.
Enough about how we got the phone, and more on the phone itself:
Although the phone lacks 3G access the calls are clear and no calls have been dropped.
The internet is fast and having the ability to connect to wi-fi hotspots to augment the speed is amazing. Having a full capable internet browser quite nice, and having a good size screen to view it never hurts.
Email is fast and easy, it only takes a few seconds to sync most major providers to the phone, and emails arrive extremely fast when recieved.
The Menu's are easily laid out and easy to understand, the ability to customize the screens makes it even better as it only takes a minutes to set the phone up the way you like.
As far as the construction, the phoen is well built, sturdy, and i can say that there is no sounds of things bumping around in the phone, unlike other reviews for this phone.
All in all, this phone is great for the price and I highly recommend it. -
Compact full-feature phone, but a bit pricey.
by dadown on June 12, 2009
Pros: Compact size, hi-res display. When typing, it can substitute abbreviations and some spelling corrections. Scrolling and zoom on web pages.
Cons: Sometime the small text is hard to read. Numbers are an Alt of alpha keys. Bluetooth service doesn't include FTS. USB connector is a micro-USB instead of a mini-USB.
Summary: I like the hi-res display, but wish it was a bit larger physically to make it easier to read. Receiving files via Bluetooth requires initiating reception before trying to send.
Summary: I like the hi-res display, but wish it was a bit larger physically to make it easier to read. Receiving files via Bluetooth requires initiating reception before trying to send.
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BB Curve 8900 is excellent phone
by citybornJJ on June 11, 2009
Pros: The Curve supports many useful apps. It supports a full browsing experience. It has excellent integration with facebook. It can manage texting and messengers very well. It has wifi for better access to video and streaming of web audio.
Cons: Screen isn't as large as other smart phone. Not touch screen. Does not have 3G but depending on your area this may not be a huge issue.
Summary: The Curve is a very good phone that if you have reasonable expectations will meet your your needs. It has many useful features and options that are very smart. It ...
Summary: The Curve is a very good phone that if you have reasonable expectations will meet your your needs. It has many useful features and options that are very smart. It is more that just a texting device to be sure and I continue to find new uses for it constantly.
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BB8900 on AT&T, Good for email and nothing else.
by huanbei on June 6, 2009
Pros: Instant push emails from pretty much any provider. Vivid Screen. User friendly OS. Good QWERTY keyboard design, very easy to type on.
Cons: Cheaply build. Super light weight with everything plastic, and poor fit and finish.
Summary: I wanted to try all different phone's and different softwares. So I came from iPhone 2G to the Nokia E71x, then to this one. iPhone obviously have all the ...
Summary: I wanted to try all different phone's and different softwares. So I came from iPhone 2G to the Nokia E71x, then to this one. iPhone obviously have all the fun stuff down the perfection so its pointless to compare (browser, music, video, photos, 3rd party apps). Both iPhone and E71x are extremely well built, solid metal with nohting whopping around. Blackberry can't compare with that either, good design, but cheap materials poorly assembled in Mexico.
But what neither iPhone nor Nokia even come close to the 8900 its the email. On the 8900 I'm able to get push emails gmail, hotmail, yahoo and exchange. The red light on top blinks almost instantly after i received an email. (email is Almost perfect, expect I can't directly sync with MS Exchange because my company doesn't have BES.. only IMAP, which means non of the remote wipe features work)
The keyboard is very easy to type on, ignoring the fact that the whole phone makes cracking noise when I type because things are loose. So i guess that's a plus too. Trackball works fine, but I hope it doesn't get stuck easily in the future.
Overall I think this is a well rounded phone. It doesn't have 3g, but hey if I really want to browse the internet on a phone I'd gotten iPhone. Blackberry does email and it does it well. Just wish RIM can use some real materials and improve the fit and finish.
*I don't regret returning the E71x for this because the S60 OS is un-usable with little 3rd party support.
*I'm going back to iPhone again after 18 months.1 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Very primitive compared to the Palm Centro
by DonvalH on October 27, 2009
Pros: Larger Screen & Keyboard. I liked the music Apps and the internet connections.
Cons: I could not find anyone who could tell me how to enter data from my computer without buying Microsoft Outlook. It is very slow to enter data on the Blackberry, compared to typing on a computer keyboard. The track ball is not very accurate.
Summary: I tried it for 30 days and returned it. My old Palm Centro does everything I could do on the Blackberry without so many steps. It might be OK if ...
Summary: I tried it for 30 days and returned it. My old Palm Centro does everything I could do on the Blackberry without so many steps. It might be OK if your company provides Microsoft OUTLOOK ( OUTLOOK EXPRESS does not help!). I found that it is very expensive to purchase Outlook if one doesn't have full blown Microsoft Office. It doesn't come with the Home & Student version. I would only recommend it, if the Blackberry is provided by your company.
0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Hey Read My Review its the best :P
by GarrettGoff45555 on August 20, 2009
Pros: Battery Life, Ability of Charging Pod i love when the clock shows up! i love blackberry! Soooo many settings! Love the layout and Sleek Look! Fast too! Auto Dimming Backilight! and it has a scroll wheel thats what i LOVE!
Cons: Ummmmmm the phone is too perfect hahahah idk theres not any
Summary: This is the Best phone i have researched in my book! I love the Sleek Look, Sleek Desighn, The feel of the phone in your hand, how easy it is ...
Summary: This is the Best phone i have researched in my book! I love the Sleek Look, Sleek Desighn, The feel of the phone in your hand, how easy it is with the Auto Text, Famonimal QWERTY Keyboard (hahah that was funh to type qwweerrttyyy) Love how you can set backgrounds!Backup all your data on the Blackberry desktop manager!! Great flash on camera! and great Quality! I cant rave enough about how well the battery life is on this !! Like Omg Its awesome! I love the Scroll whell! It charges sooo fast! Its also a Blackberry hahahahahahaha! Love the Easy Wifi set up! love the back of the phone and the nice finish to the battery door with the nice Titanium Bberry Logo!I just feel so ritzy texting on it!!
0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Best Phone Out there! FULL REVIEW RITE HERE! *Cnet JACK
by SkaterDude56 on August 16, 2009
Pros: Battery Life is Amazing Sometimes i think the battery meter is frozen but its not! Screen is beeutiful! And Its blackberry best OS Out there i think! Great Design and Layout the look is so Sleek! the Back of the Phone Is Beutiful Wit bberry Logo!
Cons: Pricey! No 3g but its actually shockingly fast!
Summary: Best phone yet . So many settings, This Phone is so fast. The Design is so sleek blackberry put ALOT of thought into this... I CAN TELL AND SO CAN MANY ...
Summary: Best phone yet . So many settings, This Phone is so fast. The Design is so sleek blackberry put ALOT of thought into this... I CAN TELL AND SO CAN MANY MANY Others! I was so close to buying the Iphone 3g s but then i didnt like touch screen so i moved to something cheap but smart like the Jack But it wasnt blackberry it was Windows which is ok but kind of Dull in my opinion. My wife got the Jack . She regrets it she is jealous of my phone. Causing Somehurdles in our realtionship ;).
Highly recommended this Phone And the Charging Pod!0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Sorely disappointed.
by chariw on November 12, 2009
Pros: The screens clarity is amazing, and the phone is sleek, black, and sexy.
Cons: The interface for this phone is surprisingly low-tech and simplistic, and there is no "Today" screen showing appointments and tasks at a glance. It reminds me of my first computer with Windows 3.1.
Summary: I purchased the 8900 thinking it would be an upgrade from the annoying touch screen of the Samsung Epix, but I was painfully disappointed. "Blackberry" is a big name in ...
Summary: I purchased the 8900 thinking it would be an upgrade from the annoying touch screen of the Samsung Epix, but I was painfully disappointed. "Blackberry" is a big name in the smartphone industry, but this phone has little more to offer than overpriced GPS and IM capabilities. If you have loads of friends with Blackberrys, perhaps the IM feature will be attractive. If you really love to take pictures with your phone, maybe the 3.2 megapixel camera is a big deal. In general, I am sorely disappointed. This is a Blackberry, for crying out loud, and I really expected more. The price is outrageous for what you get, particularly when you consider the cost of mandatory internet fees. In fact, the only browsing I did with this phone was to spend two weeks looking for apps to make the phone "behave" like a Windows Mobile phone. The bottom line is that the 8900 is a pretty package with very little going on inside.
0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Dissapointed - Not Worth $299.99 - Go with Curve 8320
by brunos82 on May 25, 2009
Pros: (1) WiFi (2) Bluetooth (3) Improved Modern Design (4) Customizable Side Buttons along with new Keyboard Lock and Mute Button (5) up to 16GB storage (6) improved battery life.
Cons: (1) No 3G service (2) Cheap Design specfically the Flemsy Battery Door Cover (3) You have to buy a theme that makes sense for a smartphone (4) Very over-priced! (5) Not Compatible with Blackberry App World
Summary: I'm overall shocked that RIM launched this phone without 3G and is selling it for $299.99 when there are competitive alternatives on the market such as the stunning ...
Summary: I'm overall shocked that RIM launched this phone without 3G and is selling it for $299.99 when there are competitive alternatives on the market such as the stunning Nokia E71x for $149.99.
The phone is compatible with blackberry app world. You have to purchase the unlimited data plan in order to install and access it though.
My bottom line is this: If you don't need the new Blackberry OS then just buy the Blackberry Curve 8310 or 8320. I believe the 8320 offers WiFi. Other than this new design and WiFi there is nothing new.
The Nokia E71x BTW has everything the Curve 8900 is lacking!
Do not let that $100 rebate fool you. The fine print says: you must have a data plan of $30.00 or higher to qualify for the rebate. Not everyone is adding that expensive data plan now-a-days and this is not something the at&t clerk will point out to you!
I see this phone dropping down to $149.99 very quickly by this summer. Then it will be worth it. For right now I would say thanks but no thanks to the overpriced 8900.
Available Themes: If you do decide to buy this phone do yourself a favor and go online to handango. There is a theme called "In The Know 8900" and it really takes advantage of the homescreen while keeping the apearance relatively the same as the native theme.
Updated on Jul 4, 2009
How is the Nokia E71x outdated when it has everything the Curve has AND it HAS 3G!!??
There are various deals you can find online including amazon.com just keep in mind there is a catch to FREE! You have to get the unlimited data plan and keep it for 6 months or you'll pay $300.00. If you intend on keeping the data plan anyways thats a good deal...go with it...also try wirefly.com
Anyways I've had this phone since its launch date and the only thing its good for is e-mail...a sad waste of $30 a month when you could do so much more with the data plan for iPhone and Palm Pre etc...
I would not buy this not worth it.
kevin1gsi... this phone is NOT rock solid. Who are you kidding? Look at the BB Storm's battery cover that is solid. Its a flemsy battery cover. I never said it came off easily etc...
woodygg....0 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: BlackBerry
- Part number: 8900
- Description: A sleek twist on a classic style. You can keep your finger on the pulse of what's important to you with the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone. The striking 480 x 360-pixel screen offers up crisp on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a refined design, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and reliable results.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Smartphone
- Form Factor Full keyboard
- Integrated Components GPS receiver,
Digital camera,
Digital player - Width 2.4 in
- Depth 0.6 in
- Height 4.3 in
- Weight 3.9 oz
Cellular
- Technology GSM
- Band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband)
- Service Provider Not specified
- Operating System BlackBerry Handheld Software
- Application Software Calendar,
Contacts,
Tasks,
Organizer,
Alarm,
E-mail,
Browser,
Media Player - Input Device(s) QWERTY keyboard
- Phone Navigation Buttons Trackball
Messaging & Internet
- Cellular Messaging Services SMS,
MMS Communications
- Data Transmission GPRS,
EDGE - Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b/g,
Bluetooth 2.0 EDR - Communication Features Internet browser,
Mobile Email client Phone Features
- Phone Functions Voice dialing,
Vibrating alert Media Player
- Supported Digital Audio Standards MP3,
WMA,
MIDI,
AAC,
eAAC+,
AAC +,
AMR,
WAV Memory
- ROM 256 MB - Flash
- Supported Flash Memory Cards microSDHC,
microSD
Digital Camera
- Sensor Resolution 3.2 megapixels
- Still Image Formats JPEG
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Digital Zoom 2
- Video Recorder Resolutions 176 x 144 (QCIF),
352 x 480 - Features Video recording
Navigation System
- GPS Navigation GPS receiver
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Diagonal Size 2.44 in
- Display Resolution 480 x 360 pixels
Connections
- Connector Type USB
Battery
- Technology Lithium ion
- Capacity 1400 mAh
- Run Time Details Talk - up to 330 min,
Standby - up to 356 hour(s) Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Battery charger , Power adapter
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:BlackBerry
- Address:
295 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON N2L 3W8 - Phone: 1-519-888-7465
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- Fax: 1-519-888-7884
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