Blackberry Bold 3… living with it

I’ve been using this Bold since Wednesday, and after the trouble I had getting it set-up I was starting with an emotional deficit, despite its drop-dead good looks.  However, having got beyond those teething problems thanks to a helpful lady at Vodafone, I’m able to just use it now.

The email pops effortlessly into my mailbox despite the fact I haven’t signed up for a separate Blackberry package, and that was a pleasant surprise.  I have been amazed how much of the functionality of it I have been using.  Wandering around Exeter cathedral this weekend, we could wiki its history, ditto for Lyme Regis and the Cobb.  The internet  response is not lightning fast but is genuinely useful and usable.  Having worked out how to use the voice dialling system (you have to use the full name of the person as typed and add the type of connection you wish to use, such as ‘mobile’) it works very well.

This weekend away I used the camera for some pretty good photos, the mobile net, email on the move, posted a blog from it, and wrote a word document (you have to save a blank document to the phone from your computer to be able to edit it as it won’t allow you to create new documents unless you buy the full version of the free software).

It sits nicely in my hand, is easy to hear both on the call and when it rings, has a really great speaker phone and the media player for both sound and vision is very good.

I’m half way through my trial period and really loving it.

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