subject: 9800 review, review 9800, blackberry review, blackberry phone [print this page] I am a long time Blackberry userI am a long time Blackberry user. I have used blackberry in my two recent jobs.
When I lost my BB a while back, I switched to the iPhone to test Apple. I used the iphone for about a year and then came back to BB, when the Torch came.
I can't say enough good things about this phone. I can literally type 3 times faster using the trusty bb keyboard. The BB implementation of the touch screen takes a few days to get used to, but the combination of touch screen with a good keyboard makes a very productive combination.
I have good call quality and it seems to be able to hold a connection where my old BB and the iPhone would always lose their connections, in the middle of a business conversation.
The browser actually works and works as well as the iPhone. The old BB browser was terrible.
The text messaging is much better as it groups and organizes text messages with the same metaphor as BB IM. If you are a grown up and need to use your phone for email, messaging, and calls first, then as a secondary goal to manage media then the BB is the only serious phone to use, private as in business.
The droids and the iPhone have been hacked and the number of viruses for these phones is growing. The BB has not been hacked and there are no known viruses at the moment.
Overall the phone is fast, well built, has great tools, good media management and is secure.
