What I like about my BB Curve 8900 first of all is it's tactile and full Qwerty keypad, unlike other qwerty phones out there (like my previously owned E63) the keypads of the 8900 is well spaced and typing text is a breeze (although men and women with big fingers like BROAS would not appreciate the size of the buttons) anyways this phone is targeted mostly for the female executive or the stylish person, cause unlike it's older sibling the Blackberry Bold 9000 this phone is sexy!
Specwise the phone has a variety of features that most people would not be able to use in everyday life, connectivity wise this phone lacks the support of 3G/HSDPA so video calling and blazing internet is out of the question although the 8900 is equipped with wifi, one has to find the nearest hotspot in order to connect thru wifi, plus the process is complicated as hell almost like connecting your windows mobile device through wifi.
The camera of the 8900 is a clear winner over it's bigger bro the Bold 9000 because unlike other BBs in the past the Curve 8900 is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel snapper with LED flash and autofocus unlike the usual 2.0 megapixel fixed focus type, although video recording is mediocre almost useless good for MMS use only, I have no use for the latter feature anyways.
The menu interface and homescreen of this phone is simply magnificent, viewing images and watching videos at it's large screen is glorious a full
480 x 360 pixel screen.
Multimedia wise the 8900's mp3 player is standard yet it offers the usual arranged by artist, song, playlist and album feature plus it does have a 3.5mm socket for any earphones or Skullcandies out there, sound quality is good and well balanced.
BUT! The most outstanding feature unique to Blackberry devices is their ability to use push email, simply put it this way, intant email anytime and anywhere, what do I mean by this? I mean you intantly recieve emails the moment someone emails you it's automatically pushed through your blackberry device just like your regular text messages, cool!
Another feature is the BIS (Blackberry internet service) without this your blackberry device is simply a phone for calls and text, unlike other cellphones which uses generic GPRS/EDGE networks and 3G/WCDMA/HSDPA a blackberry device is also equipped with the following but it is locked unless you apply for this BIS, then and only therefore can you use Push email services and surf the internet as well as send MMS, I know it's quite selfish, here in the Philippines only Globe Telecom and Smart offers the service, this only applies on postpaid subscriptions, it is a fixed amount of roughly $11 a month on top of your G-plan/Smart plan plus 0.015 cents per kb/s although nowadays Globe offers fixed plans and plan allowances for the service, I suggest you inquire it yourself. (BTW Globe's Time mode 5 pesos per 15 minutes doesn't work on BIS)
Once you've activated your BIS then and only therefore can you use online applications built for your Blackberry such as Facebook and Yahoo messenger to name a few, once you've signed in online among such applications, IM and updates are in real time thus there is practically no need for you to go offline ever, unless your being stingy and is quite frugal for the moment, cause I understand it's costly yah? hahaha!
Anyways Here's a link that may help you if you want to know further of what the Curve 8900 is capable of, Thank you- Specifications link
- Review link
A photo of my Curve 8900 (Javelin in other coubtries) on top of my favorite magazine Hardware Magazine.
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