Can You Really do Without Your Blackberry Device?

Okay, I will be the first to admit, ever since I got a Blackberry, I have been raving about it to everyone.

At first, I never thought I would get used to it, and it seemed like a huge big calculator to me (I am more used to sleek phones). But once I got it, it really grew on me.

But now I have begun to wonder if there really is any big deal about a Blackberry and more important, can you do without it?

Well, first of, let me begin with telling you the truth. I got my Blackberry cellphone from my company and they pay for the service charges as well. So basically for me, it’s free. Otherwise, I would have been forced to shell out a minimum of Rs. 15,000 for a basic device (a pearl) and at least Rs. 1,000 per month just for the services.

So would I opt for it if I had to pay the charges for myself? Well, after thinking about it for sometime, I would have to say a Big No.

Although the Blackberry really does help with my work, it intrudes on my personal time as well. Whenever I hear its buzz, I get this urge to check the inbox.

The premium charge for Blackberry service is a lot. Almost all cellular operators are offering GPRS packages (2GB limit for Rs. 500) whereas the minimum charges for Blackberry service are from Rs. 750 – Rs. 1,000 (depending on operator), which means that with Blackberry I am spending about Rs. 250 – 500 extra. Now what do these extra charges translate into?

Very little actually!

Officially Blackberry browsers are not working so I am confided to do the browsing with a 3^rd party application like the Bolt. The Facebook app will not work as well. I do get an option to configure 10 e-mail addresses but I can do the same on any new smartphone as well.

In fact, many e-mail services like Gmail have their own apps which work a lot better on non-blackberry smartphones. Unfortunately you will be unable to use Yahoo on blackberry unless you have a paid account so that is another expense.

The other two options that I get is a Blackberry e-mail address, which goes something likename@serviceprovider.blackberry.com but do I really need another e-mail address after Gmail? Again, I would say: NO!

Here, I would like to mention a really nice feature, the Blackberry messenger. But again, most of my contacts are on MSN, so incase I really want to trade encrypted (yes indeed, BB messenger is encrypted) messages with my work colleagues regarding my boss, then it really is a great utility.

A myth which somewhat generated about Blackberry services is that browsing is really fast. I haven’t really noticed the speed although the OS is really great, I don’t really like their browser. So any 3^rd party browser is bound to affect speed.

Yes, you do get push based e-mail so your phone won’t be engaged when you get e-mails so that really is a plus point.

But at the end of the day, I will prefer a phone with nice multimedia features, a nice camera, 1 year warranty (yes, incase you did not know, most operators are offering Blackberry’s in Pakistan with a limited warranty) and the ability to use the Facebook app without having to pay extra. And lets not forget, I will still be able to configure multiple e-mail addresses.

BlackBerry Bold 9000 Photos – Full Specifications

Blackberry bold 9000 is a smartphone that gives you mobility, features and functionality with elegance and classy design. It can help you stay connected all the time and do your businesses work at any place. It’s a fully loaded mobile phone for internet savvy people who like to do their work on mobile phone when they are on the move.

It comes in only black color and chrome finishing. It has a very good 2MP camera that gives you superb picture and video quality. You can capture any moment and share it in few seconds. It comes with a mighty 1GB internal memory. It has a full QWERTY keyboard for easy texting. It has trackball navigation which is a good include, it glows when you move it. The display screen is very rich and clear, a very good work has been done on it.

The most obvious issue with this smartphone is its weight and size. It is not for usual users, because its weight annoys you very soon. It’s only for serious smartphone users, for them it won’t be any problem.

Following are its full specifications:

• Dimension: 114 x 66 x 15 mm
• Weight: 136 grams
• Battery: Talk time up to 4.5 h, Stand-by up to 324 h
• OS: Blackberry OS
• CPU: 624 MHz Processor, 128 MB Ram
• Connectivity: Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, GPRS, EDGE, 3G (HSDPA 3.6 Mbps), WLAN
• Display size: 65K TFT LCD (light sensing screen), 480 x 320 pixels,
• Browser: HTML
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  • Multimedia: Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp, Games
  • Java: Yes
  • Camera: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, LED flash, Video
  • Memory: 1GB built-in, microSD, microSDHC, expandable up to 8 GB
  • Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, IM
  • Ring Tones: Polyphonic ringtones – MIDI, SP-MDI, MP3, WAV (LED indicator)
  • Other Features: Blackberry Maps, Voice memo, Organizer, Voice Dial, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
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BlackBerry Torch Latest in Line

BlackBerry has recently launched BlackBerry Torch touch screen smartphone powered with BlackBerry OS 6.

BlackBerry has significantly improved the touch sensitivity navigation with BlackBerry Torch that includes different home screen options such as Swipe Up – Swipe Down, Swipe left and Swipe Right.

Phenomenal improvement in UI and web kit browser is seen as well in BlackBerry Torch. All finger navigation on home screen popup with something useful on the screen.

BlackBerry OS 6 has changed a lot of traditional actions that previously existed in BlackBerry operating systems. One of the cool features is universal search function for searching contacts, tweets, messages, internet, files and more.

Two more important features that have been introduced with BlackBerry Torch are notification bar for accessing messages, emails and recent tweets for quick access, while another is easy access of Wi-Fi connections and Bluetooth activations.

Display:

Its display is geared with TFT touchscreen 3.2″ HVGA+ 480×360 pixel color display 3.18” measured diagonally with light sensing and proximity sensing screen. It is also ready with feature of user selectable font size.

Processor &Memory:

• 624 MHz Processor.
• 512 MB RAM
• 512MB onboard memory (ROM).
• 4GB eMMC (internal)
• microSD 4GB Media Card Included (Optional)

Connectivity & Location Based details:

It is ready with today’s connectivity needs as listed below:

• GPRS/EDGE/3G
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, • 802.11 b/g/n , WPA / WPA2 Personal and Enterprise , Cisco CCX certified , Wi-Fi® access to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server , Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry® Internet Bundle , Support for Unlicensed mobile access (carrier-dependent)
• Bluetooth® v2.1 +EDR Micro USB, Mono/stereo headset, Hands-free operation, Messaging access profile, Serial port profile, SIM access profile, Stereo audio (A2DP/AVCRP), Dial-up networking (DUN).
• A-GPS
• BlackBerry Maps

Multimedia:

It is capable of standard multimedia functions like:

• 5 MP camera , 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and it is ready with features like Geo-tagging, continuous auto-focus, image stabilization and Multiple picture-taking modes
• Video recording in VGA mode.
• It is ready to play – Audio formats: MP3, AMR-NB, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMV, Flac, OggVorbis and Video formats: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV3.
• Ringtones : Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones, MP3 ringtones, Vibrate mode ,On-screen, LED indicator
• Speaker Phone.
• 3.5 mm Stereo Jack

Applications:

• BlackBerry OS 6
• New User Interface with improved transition effects.
• Document Editor
• Instant messaging
• BlackBerry Maps
• Web Kit Browser (pinch to zoom)
• Podcasts
• Media Player
• Video Player
• Social networking applications.
• Application management
• Online Media Streaming (Browser Access)

Input Selections:

• Hardware slide out Qwerty Keyboard
• Software QWERTY Keyboard.
• Track pad
• ESC key to right of track pad
• Menu key to left of track pad

Colors Availability:

• Black

Bonus Features:

• UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access)
• Enhanced built-in memory and RAM.

Nutshell:

BlackBerry has come up with much better device in touch screen arena especially with better finger swipe navigation controls and sensitivity.

Overall, BlackBerry Torch has enhanced features as compared to its previous models in terms of LCD size, Pixel size, camera and finger touch navigation with traditional QWERTY style hard keypad.

Whereas, BlackBerry Torch’s battery capacity has decreased to 1300mAH as compared to BlackBerry Bold 9700′s 1500mAH.

We can hope that, Blackberry Torch may surface in Pakistan officially by some mobile operator soon, though BlackBerry Bold 9700 was not in hot list of cellular operators.