I would like to share review regarding blackberry bold 3 which I bought in June 2011 at price Rs 21, 000/-. Well I have black one.
The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 updates the popular Bold series with BlackBerry OS 6, bringing with it such improvements as a more-capable browser, enhanced multimedia capabilities, and a refreshed interface. It’s a good device to be sure, It has a higher-megapixel camera and double the flash memory, but otherwise the Bold 9780 is largely like the Bold 9700 in design and specs. The Bold 9780 is available in either black or white.
Now let’s describe it in detailed.
Design & Features
*The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780’s design will be instantly familiar to BlackBerry owners, particularly Bold 9700 users since the two smart phones are pretty much identical. They’re the same size at 4.29 inches tall by 2.36 inches wide by 0.56 inch thick and 4.3 ounces. It’s a comfortable fit as both a phone and messaging device, with a nice soft-touch finish along the sides and textured battery cover.
The screen measures 2.44 inches diagonally and has a half-VGA (480x320 pixels) resolution. the display remains sharp and clear, as we were able to easily read e-mails and view media.
BlackBerry OS 6 works well with non-touch-screen devices, even though the interface was designed with touch screens in mind. With the optical touch pad, it’s easy to move through the various menus and select items. You get the traditional talk and end keys, back button, BlackBerry menu shortcut, and aforementioned touch pad. Along the sides are a few more controls, including a volume rocker and a user-defined convenience key on the right and another customizable shortcut, a Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the left. Though they’re hard to see, there are mute and lock buttons on top of the device. You can find the camera and flash on back, and the microSD expansion slot behind the battery door. The rectangular buttons are a good size, but users with larger thumbs might have some problems.
As a phone, the Bold 9780 offers quad-band world roaming, a speakerphone, voice-activated dialling, smart dialling, conference calling, speed dial, and text and multimedia messaging with threaded chat view. Bluetooth 2.1, 3G support, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), and GPS are all onboard. In addition, the Bold can make calls over a Wi-Fi network. Note that there is no additional charge for this feature but the minutes are deducted from your regular voice plan.
For individuals and small businesses, RIM offers BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express, which is a free service that provides corporate e-mail access and other advanced BlackBerry features. I can also access up to 10 personal/business POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts via BlackBerry Internet service. For quicker communication, there are a handful of instant messaging clients preloaded on the device, including Yahoo, AIM, Google Talk, and, of course, the popular BlackBerry Messenger.
For the social butterfly, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are all included on the device, and the new Social Feeds feature in BlackBerry OS 6 allows you to get all your updates in one place. There’s also an RSS feed aggregator, where you can view stories from your feeds, as well as add and manage your RSS subscriptions.
BlackBerry OS 6 brings enhanced multimedia features, including a more attractive media player with a Cover Flow-like interface. You get basic functions, such as shuffle and repeat modes and on-the-fly playlist creation, as well as some headset EQ settings and the ability to turn a song into a ringtone. The player supports MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, and AMR-NB music files, and WMV, H.263, and MPEG4 video codecs. The Bold offers 512MB of flash memory (double that of the Bold 9700) but comes with a 2GB microSD card preinstalled; the expansion slot can accept up to 32GB cards.
One area where the Bold 9780 gets a bit of an upgrade is the camera. The smart phone features a 5-megapixel camera with flash. There is no option to adjust the white balance or brightness, but you can select from 11 different scene modes that cover everything from close-ups to snow landscapes. Despite having autofocus, picture quality was slightly blurry and indoor shots looked a bit dim. Outdoor shots were more vibrant, but even so, we wouldn’t say the camera is a reason to upgrade.
Performance
The quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) BlackBerry Bold 9780 in Mumbai using Vodafone blackberry plan of Rs 399/- BB net and call quality is good. Speakerphone quality was also hollow-sounding, but still clear. At the highest level, there was just enough volume to have a conversation in a room full of people.
Though used EDGE a couple of times. TOI full site loaded in 25 seconds, and the mobile sites for CNN and ESPN came up in 10 seconds and 6 seconds, respectively. YouTube videos took several seconds to buffer but offered synchronized audio and picture. Clips played back without interruption, but the video could get a bit murky.
Bold 3 powered by a 624MHz processor, the Bold 9780 performed smoothly The BlackBerry Bold 9780 ships with a 1, 500mAh lithium ion battery with a rated talk time of 6 hours and up to 17 days of standby time. But if used more applications battery drain fast need to charge twice a day.
Well I used my Blackberry messenger a lot stay connect with my all friends any time. It has some cons but then also I love my blackberry.
Last but not least blackberry Led light which blink every time when mails or message comes. In BB apps I have downloaded an apps which gives disco light that all combinations of color u can set different color for different contacts and any pops or message
The good: The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 ships with BlackBerry OS 6. The smart phone offers double the flash memory and a higher-megapixel camera than the Bold 9700. There’s also support for Wi-Fi calling.
The bad: Hardware isn’t much different from the Bold 9700.
Final verdict: The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 is a solid messaging smart phone and ships with the latest BlackBerry OS, but it’s not necessarily worth the upgrade