Blackberry 8700 reviewed by AP
The rest of us may have just gotten our
hands on it, but Bruce Meyerson of the AP has actually spent two whole weeks checking out
Cingular's Blackberry 8700,
and he's come away mostly impressed. Though Meyerson gives the 8700 some dings for its slightly smaller keyboard and a
track wheel that "seems a tad chintzy," his overall impression was of a unit that "will please BlackBerry devotees on
many fronts." In particular, Meyerson likes the more phone-like profile of the 8700, the inclusion of dedicated Send
and End buttons, and a display that he calls "brilliant." Of course, as Meyerson points out, the 8700 is still a
business-first device, with no camera or music functions, but for users looking to combine telephony with email,
Meyerson says it gets the job done.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
Why these damn things still don't have memory expansion slots is beyond me. Is RIM really hurtin' that bad?
Tecnocino @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
It's so ugly!
Whisky @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
does it have AIM built-in? I like my Treo 650, but no AIM unless you get a third party application. Also Cingular charges 39.99 for unlimited internet, what a rip off.
NS @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
Cingular charges that because corporations pay it. I have never seen my bill just like most of all the BB users. So prices are not a concern. There is nothing more secure than RIM's email solution. Everything else is just icing on the cake.
Ben @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
$39.99 for EDGE...not bad 10 times faster than GPRS! plus the graphics are great
werk @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
Looks good! Time to ask the boss for an upgrade!
tennis guy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
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How about adding an SD slot, headphone jack, and MP3 software?
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Khaytsus @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
Cingular does not charge separately for GPRS vs EDGE. God I hate the idiotic misinformtion some dolts spew.
It's $20 for non-PDA unlimited data, $40 for unlimited data for PDAs, and $80 for unlimited data for data cards (laptops, etc). Period.
Elias @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
These are business-oriented phones, which is why they don't have any extra storage. I think the idea is that they don't want phones with that much storage, so that an employee can swipe a lot of data.
-- Elias