![]() ![]() Plus of course, EDGE isn’t that far off 3G speeds (although not all UK networks have EDGE support). There’s an argument that the lack of 3G doesn’t matter so much with a BlackBerry, as the very nature of the system is to package-up and use data in a very efficient way. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that with these toys on board it’s simply a Bold in a smaller, neater package though, as there’s one very important omission: there’s no 3G with the Curve 8900, so data speeds are limited to GPRS or EDGE. With previous Curves you had to choose either GPS (the 8310) or Wi-Fi (the 8320), but the new 8900 includes both. We found that the increased processor speed (now 512MHz) helps keep the user interface really snappy, although at 5mins 25secs our T-Mobile supplied device did seem to take an awfully long time to boot from cold. As well as letting you watch your stock prices fall in tear-inducing clarity, the increased resolution is a great advantage for web pages, navigation, and business applications such as SAP. That’s over twice the resolution of the original Curve, and it even beats the Bold. The clarity of those photos and the cleanliness of the tweaked user interface are both easily appreciated on the 480 x 360 pixel screen. Received emails can be in HTML format, and most attachment formats can be viewed, with Word and Excel also being editable. With BES an email will often arrive on your phone before it appears in Outlook. We tested it with both, and it worked flawlessly. ![]() The Curve 8900 uses the same OS 4.6 platform as the Bold, meaning that it gets a much improved Web browser (with Ajax support), a continuous spell checker, proper support for Excel documents, and a new ‘bedside’ mode which effectively turns the BlackBerry into a very expensive digital clock.Īs with all other BlackBerry handsets, the Curve 8900 can be connected to BIS which polls existing POP3, IMAP, and other email accounts on a regular basis, or BES which is a proper enterprise class push-email system connecting directly to your Exchange, Groupwise or Domino mail servers. The relatively small form factor means that the keypad is narrow, but despite that it’s quite usable and accurate. The design is heavily influenced by its big Bold brother, so it looks great with its black and metal styling, and is a smartphone you won’t feel ashamed to pull from your pocket during a business meeting. It’s slightly slimmer, but otherwise maintains the original Curve’s size and weight.
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