http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/ Engadget Comments for BlackBerry Bold 9650 hands-on: yeah, it's a Tour with an optical pad http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
RIM's attitude will never change if people keep buying the same incremental phone year after year.]]>Apr 26th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
That is probably true. However, this is why I buy the PEP plan that Best Buy offers. I pay $10 a month and get a new phone when mine is defective. I started with a 8330, then upgraded to a Tour for free and will now will upgrade to the 9650 for free!!! :) :)]]>Apr 26th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
Why would you not get the current 9700 instead? I don't get it.]]>Apr 26th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
The keypad on the 9700 is physically smaller and I find it too hard to use. The Tour/9650 has a bigger keypad and so for me it is much easier to use.]]>Apr 26th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/i couldn't agree with you more. i mean, i generally am a fan of lots of different phones and platforms. But to be honest, i hate RIM, and i hate blackberrys. Yes, when it comes to doing just messaging they're one of the best pieces of hardware you can get. But you would think that they would start to get the message already, even ''business'' users, like to do stuff other than just cranking out emails. I simply hate the fact that this year they'll have a Curve 11345, then next year they'll drop the curve 11445, where the only difference is the addition of something like wifi.
And maybe this is why i never really trust ''crackberry'' fans when it comes to tech advice. Ever two years they're upgrading to phones that are NEARLY identical to phones they had 2 years, or 4 years prior (yes, slightly thinner, addition of wifi, and MAYBE an optical trackpad, but its seriously the same thing)
/rant ]]>Apr 26th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
It is loads better than the pearl 3G (for my tastes that is) yet it has slower wifi speeds.

Seems like RIM thought it was opposites day or something...]]>Apr 26th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Does 802.11n really make a difference with a cell phone though? For me (Bold 9000), even using 802.11g over the 3G connection isn't that huge of a difference... web pages take longer to render than they do to download. The highest-quality video that you can watch on the display will stream just fine over 802.11g.

I just don't see the point of fast wi-fi if the only thing it will speed up is the battery drain.]]>Apr 26th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
Security...Windows Mobile has none.]]>Apr 26th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/...its call forwarding...
okay its call forwarding with the ability to transfer calls.
]]>Apr 26th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/This vid didnt mention phone dictation?
youtube.com/watch?v=MDOP-1IU-e8

to be honest thats where im pulling my info from, and in all honesty it looks like slightly improved call forwarding to me :S TBH im not properly following WES2010.. i just know it exists :/
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Yeah, just what I want, a voice interpreter to convert spoken language into text, because listening to my missed calls is so hard work. I would love to see how well it handles different accents and different languages. If I get a voice message in Japanese, I can understand it, but I wonder what garbled message would come out of this wonderful new feature that business people will love!

Ha! ]]>Apr 26th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/
Oh, so it can talk to a PBX? I wonder how well the intergration is implemented and what PBX systems will work with it.]]>Apr 26th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://crackberry.com/mobile-voice-system-what-it-whats-new-it-useful

If linking to other sites is not allowed, I appologize, but this will explain what we are talking about here with MVS.

"MVS allows your Blackberry handheld to become one with your corporate desk phone giving you all the same options your deskphone offers you including dial by internal extension & transfers.

It also routes your calls through the PBX for long distance calls. If you're travelling outside your home city your wireless carrier can charge long distance rates that are less than desireable. MVS extends your corporate landline long distance rates to your Blackberry for all calls made with MVS. "]]>Apr 26th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/


..oh wait... its a Bold 9700 shrunk with DOLPHINS]]>Apr 26th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/blackberry-bold-9650-hands-on-yeah-its-a-tour-with-an-optical/Apr 26th 2010 12:55PM