BlackBerry Bold 9700 Phone
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Access all your email and messaging as well as social networking sites; full QWERTY keyboard with touch-sensitive optical trackpad
- AT&T Visual Voicemail and AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot access included; compatible with optional AT&T Navigator GPS and AT&T Mobile Music
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; microSD memory expansion to 32 GB; access to personal and corporate email
- Up to 6 hours of talk time, up to 456 hours (19 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, travel charger, USB cable, wired 3.5mm stereo headset, swivel holster, quick start guide, User Tools CD
Amazon.com Product Description
Powerful and refined, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone for AT&T includes built-in support for both AT&T’s fast 3G network as well as access to the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network with more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots–including approximately 7,000 Starbucks locations. The Bold 9700 offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. And, of course, you’ll enjoy all the communication and connectivity features you’ve come to expect from a BlackBerry phone–including email served up by the BlackBerry Internet Service and a full menu of messaging options (SMS, MMS, and IM).
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Utomo P. Widjaja says:
January 27th, 2010
2:00 am
This is a Great BlackBerry Products.
But it need to be improved.
Internal Memory is too small, only 256MB. which is too small.
It need to be Raised to 1-2 GB, to make BB more Stable (No Hang problems) and more faster.
Come on, Memory price is so cheap now. There is No reason to make user happier.
Just Release Version 2, with Internal memory 1-2 GB,and it will be Booming.
for Improvements, RIM need to make the menus and application more easier to use, especially for Office worker, to make notes, to Open Word, Excel files, ETC.
And also make all services ON/ Available when we use WIFI Overseas. which can save our money,when we travelling overseas
Rating: 3 / 5
IAMSLICK says:
January 27th, 2010
3:41 am
I have owned the Blackberry T7105, 8320 Curve (T-Mobile), another 8320 Curve (AT&T), and now the Bold 9700. This is the best Blackberry I have ever owned, and it’s not even close.
The 3G Speed is lightning quick when surfing the web or downloading an email attachment. It is actually faster than if I have WiFi enabled through my wireless router. The screen and graphics are razor sharp. The processor speed, which is the main reason I upgraded after owning my last 8320 for only 7 months, is just phenomenal! I haven’t seen an hour glass yet. My favorite thing is that the Bold 9700 is the same size as my old 8320.
The interface is very similar to the older 4.X OS that’s on the Curve, just much nicer, faster, and equally intuitive. The camera takes excellent pictures (2048×1536), and saves them in about 1 second vs. the 4-5 second lag on an 8320. I love that this phone comes with a 2GB memory card included. It also comes with a really nice leather case.
Call quality and reception so far have been excellent. I honestly can’t find a downside to this phone.
If you are badly in need of an upgrade, this phone is definitely worth upgrading to. Not so sure jumping from a Bold to a Bold 9700 makes much sense, but if you go from a Curve or Pearl to this phone it will be a huge improvement.
Rating: 5 / 5
Sergio Handal Zalaquett says:
January 27th, 2010
4:46 am
This is a very nice gadget, it has been improved in many aspects, all of them mentioned in other coments, the only two negative aspects I found are:
- Keys are toooo small! Its a pain to write something. Old models have better keyboards.
- Needs improvements in the Browser.
If you don’t have problems with this too items I recommend the phone.
Kind Regards,
Sergio.
Rating: 3 / 5
Luigibc says:
January 27th, 2010
7:40 am
Good improvement on Bold BB. Easy to use, smaller and light weight. The GPS is excellent and downloading app is really fun.
Rating: 5 / 5
AAlt says:
January 27th, 2010
10:20 am
I have been using this phone for about a week now. And while this device beats previous bold 9000 in many aspects there is still much to be improved. So let me first say things that I do like about the phone. Of course the greatest improvement was the addition of the trackpad, at first it was kind of unusual to navigate with it but I got accustomed to it very quickly. Second thing is the screen resolution, it was improved from the old bold by 480×360 vs 480×320 pixels. The screen is really crisp and bright and sunlight legibility is very decent. The camera also experienced an improvement and while I was taking pictures outside on a bright day and later comparing them to the previous bold, there is a very noticeable change, pictures look somewhat close to my wife’s 10 megapixel canon camera. I was also surprised by the improved quality of the videos this device shoots. Much better and less pixelated than the original bold! Now for the things that I don’t like or wished to be improved. Despite of the fact that everyone raves about “amazing” battery life on this device, I must say I am disappointed. At best, the battery lasts me a day and a half but not two day as many reviewers say. Perhaps I do extensive web browsing and chatting via instant messaging. I usually like to read various blogs and news on opera mini 5 browser and I noticed that this application along with IM+ drains battery like crazy! Of course at least now I don’t have to carry a spare battery with me like it was with the previous bold since I am sure this one will last me for the full day. But most often I still have to charge it every night. Which is kind of a disappointment and not what I expected after reading various reviews. Now about the browser: It sucks…. It simply sucks so much that any other smartphone’s browser will put it to shame. But another annoying problem now that I noticed is that I can’t get to mobile version of citibank online at all! No matter how I would reconfigure the browser… So it means no banking online for me as I used to do on my previous bold. Very annoying… The browser is still slow as hell and only the fact that I have opera on this phone doesn’t make it a deal breaker. I must say though that I am running a latest .405 version of the software and perhaps the issue with banking online maybe be fixed in later versions. Which I again, doubt very much. Now another disappointment is the absence of many supported languages. For example there is no Russian support whatsoever. But than again, it may be released in the later versions. I hope so. And now last but not least is the speaker quality. In the first day of use I noticed that the speaker has been downgraded. Instead of the three speakers which previous bold had, this device has only one and when you bring the volume all the way up you can hear a rattling noise. Not a very nice experience… Overall I like the device especially it’s size, I was skeptical about it as I liked the bold 9000 big screen. But this one seems to be slim and looks more eye appealing. also I like the battery cover design, you can not accidentally open it and whole device seems sturdy and has a look of a professional tool. Hopefully with next updates there will be support for more languages. But as of now I am giving it only 3 stars.
Rating: 3 / 5