Expansively Generous Mobile Blackberry 9000-Myluxphone Ltd

Expansively Generous Mobile Blackberry 9000-Myluxphone Ltd

Okay, we’ll admit, the first thought on our minds when we saw the BlackBerry 9000 in its natural habitat for the first time was, “that’s it?” RIM’s been taking on increasingly sharp competition as of late — even in its traditional corporate strongholds — and we’d expected and hoped to see something less evolutionary and more revolutionary from these cats. On closer inspection, though, we find that the phone is leaving a very positive second impression. The phone’s lines seem flow really well (dare we call a BlackBerry “sexy”?) without losing its purpose-suited stance exuded by the 8300s, 8700s, and 8800s of yore. The real kicker, though, might be the beautiful user interface, which has been totally revamped from the ground up; gone is the cartoonish look and feel of the current lineup, replaced with a modern, warm theme with wireframe icons and slick animations. Another big win: as Vodafone’s slide deck mentioned, the 9000 features both WiFi and HSDPA, confirmed by this particular example’s info display. Too little, too late — or is this thing a genuine threat in the marketplace this year? Follow the break for a video of the hot new UI in action!

Remember those three BlackBerry 8900 units that showed up on eBay? As I made note in an earlier post, when the auction got pulled by the powers that be there were still two units remaining, leaving one Crazy BlackBerry Addict anxiously waiting for the delivery of this next generation BlackBerry smart-phone. As luck would have it, it turns out I’m the Crazy BlackBerry Addict! When mention of the eBay 9000s came up in the forums, there was plenty of discussionas to whether the devices were legit or not. The images accompanying the auction seemed too goodto be photos hopped and were unlike any otherleaked 9000 pictures I had encountered previously, so it only took a few minutes to make the decision to click the Buy it Now button and PayPal over the funds. At £399.99GBP + £19.99GBP shipping it was a gamble, but potentially a good deal considering previously reported rumors that the 9000 could carry an MSRP in the 0-,000 range. Worst case scenario if things went south I’d eat KD for a month and have a good story to tell.

As for these particular Blackberry 8520s, the image above says it all. It was delivered to my house yesterday afternoon and I’ve been playing with my eBay-purchased toy ever since. You’ll want to keep it locked to CrackBerry.com
. I was planning on writing up one super review, but there’s simply WAY too much info to put into one post. Part I (this post) will cover the unblocking and initial impressions/comparisons and after getting a few more hours face time with the device Part II will get into the device features and OS4.6. I’ll follow that up with an in-depth video walk through and we are also going to record a Special Edition BlackBerry 9000 podcast. Craig and I will record the show Friday evening, so if the posts and video leave you with any unanswered questions be sure to call them in to our Podcast Hotline at 1-866-904-5772 ext. 222 and we will answer them on the show. My fridge is stocked with Red Bull, I have a BlackBerry 9000 in hand and I don’t plan on sleeping until every feature has been tested and menu option explored. Let the FUN begin!