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BlackBerry 8800 review

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Hedonist

Hedonist
IS/IT, antwerp
Member since: July 2007

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Monday 2 July 2007, 12:12 PM

Not mature yet - bugs and design errors


Had the Blackberry for 5 months now.
I was very satisfied untill it started to have it's own life.
I couldn't answer calls because trackball didn't accept entry.
Then lately the phone started to send sms and call people without touching it. Very weird and most enoying. I had to completely reset the phone. Which caused losing all my data.
Also the flat standby button on the top is not very well placed. Whenever you put in your pocket, you'll push it and the device will switch back to ready-to-use mode.
So you'll start calling the last person you called from within your pocket. the standby button doesn't neither always reacts immediately.
Also missing an easy way to use special characters (letters with accents) on the keyboard.
Jep, there are still people on earth which use other characters !!
Too bad, because design, keyboard, trackball and screen resolution are just amazing.
Also when looking at pictures the device will switch to monitor screen saving status (even when permanently working with it), so the backlight goes off and you won't have a bright picture anymore.
If they could solve this serious bug it would be a great device.
jm_vanravels@hotmail dot com

Design 7 7.0
Features 7 7.0
Performance 7 7.0

7.0

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BlackBerry 8800



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Overview

BlackBerry 8800

Editors rating
Rating: 8.0
Verdict

Despite some minor issues, the RIM BlackBerry 8800 offers mobile professionals a well-rounded smartphone with added multimedia functions and GPS navigation. That said, messaging remains its forte.

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