BlackBerry Bold QWERTY Keyboard 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ Good screen, great keyboard and trackball

- User unfriendly,hard to view pictures in email, mostly won't play wmv files, only ten sms address's at a time, no group send for texys and email
Poor range of software to buy so far, poor youtube playback (hangs a lot to buffer, which is missing the point of buffering!)
No radio!!!!

+ Great for busy people, who need to constantly keep in touch with their emails.

- bad sync with internet.

+ nice well compact phone good technological features

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+ I use the phone for work purposes the qwerty keyboard makes life a lot easier and I can respond to e mails right away I love this phone

- The battery life is not great even with the wifi switched of also I feel that in todays market the camera could be a lot better

+ The Blackberry Bold is an excellent package especially if you are looking for a phone which can keep you in touch with business and private contacts anywhere and at anytime. The e-mail is outstanding with the amount of accounts you can have - In-fact I can honestly say that in a lot of occasions any e-mails that are being sent to my normal outlook account arrive on the phone before they show-up on the PC which is quite amazing. The quality of the media screen and the graphics are very good plus the memory storage level is quite adequate if you want to use it for, presentation slides and word documents. Speed of downloads again is quite fast Ease of use once you have sat-down and had a play with it is not bad and as a whole the package of the blackberry isn't bad at all.

- Battery life is a concern especially if you are using it for what it is predominantly meant to be used for and that is information such as word documents and presentations. You also cannot pair it to your Tom Tom SAT-NAV in the car which makes it a bit awkward especially if you are on the road a fair bit so the "hands free" is a little bit useless. The other thing which is a bit of a pain is that when your in contacts and you open up a contact to ring or e-mail, once you have used that contact, the blackberry stays on the same contact unless you keep pushing the "go back button" to clear the screen which means you are forever looking down making sure your not deleting info by mistake. Last but not least the quality of the sounds especially if you have loaded your own tunes onto it isn't particularly good, in-fact it's awful.

+ Great all round phone everything I need for work and personal use

- Battery is terrible! Shorter than it says on the box!

+ good features, excellent email

- poor battery life

+ Great Email facilities its Compact helps me keep organised, also have camera which is helpful i fi want to quickly show a friend something, and is easily sent via the BBM(Blackberry Messenger). Looks great and the Web Browsing is far better than the older 8800.Listening to music is easier too on the Bold and the games help me on my train journey while i listen to muic.

- Battery life, but that might be because I use it so much

+ Easy to pick up and use even if it your first Blackberry

- Battery life is not great, and once it gets low the signal cuts off with no warning, so you have a phone that is switched on but cannot be used!

+ Handles email on the go like a dream

- not getting a days use from a full charge with average use of aprox 10 emails 3 phone calls and a hand full of texts, i am lucky to get home before the phone dies ?

+ good looks,good menu,easy to use,web is pretty quick

- battery life

+ Email
Video
Sound
Keyboard

- Battery life

+ Well made, great for text or email, great to typing

- Few quirks with internet

+ Excellent phone with an all round appeal.

- Battery life is disappointing so recommend purchasing a spare battery

+ Easy to use straight from the box. Qwerty keyboard was a must for me as I email quite a bit whilst on the run. I also love the free Blackberry messenger app, as it's a great way to keep in contact with friends and work colleagues. The screen resolution is amazing.
If you are the kind of person that like to keep in touch with friends on Facebook, Twitter etc then you really can't go wrong with this. I take it with me on photography shoots where I am in the middle of nowhere and can still keep upto date.

- Battery life with phone at default isn't the best, but this is pretty easy to sort out by disabling certain features, especially Bluetooth as I don't require that constantly.
The built in camera needs a shutter as dust from your pocket can cover the lens and greatly reduce the quality of the picture. Also for a modern phone 2MP camera just isn't good enough. Then again, I didn't buy for the camera, so that point is rather mute and doesn't take anything away from this fantastic product.

+ overall i believe this to be one of the best buys i have ever made< i find the keyboard extremly easy touse, in conjunction with e-mail and txts

- the only two bad points i have about this phone is the battery life and the fact that it does not have helpful things on it like restaurants or taxi firms etc in the area that i may be at

+ Great push email, which is really easy to use. The OS as a whole is really simple, no lag time etc.
The browser is much better than expected too - no iPhone beater - but the best non-touch browser.
The facebook's app integration with contacts is pretty amazing as well.

- The battery life isn't fabulous - I re-charge daily. The camera at 2mp is a little blurry, though the flash is useful.
When you restart the reboot screen is pretty scary and last a long time! A good 5mins of blank screen!
Other than that - perfect! :D

+ So much faster than using a PC to check email.

- Battery only lasts about 24 hours, before requiring recharging. My older phones lasted 3 days.

+ Is my office in my packet

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+ The product is great ! The keypad is so easy to use and the menu is set out simple.

- The only bad point is the battery life is quite short !

+ The phone was very easy to set up especially linking email accounts.

- The worst thing about the phone is the internet browsing which is incredibly fussy about signal and often reports and error in rendering the page even when in the centre of a city where signal strength should be very good.

+ So clear and good range of features

- Inital understanding of options takes some getting use to. Could do with a printed manual as a follow on from the basics.

+ very stylish and everything i need!

- i have to charge it everyday!!!

+ EVERYTHING apart from battery life.

- battery life is very bad. i need 2 charge EVERYNITE.

+ the key board is fantastic, easy and fast to use.

- the delay caused by Bluetooth when on calls, none of my other phones have this.

+ Keyboard, software, features

- Battery, bottom end slight scratch marks from putting in case appearing. Trackball did stop scrolling down but later started working again

+ Although this Blackberry is quite a big size, it is very light. Easy to hold and also comfortable. The keypad is extremely easy to use, although it does take some getting used to. Web browsing is great. Email access is also great as you can have almost anything forwarded whether its work or personal. All the applications are great aswell. And I absoultly love Blackberry Messenger its great, Saves all you text messages, its fast and easy. My favourite feature.

- Battery life is the lowest quality. If you use the phone alot through out the day you will find you will need to charge almost every night. Also the camera quality isnt very good, but people generally dont buy blackberrys for the camera. There the only 2 bad points I can quote.

+ The ability to access my organiser, e-mails and contacts on the fly is a definitive thumbs up. Gone are the days when I have to boot up my computer, wait for it to load my personal settings and go through the prolonged logging-in process to access my work account. It's all just a few clicks away on my blackberry. The instant messenger function, which can be easily linked to my work one, is also great as I can get in touch with colleagues at the press of a button. As if that was not enough, there is also a navigation function. I just love the phone!

- What bad points?

+ I think that this blackberry 9000 is really really good on pretty much everything except 1 little but very important thing I cannot send or receive anything using my bluetooth when I try and belive me I've tried on a lot of mobile phone's inc.. The new IPhone + my Nokia N95 also could use a better camera the one in it is fine though these day's you'd expect at least a 5 megapix camera for a phone such like this one but not to be. I can see the photo's fine but can be better but it has everything else down to perfection .

- As above camera could be better and need to get the bluetooth fixed so it can send and receive anything

+ As a blackberry it does what blackberries do best, email functionality is good

- The screen becomes dissapointing in size, its difficult to navigate by selecting on screen options using the rollerball when surfing on the handset. The rollerball is small and seems likely to wear.

+ nice to look at, some cool features...good email

- internet is a little slow compare to previous phones and has a habit of crashing!

+ its a great phone when it works
sound quality on handset is brilliant
camera and video is great
and easy to use once you get the hang of it

- unreliableim always having to take battery out when the phone freezes!!!
sometimes the message folders dissapear
sometimes it refuses too send messages
headphones didnt work well for very long
and trying to send or recieve data via bluetooth is a nightmare

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- The handset build is very plastic and poorer quality than previous BB models.

+ Ease of use

- Video playback of movies get out of sync with voice

+ I am absolutely in love with everything about the B.Bold and from design to features.

- The battery could be improved a bit for me but I must confess that this might be because I am always glued to my Bold.

+ Ever since I've had the Bold my life has changed. I could access my emails on the move, I could read the latest updates and news on the go and i could browse the Internet whenever i want to. Web browsing is great on the Bold and google latitude is fun to use. Apart from that I explored making my own theme and enjoyed that thoroughly. Overall a good buy.

- Battery life could be improved upon. 2megapixel camera is also not very great because pictures uploaded onto facebook look quite blur.

+ apart from the bad points

- camera and video recording is not good

+ always keeping in touch

- facebook pics not available

+ Its just a nice overall unit and does what I ask of it

- Battery life is a killer and the device manager on the pc is slow as hell to load and carry out tasks. Roxio isn't the easiest application for file management either.

+ Email push, get your emails through the same way you get texts.
Sound quality of the speakers is amazing!
Easy to use to stay in touch with everyone!!!
Facebook, myspace, messenger....they're all there!

- I'm completely in love with this phone!!!!

+ Everything

- Battery life. But to be fair, I have only had this bold a couple of weeks and I see the battery life improving with every charge

+ The keyboard is amazing, the features are great, it looks great, it's nice and compact

- The battery only lasts about a day

+ Easy to use and good e mail. Also quick web browsing.

- Battery life is frankly awful and for this reason I might even have to buy out my contract. I can't imagine I am the heaviest user either but can rarely make it home with my phone working, even though I charge it over night.

+ Email and internet on the move

- Cannot delete more than one messages at a time
Short Battery life

+ Quick, simple and easy to use

- Camera could be better

+ really easy to use

- gps doesnt always work and neither does bluetooth

+ Camera provides excellent images.ganes provided are superb and linking to car device is simple.

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+ Brilliant little phone well not little, but its really good for its features and in what it can do

- the battery life on it and the camera is a big let down

+ A move on from the Curve. I like having access to more icons on the home screen. All apps are upgraded from previous versions. New users should find it easy. I don't miss a touch screen.

- I miss mail on the home screen (Curve UI) . Battery life is 1-2 days max.

+ good on most aspects.

- lack of application and only with a 2MP camera

+ email - internet usage etc....

- dont know how to download my own tunes as a ringtone and change message ringing sound, this isnt that simple

+ Looks fab, nice size keyboard, roller ball is good, screen is good size and clarity it good

- Not very versatile; only links to certain wifi, very flakey. Usability is not the best. The white background for most of the email, sms, tools look very archaic!

+ 1. Being able to add third party apps,
2. Read edit & create MS Word and MS Excel documents.
3. Access to internet, EMail etc.

- Battery life just under 2 days!

+ Easy to call, text and email dtraight from the the contacts list which is very comprehensive and syncs totally with Outlook. Easy web browsing and simple to set up PC to use the phone as an internet modem. Keyboard is better than it looks

- Using the great facilities of the phone, even for moderate times, kills the battery very quickly.

+ it does everything it says on the box ... and more

- the battery life is shocking!!!

+ amazing resolution of the screen
emails
it is a great device, of course there are things that could be added or be better but I do love my new phone :)

- free pdf viewer would be a desired feature as well as a digital radio
unable to plug the headphones in while the leather cover is on, I would add an extra hole in the cover
The short battery life is very anoying.

+ Great for email and internet

- Only bad side is the battery life

+ It's a BlackBerry, possibly one of the best thought out handheld devices I have ever used. I was skeptical at first and avoided getting one for years, but my friend and business partner kept at it and I'm glad he did. Good points: The interface is intuitive and adaptable. The looks are as about as classy as it gets. Good battery life despite online complaints. Sync works great. Definitely the best phone I've ever had.

- The camera is terrible, but that's not what I chose this device for.

+ easy to use with the qwerty keypad, good for browsing the web and being able to email on the go.

- rubish battery life, rubish quality of camera, when first getting the blackberry the instructions arent that clever (i had to ask a coleague who already had the phone how to do stuff. he advised it had taken him ages to work it out also), i have been unable to transfer data with anyone via bluetooth.

+ Easy to use. Very user friendly

- It has non

+ love the phone

- none

+ Everything you can possibly want at your fingertips. It's so easy to use and has so many functions. The coverage from Vodafone is very good for both calls and internet. Where I live is renowned for bad signal, but it doesn't struggle at all. The qwerty keybourd takes a bit of getting used to, but the keys are bigger than it's predecessors, making it a much better experience. I would be lost without it now. The applications that you can get for it are brilliant, even the free ones. I particularly liked the weather forcast from any place in the world and where you are via the GPS.

- I have none. Some people say that the battery life isn't too good, but it is no different than I expected especially for how much I use it....therefore, no bad points.

+ fast, reliable, light weight, great media functionality.

- Camera could be better

+ Simple to use and inclusive sat nav and email made it a great package

- Camera should be 5M to make this the complete hand held device.

+ It gets email

- As a phone its poor. Should have bought a Nokia

+ Overall it is a modern and eyecatching phone that has great facilities and excellent value for money.

- Only bad point is the battery life!

+ just fantastic

- battery

+ beautiful design, wel layed out, simple to use

- cant download all applications

+ Excellent build quality, feels a lot better built than my previous Nokia N96. Screen is really sharp and the demo movie clips look awesome on it. Email of course is spot on, new Blackberry Messenger is really good, sound quality out of the speakers easily rivals most N Series Nokias. Keyboard easy to use (and I haven't got the smallest fingers in the world), Internet browsing with latest firmware updates is pretty fast ignore reviews on other sites and youtube, with the latest firmware there isn't a problem and it can only get better with future releases. And with up to date firmware the phone also runs pretty fast no hanging much at all or needs for reset.

- Battery life can be limited with wifi on all the time, just switch it off when not needed and problem solved. Only 128mb of application memory, for some reason you can't put other apps on the phone memory or memory card?! This fills up very quickly so don't expect to get many apps on there.

+ Easily receiving and sending emails, great for keeping in touch. Good music player, apt camera, easy to navigate through the applications. looks good, feels good - best phone Ive ever had!

- The battery does need charging every day and occasionally the rollerball stops working and therefore so do I.

+ Love the layout of the phone, so easy to use. Good screen size and keyboard. Wouldn't be without it!!

- Side buttons activate when I put it in the cradle when in the car. Not a major issue really.

+ This has got to be the best phone I have ever had. I love the fact I received my emails instantly (I have 3 email accounts) and I don't have to sit at my computer desk to constantly check my emails. The screen size is good and the video quality is excellent. I've downloaded some pretty good apps onto this phone such as the e books, weather reports, and mileage counter. The gps maps are brilliant as is Poynt which is also a gps map helping u to find hotels, restaurants etc.

- The battery life isn't brilliant on this phone. I get about a day and a half use before I need to recharge it. The camera is rubbish, but it's no big deal if you're like me and more interested in the other features on the phone. There is only one alarm on the phone (which is enough for some people), but I do miss the use of a multi alarm.

+ Like it

- Footery

+ So easy to use and everything is in one place, I can text, email and call from one handset and typing is so much faster with a qwerty keyboard. Browsing the internet is exactly the same as browsing from a pc. The look and feel of everything is so much more familiar and therefore user friendly.

- Battery doesn't last quite as long as I had hoped but I can live with having to charge it every few days for the benefits I get from it.

+ Great product email is fantastic

- Needs flash player and java script wish I could watch videos on iplayer

+ it may not be the most beautiful looking phone but it is effective. quick web access, navigation pad and screen, and software is all great. Although style and quality come first for me. I may not like the style but the phone is definately a quality phone.

- The battery life is not great but then it's not down to me, I love the phone so much therfore i find reasons to be on it.

+ Email and ease of use of keyboard.

- Telephone - poor compared to other smartphones.

+ Clever phone, always 1 step ahead of you and never fails the tasks. The quickest and most responsive smartphone on the market

- Nothing major... The built in browser could develope att bit but still works fine with most pages...

+ Screen quality very good, same with the keyboard

- Browsing is awkward and slow, trackball became unresponsive, locked up several times requiring a battery pull to correct, very little application memory.

+ Extremely easy to use.

- The camera is poor.

+ Easy to use with th qwerty keyboard and navigation roller.

- Battery life isnt good

+ its good because it's stylish and good to use email on the move

- the cursor button always gets stuck and the battery life is awful

+ Ease of use and clarity of calls are both great

- battery lasts 24 hours exactly (for me...!)

+ This phone is ideal for someone who needs to keep track on thier emails. I personallylove this phone for texting as i find it easy and i love the texting feature as it allows you to see what the person you are replying to has previously said. I justlove this phone it looks good , it has the best apps 10/10.

- The only bad point is the batery life. I have to charge it every night. If i stay elsewhere ie;my boyfriends house and forget my charger im totally without a phone for the next day.

+ Looks good

- No radio.