Billed as the thinnest and smallest full QWERTY BlackBerry available, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is a slim and attractive phone, and it is certainly more pocket-friendly than the larger (but more luxurious) BlackBerry Bold. For $199 with a two-year T-Mobile contract, you do not get 3G data speeds, but you get a premium device that offers first-class e-mail and messaging capabilities, a spectacular design, comfortable keyboard, and get a great interface.
The 8900 is reminiscent of the comfortable small form factor of the original Curve 8300 series. At 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.5 inches, this device is both taller and thinner than its predecessor, but not much. (The original 8300 Series device measured 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches). 8900 in style reminiscent of the premium BlackBerry Bold and has silver accents reminiscent of the Nokia E71. We love its glossy black keyboard with red accents, its 2.4-inch display (with a high resolution of 480 x 360 pixels) and a total of elegant design. In comparison, the BlackBerry Bold an 2.8-inch display, but with lower 480 x 320 pixels resolution.
Under the hood improvements include zippy 512-MHz processor, 802.11b g wireless and 256MB of onboard memory. This is a big improvement over the Curve 8300 series, which had only a 312-MHz processor and 64 MB of onboard memory.
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The new trackball on the Curve 8900 is lowered, similar to those found on the Pearl Flip and Bold, and we love their chrome border that matches the left quick-launch keys, volume control and second quick-start button on the right side . The Lock button on the top left corner of the unit is a useful design pieces from over the BlackBerry Storm (and absent on the Bold). A mute button on the upper right corner of the Curve 8900 is for the fast mobile silencing.
As is typical, are called the key, and Berry, to the left of the trackball, while the return key and end key are right. The gray plastic back of the unit is a 3.2 MP camera with flash. Finally, the Curve 8900 is equipped with a 3.5 mm headphone jack and comes with its own headset. The separate keyboard on the Curve 8900 is similar to the original curve, which we liked, but this feels a bit cushier. We found it very easy to type on and had no complaints during our reporting period.
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Interestingly, even though the Curve 8900 borrows heavily from the Bold in design and in no way feels cheap (well the plastic-y chrome is a little cheap), to distinguish it clearly from him than the old curve was 8800th It is very much a Curve still, and clearly the consumer model of each item the Bold. So what was a hard choice from leaked shots are, is not quite as difficult as it seemed.
The Bold is substantial, exuding “executive”, the 8900 the “middle manager” or “normal person.” It is much stronger, and has a bigger screen. The keyboards are different and personally I prefer the bold’s bigger, smaller squishies buttons that curve stiffer ones. But obviously the biggest thing 3G. The Bold has it, the 8900 does not, and we missed it painful.
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Everything that is said to sell this thing like a mother, and rightly so. He pushes the BlackBerry you see in most people’s hands (if they are carrying a BlackBerry) in 2008, more than the original curve in every respect.
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