| Blackberry is the worlds leading brand of business | | | | There’s 1GB of memory on board, which can be |
| mobile phones. They have built there reputatation | | | | expanded using a memory card. The camera is 3.2 |
| based on useful applications and functionality. | | | | megapixels with autofocus, flash and built Flickr and |
| Blackberry mobile phone handsets are the number | | | | Facebook applications. |
| one choice for people that need ready access to | | | | The BlackBerry Curve 8900 actually looks similar to |
| email and internet on the go. In this article we will | | | | the Blackberry Bold but is smaller, measuring just |
| look at the three best Blackberry phones that | | | | 109x60x13.5mm. It promises the sharpest BlackBerry |
| currently available on the market - the Blackberry | | | | display to date, a 2.4 inch widescreen with a |
| Storm, Blackberry Curve & the Blackberry Bold. | | | | resolution of 480x360 pixels. Unlike its big brother the |
| The BlackBerry Storm 9500 brings all the functionality | | | | new BlackBerry 8900 has no 3G, it’s a GSM |
| of a BlackBerry in touchscreen form. It’s a real | | | | phone with Wi-Fi and GPS satellite navigation. All of |
| iPhone alternative and its exclusive to Vodafone. | | | | the usual BlackBerry applications are on board |
| Aimed at everyday phone users and business users, | | | | including BlackBerry Maps, phone, messaging and a |
| it’s free on a pay monthly contract from £40 | | | | good web browser. The new baby BlackBerry has a |
| per month and all deals include unlimited Internet and | | | | 3.2 megapixel camera, a full QWERTY keyboard and |
| BlackBerry email. | | | | trackball navigation. There’s a microSD card slot |
| The 3.25 inch touchscreen is clear and crisp with a | | | | supporting up to 16GB. |
| high resolution of 480x360 pixels. Built using a unique | | | | The BlackBerry 9000, also known as the BlackBerry |
| new technology, the screen is spring-loaded so the | | | | Bold, is a smartphone messenger device with a |
| whole screen effectively acts as one big button. | | | | powerful 624 MHz processor and uses the BlackBerry |
| When in landscape mode a large QWERTY keyboard | | | | OS 4.6. This mobile phone has a large widescreen |
| appears on screen for easy text input. Browsing the | | | | aspect display with a high resolution of 480x320 |
| web using the large screen is a good experience. | | | | pixels. As with all modern BlackBerry devices, the |
| Especially with ‘Cursor Mode’, which gives | | | | BlackBerry 9000 Bold has a QWERTY keyboard and |
| you an on-screen mouse pointer. You can move your | | | | a miniature trackball for on screen navigation. |
| finger around the screen and click on any point with | | | | All of the usual BlackBerry features are present too - |
| mouse like precision for web links or editing | | | | a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, web browser, |
| documents. GPS is also present and you’ll receive | | | | media player with DivX support and a 3.5mm stereo |
| 6 months free subscription to Vodafone’s Find | | | | audio socket. There’s 1GB of internal memory |
| & Go sat nav service. | | | | for storing video, music and other media. This can be |
| The inbuilt music and media player is good and is | | | | upgraded to 8GB using a memory card. In terms of |
| tightly integrated with Vodafone’s Music Store | | | | connectivity features, the BlackBerry 9000 Bold has |
| service where you can download new tracks, albums | | | | GPS with BlackBerry maps pre-installed, it has Wi-fi, |
| and listen to 30 second previews of the latest songs. | | | | 3G, tri-band HSDPA and quad-band GSM. |
| The BlackBerry Storm can also sync with iTunes. | | | | |