Having come from an iPhone (was in line the day the 2G and 3G came out) I can say that RIM needs to work on the media parts of the OS more. That is really my only gripe with a BlackBerry device.whatever modern handset you are gonna exchange your Moto-relic with, you'll be fascinated by the discovery of how a cell phone shoud work, but avoid this (and the others) crapberries. Get an HTC instead (i love my TouchHD) maybe a G1 or a touchPRO, or a touch screen Samsung or LG smartphone, ot just wait a few weeks for a Nokia N97, or a Toshiba tg01, or an HTC Super Star or Thoth, don't exchange an obsolete phone (more like a foxile really) for one that will be obsolete by the end of the month.
We know you're hungry for some more details on the BlackBerry Niagara 9630, so here we go. Crackberry's released the second part of its impressions with the device, this time focusing on the OS 4.7.1 that they note functions like a hybrid of the Storm's OS 4.7 and Bold / Curve 8900's OS 4.6. Features lovingly borrowed from the SurePress-equipped touchscreen include app switching by pushing down the menu key, trackball gestures in the photo gallery, a revised profiles menu, bubblier boxes in the options menu, and possibly a new memory manager within the media center. On their own, these all seem pretty minor, but they add up to a much more pleasant experience. Judging by the preview, it looks it's still shaping up to be one of the best 'berry's you can buy. The CB crew conjecture this might actually be the upcoming OS 5.0 in disguise, judging by their similarities. We'll find out for sure sometime in May, when we can get our hands on the phone and can check that version number ourselves.
It's a hybrid like the Storm. It will be replacing the 8830 world phone. As for the Rogers banner, if memory serves me right, Kevin is in Canada, so he wouldn't be able to get Verizon service. Probably can't activate it on Bell (CDMA) either because it's an unreleased phone. I'm assuming he just threw in a Rogers SIM.
I prefer my Bold for messaging and communication, I like the fact that I can have all of my IM programs running in the background and that I can do things that make sense, like forward a contact via MMS or via CNET and I even use copy/paste once a day maybe. There are a few places that integration with RIM's own PIM apps could be tighter and there does need to be dedicated app/data storage and dedicated RAM. It appears as if the latter is going to take place finally!
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