Blackberry 8900 Curve vs. Blackberry 9000 Bold

Both Blackberry 8900 Curve and the Blackberry 9000 Bold are suited for both business people and ordinary users.

Design

The 8900 Curve outperforms the 9000 Bold as far as design is concerned. It is smaller than the Blackberry 9000 Bold and more comfortable to be held in the hand. The one form attribute in which the Bold scores above the Curve is its screen. The Blackberry Bold's screen is wider than the 2.4 inch screen of the 8900 Curve. Some people may prefer this wide screen even though its resolution of 480X320 pixels is lesser than the 480X360 pixels of the Curve's screen.

Operating System

The Blackberry 8900 Curve uses the same OS 4.6 operating system as the Bold. The interface of the Curve is customizable but it looks a little complex with a maze of icons and application shortcuts. But the interface becomes easy to operate with use. The Blackberry 9000 Bold uses the OS 4.6.0.167 which proffers the novelty ability of receiving emails in html format so that you can now download images with email.

Battery and Memory

The Blackberry Curve has twice the memory capacity of the Bold- The Curve has a 256 MB RAM compared to 128MB RAM of the Blackberry 9000 Bold. The Curve's memory can be expanded by 16GB through Micro SD slot. The Bold's memory can be expanded by 8GB through the Micro SD slot. The Curve's battery runs a few hours longer than that of the Blackberry 9000 Bold.

Other Noticeable Features

The Blackberry 8900 Curve has a 3.2 Mega pixel camera in contrast to the 2 Mega pixel camera of the Blackberry 9000 Bold. The image quality of the Curve's camera is better than the grainy image quality of the Bold's camera.

The 8900 Curve has a media player to manage videos, music and ring tones. The media player has album art, play list and track sort. It supports many audio and video formats. The Blackberry 9000 Bold also has a media player that supports reasonable quantum of audio and video formats. Both phones have a 3.5mm audio jack for ear phones.

The Blackberry 8900 Curve has an html browser but no 3G support so its internet connectivity is not as fast as the Bold. And its Google maps applications take longer to load due to lack of 3G support. The Blackberry 9000 Bold has a very functional html browser that is coalesced with high speed 3G network of AT and T to supply a propitious browsing experience and superlative internet download speeds. The Bold's browser is functional, providing pages in desktop format. However the Bold's 3G antenna cannot be turned off and this blip eats into the Bold's battery life. Both the Curve and the Bold has Wi Fi for fast internet.

The Blackberry Curve and the Bold both have GPS support for Blackberry maps and Google Maps.

The Blackberry 8900 Curve emerges as the better option amid the two phones because of its attribute prowess.

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