Tour, added Wi-Fi and a touchpad, and re-christened it the Blackberry 9650 Bold. The "Bold" name has historically been reserved for RIM's top-of-the-line BlackBerries. This compact, QWERTY-toting smartphone represents the best that RIM has to offer, though its best often doesn't match up with the competition. It's an email machine, to be sure, but RIM's operating system is getting old and we know the next revision is coming soon. Is the Blackberry 9650 worth taking a chance?
The Blackberry 9650 is a classy device. It's a bit bigger than the 9700 Bold, and feels heavier. The fit, finish and materials are of the best quality, and the soft touch paint on back cover gives it a slightly grippy feel in the hand. It will slip into a pocket no problem, though the weight will easily remind you that it is there.
The Blackberry 9650's screen boasts 480 x 360 pixels, which makes it gorgeous to look at. The problem is that it's tiny. RIM's competition is clearly favoring displays bigger than 3 inches, but RIM hasn't followed suit. Phone Scoop was given the Sprint version of the 9650, not the Verizon version. It performed on par with other Sprint phones I've tested in the metropolitan New York area. Most of the time I used it, it held onto two bars of Sprint's EVDO 3G network. I never saw it drop to 1X. I missed two phone calls, but never had any data problems. The Blackberry 9650 didn't drop any calls. Phone calls sounded superb. BlackBerries are known for their excellent battery life and the 9650 does not disappoint.
The icons on the main screen and some of the sub-folders are nice, but once you dig down deep into the menus, the Blackberry 9650 resorts to simple text lists on a white background. This has remained unchanged forever and looks more dated with each new BlackBerry.
Calling features on BlackBerry devices also haven't changed much over the years. Pressing the green send key opens up the list of recent calls, displays your own number and offers a window in which to type a number to call. If you type in a name with the keyboard, the application searches your contact list and will show you the contacts matching those letters. Once the list has been narrowed a bit, you can use the trackpad to select the exact one you want.
The integration between the calling features and the contacts program is designed around one-handed ease-of-use and minimizes typing to almost zero. It may not look pretty, but it is clearly meant for the road warrior who is running through an airport and has to do things with the phone one-handed while clinging to luggage with the other.
Besides the above merits, Blackberry 9650 messaging, social networking, music, camera, photos video as well as the other multi function are Blackberry 9650s pride. Beyond Blackberry 9650, Blackberry C6000
and Black C9000 are worth your invest.
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