Playtime with the Blackberry 8830
Finally the new blackberry 8830 is in the palm of my hands. I’ve been playing with it for the past 4 days and I’m very impressed. I won’t go into what you already know about the blackberry (email, contact and schedule management, web browser) but into the other side of what people have been waiting for.
The first thing that you should notice is the world edition tag on the face of the unit. The World Edition is available on Verizon Wireless which is evdo in the US but will switch over with ease to all the international travelers out there. This would have come in handy when I went here or even here last year. Being on a non-gsm carrier was starting to become a little inconvenient. The 8830 has room for a gsm sim card which I’m sure will lead to someone out there trying to unlock these bad boys sooner or later.
The second improvement made is the smart phone capability. Coming from the 8703 this is a nice step up. Not to be outdone by Treo and HTC fanboys now I can show off videos in style. I have been downloading movies to a 2 gig microsd card via the blackberry movies website and mp3s via the blackberry mp3s site. Very simple indeed. If you’re anything like me, you probably won’t read the manual before playing with it but be very cautious regarding the micro sd slot. If you’re not careful you could damage the slot out of ignorant frustration.
The 8830 is a clearcut winner and I’m sure that the new consumer image of RIM is sitting pretty with shareholders. They have come a long way.
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