Blackberry bold 9700 vs. Blackberry Curve 8520

[Marjorie]

Among the latest BlackBerry smartphone, BlackBerry Bold 9700, which has taken the following version Bold 9000, a year and a half later. Although very sophisticated, smartphones BlackBerry fortunately know to question and make necessary improvements to their gems of technology. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 so complete range of manufacturer in the field of semi-touch smartphones. Bold 9000 version was not entirely convinced, especially because of multimedia capabilities and autonomy rather deemed insufficient. Blackberry Curve 8520: a real change from his predecessor? Please define more feature of Blackberry bold 9700 and Blackberry Curve 8520.

[Pugsly]

RIM has finally formalized the BlackBerry Bold 9700, new terminal upscale brand, successor to the Bold 9000. The new Bold 9700 smartphone is expected to give a shot at the old Bold 9000 adopts the new features since appeared here and there for some months on RIM smartphones. Starting with the touchscreen trackpad which replaces the usual BlackBerry trackball. However, the design follows the lead of the Bold 9000 with a hull rear leather-trimmed and chrome accents on the facade. Detail that is important, the Bold has just undergone a course of thinning and loses 5 mm in height and 6 in width. Finally, if the trackpad is new, the keyboard and the screen keeps the same look and features than the previous version.

[Regina]

BlackBerry has scheduled a full connectivity for compatibility with Bold 9700 Mobile Broadband 3G + worldwide. WiFi is also present and should allow VoIP communication. The new Bold has a new-generation processor clocked at 624 MHz and 256 MB of internal storage. Finally, among the multimedia features include 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and geotagging, a feature made possible by the A-GPS module on board.

Features of the BlackBerry Bold 9700
- 3G mobile broadband network +
- 2.44''photosensitive screen resolution 480 x 360 pixels.

[Simond]

The Blackberry 8520 Curve is a mobile measuring 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm and a weight of 106 grams. I embeds a digital camera of 2 megapixels, and an MP3 music player. Memory is expandable via microSD (TransFlash) (up to 16 GB). These major points are iTunes Sync and Windows Media Player, A-GPS chip, rather compact. The Blackberry 8520 Curve is compatible with bluetooth, wifi, EDGE.

[Paxton]

Blackberry Curve 8520 Strengths :
- The system blackberry
- Weight
- Price ( from 220 euros naked Amazon)
- The general responsiveness of the system
- Good overall autonomy
- buttons Multimedia

Blackberry Curve 8520 Weaknesses:
- Keyboard worse than Bold (normal, not the same range)
- no GPS
- No 3G (that I care but not everyone)
- side a little "plastic"
- Screen resolution of 320 x 240 cons 480 x 360 pixels for the Bold.

[Andrea000]

Apart from this pointing device , the BlackBerry Curve 8520 features a equipment standard electronic with a radio module quadband GPRS / EDGE and a smart Wi- Fi b / g, but no GPS. It retains an astonishing autonomy of around 5 days. The real innovation lies in the new operating system Java OS 4.6.1. Now , among the icons , is that the BlackBerry App World, a variant of the App Store Apple RIM. So you download the software ( free or paid ) by searching by name or category directly to your phone , OTA (Over The Air) as say the experts .

[Florence_USA]

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 device provides access to the portal Blackberry App World to add applications for entertainment or productivity. The Blackberry Curve 8520 is already available from the three operators , low prices, such as SFR , which offers from 9 € TTC with package Illimythics 3G + Full Internet ( from 42 € / month) or to 49 € TTC with a package locked dedicated Blackberry in a limited series.