Which blackberry? [Archive]

Ostinato

06-10-2009, 09:48 PM

Hiya
Basically I used to have blackberry pearl 8120 which i loved until I wrecked it lol

I've had an iphone for a year this christmas and i want something new now. I do like the iphone but I miss the lack of standard features tbh n would find it expensive to buy another one as mines is the crap 1st gen one.

So I think I am gonna get a blackberry curve or something!

Thing is I know theres a good few of them out there now, I dont know what ones are new and all that and what I can get for a good price as I don't wanna spend a HUGE amount Cheers

Meanies

06-10-2009, 09:50 PM

My friend has a curve and says it's really good :P

GoldenMerc

06-10-2009, 09:50 PM

Blackberry storm is nice, if your wanting to stay in the Blackberry range, if not then i really would say G1 as i lovee ittt

Hazza

06-10-2009, 09:56 PM

I have the Blackberry 8900 Curve, I loooooooove it.
Its the best phone I've ever had, I highly recommend it :)

StefanWolves

06-10-2009, 10:07 PM

You will regret going from the iPhone to a BlackBerry, I assure you.

But anyway, my uncle has the BlackBerry storm... and it's pretty awesome, some people don't like the big button screen feature - but I love it!

Ostinato

07-10-2009, 03:11 PM

I forgot to mention sorry, if I do get one it will defo be a curve not a storm or bold.

Also I dont know if I will miss the iphone that much... I do really like it but i find it very slow and so easily damaged - maybe thats just cause i have the 1st gen brick though lol, but i cant afford to buy a new iphone

StefanWolves

07-10-2009, 03:49 PM

The 3G/3GS are major improvements over the original. Just get one of those plastic cases that are floppy plastic (i call them condom cases, don't ask lmao) for your iPhone, that's what I have done. And it isn't slow at all... it may be if you have it jailbroken with a theme on, if so just take the theme off and take unwanted stuff off your iPhone (like old music ect) ~ which should speed it up a little bit more.

Ostinato

07-10-2009, 04:44 PM

Yeh imeen i probs would like a newer iphone.
Has the mms feature started on iphones yet as thats kinda something i miss having too.

StefanWolves

07-10-2009, 04:46 PM

Yeh imeen i probs would like a newer iphone.
Has the mms feature started on iphones yet as thats kinda something i miss having too.

yeh it's been active for a few months now, if you have jailbroken your iphone too you can get it on the original iphone.

Ostinato

07-10-2009, 04:53 PM

yeh it's been active for a few months now, if you have jailbroken your iphone too you can get it on the original iphone.

lol rly?

i was aware of swirlymms but you only get a trial with that, and after that there was another 1 u had to pay for through paypal

StefanWolves

07-10-2009, 05:06 PM

No, MMS has been enabled on 3G and 3GS, legitimately no 3rd party apps needed, it's been available since the release of OS 3.0, but if you jailbreak your original iPhone (one with the silver back) then I'm sure there is a hack in Cydia to enable it on their too... just checked on mine and it's called ''Enable MMS for 2G".

Ostinato

07-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Metric1

08-10-2009, 01:37 AM

get the curve, bbm ftwwwww!

Barmi

08-10-2009, 11:35 AM

isnt the 1st gen 1g tho?

Nope, 2G.

Ostinato

08-10-2009, 04:22 PM

mmm tbh i tried tht bfore and it *REMOVED* up my jailbreakin n made me had to jailbreak it all over again.

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Alkaz

08-10-2009, 04:50 PM

StefanWolves

08-10-2009, 04:54 PM

Ive the 8900 curve and its the best phone ive ever had and its pretty awsome!
I already had an ipod touch and thought there is no point getting a iphone because they are basically the same, and now I have the best of both worlds and I hardly use my itouch now cause teh music is so good and easily accessable on the BBC.

that's the problem with most people, they assume that having an iPod Touch is like having an iPhone, I thought that until I took the leap from iPod Touch to iPhone, and TBH it's a totally different concept and experience all together.

Alkaz

08-10-2009, 05:02 PM

Well ye but the one MAJOR difference is the phone, you can still put apps and things like that on it.

StefanWolves

08-10-2009, 05:06 PM

Well ye but the one MAJOR difference is the phone, you can still put apps and things like that on it.

that's what most people think, but it is wrong lol.

Ostinato

08-10-2009, 05:50 PM

that's what most people think, but it is wrong lol.

Lol how?

I have ipod touch and tbh i dont see much diff... I dont actually even use aps anyway tbh :S i use my iphone for sms, phone calls and internet and email and the ipod

StefanWolves

08-10-2009, 06:05 PM

Lol how?

I have ipod touch and tbh i dont see much diff... I dont actually even use aps anyway tbh :S i use my iphone for sms, phone calls and internet and email and the ipod

you can't really compare your iphone to the 3g or 3gs, it's slower, older hardware, crap graphics, doesn't allow MMS, and if you don't use apps then you are missing out on the iphones best feature.

Ostinato

08-10-2009, 06:09 PM

lol yeh it is slow and i think thts wot annoys me most.

imeen i do have apps but i just dnt rly use the.. i play an occasional game pmsl apart from tht what aps r there rly tht r gna make a big diff to me? lol

so far the 8930 has been recmoended xD

The Professor

08-10-2009, 06:37 PM

The one with the optical pad rather than the trackball is the newest one, I've played with one and personally I don't find it as good as the trackball but other people do so maybe its just me!

Mickword

10-10-2009, 09:51 PM

The curve is amazing, I have it and it is just brill!

Ostinato

10-10-2009, 11:59 PM

The curve is amazing, I have it and it is just brill!

which one?

OPINIONS ON THE BOLD PLS?

Alkaz

11-10-2009, 12:10 AM

The bold - too big, the camera isnt as good as curve. Its easier to type, but once you get used to curve, thats easy too. The curve is alot better because its smaller, better camera etc. The bold, is just too big.

Ostinato

11-10-2009, 10:33 PM

OOooh is it? They seem pretty similair in price too...

I am a good texter and pick up keyboards fast anyway so I dont mind about that :) I think it is defo a curve I want

Do you guys think I will honestly regret going from an iphone? lol I do love my iphone but I am just getting fed up now and I dont even use any apps on it at all really and I have an itouch too for music so...

StefanWolves

11-10-2009, 10:39 PM

if u arent using the apps then u deserve a blackberry.

Ostinato

11-10-2009, 10:41 PM

if u arent using the apps then u deserve a blackberry.

PMSL DESERVE one! hahah What do you mean by that? lol you make me feel guilty :P

Well what apps do u use tht r so brill? lol

StefanWolves

11-10-2009, 10:43 PM

haven't you seen the adverts? 'there's an app... for just about... anything'

Ostinato

11-10-2009, 10:45 PM

haven't you seen the adverts? 'there's an app... for just about... anything'

uck but i dont buy them tbh and i dont even have time to use them!

The Professor

12-10-2009, 02:30 PM

Get the curve and just swap the sim card between that and the iphone when you get bored of one/the other :D

Recursion

12-10-2009, 03:26 PM

haven't you seen the adverts? 'there's an app... for just about... anything'

A classic example of falling victim to advertising :(

StefanWolves

12-10-2009, 03:32 PM

A classic example of falling victim to advertising :(

Yeh! You are rite!! That is why I had an iPod Touch 1G, when it first came out, yes? When the AppStore wasn't even thought of. And yes. There is an App for anything and everything.

Ostinato

12-10-2009, 11:30 PM

Yeh! You are rite!! That is why I had an iPod Touch 1G, when it first came out, yes? When the AppStore wasn't even thought of. And yes. There is an App for anything and everything.

Aye but imeen there isnt rly lol
half of the aps are just stupid games or things that dont actually make any different to my functioning life. or at least havent yet!

and on top of that bcos i have the 1stgen iphone it takes about 3 years for anything to load anyways! lol

HotelUser

13-10-2009, 12:17 PM

I have used, and absolutely hated the curve. I just find blackberry OS really limited, even compared to winmo.

The Professor

13-10-2009, 04:56 PM

I have used, and absolutely hated the curve. I just find blackberry OS really limited, even compared to winmo.

Winmo is a lot of things, limited ain't one of them though! Slow and bloody useless are more accurate :P Oh well, one more year on it... :'(

HotelUser

14-10-2009, 11:41 PM

Winmo is a lot of things, limited ain't one of them though! Slow and bloody useless are more accurate :P Oh well, one more year on it... :'(

Aw Alex. I'm ashamed to admit that I've fallen in love with Windows Mobile 6.5:P.

Jordy

15-10-2009, 06:36 AM

Aw Alex. I'm ashamed to admit that I've fallen in love with Windows Mobile 6.5:P.Ditto, I've been playing round with it for a bit now and it really is a good improvement. The only difficulty is I'm struggling to tell what's an update in TouchFLO/Manila and what's an update in 6.5. Haven't tried My Phone yet but the Marketplace is very impressive.

HotelUser

15-10-2009, 08:17 PM

Ditto, I've been playing round with it for a bit now and it really is a good improvement. The only difficulty is I'm struggling to tell what's an update in TouchFLO/Manila and what's an update in 6.5. Haven't tried My Phone yet but the Marketplace is very impressive.

MyPhone is probably the best piece of software from Microsoft's mobile division yet!. I flash my phone about once a week and myphone automatically syncs my entire phone (even my music on my SD card) with a Microsoft server.

The latest TouchFlo makes an iPhone's interface look about 2 years out of date:P

The Professor

15-10-2009, 08:27 PM

I hate to state the obvious... the iPhone interface IS 2 years out of date :P

I just flashed a WinMo 6.5 ROM to my phone and it was buggy as hell (not that it flashed properly in the first place) and seemed to be part WinMo 6.1 anyway (thanks jordy :() so I'm going ROM hunting :D

Recursion

15-10-2009, 08:29 PM

I still say Android, you can see how many ROMs there are for WinMo and Android just by visiting the XDA-Developers.com forums! So much choice.

HotelUser

16-10-2009, 01:34 AM

I still say Android, you can see how many ROMs there are for WinMo and Android just by visiting the XDA-Developers.com forums! So much choice.

The few times I've used android it's been pretty good, but I've not been able to find many good applications I wanted for it, but perhaps that's changed now, as I've not used it in a few months.

I hate to state the obvious... the iPhone interface IS 2 years out of date :P

I just flashed a WinMo 6.5 ROM to my phone and it was buggy as hell (not that it flashed properly in the first place) and seemed to be part WinMo 6.1 anyway (thanks jordy :() so I'm going ROM hunting :D

Oh, I know what you mean. It all depends on the ROM cooker. NSFFAN HTC Vogue roms are awesomely stable, but when I go to the absolute newest WinMo build roms they're horrible. But NSFFAN wm6.5 + Manila is the absolutely brilliant.

The Professor

16-10-2009, 04:11 PM

HotelUser

16-10-2009, 06:51 PM

Found one that works, I take back what I said earlier. Windows Mobile is now officially... useable :P

Idk whether it's just the rom but there's no lag when inputting text now and the scrolling on programs that have real scrolling built into them works flawlessly. Either way its pretty nice!

The only ting that neads to mature is marketplace. Theses not many apps and most are stupidly expensive. But freeware pocket pc has loads of freeware apps.