BlackBerry redesign e-mails it in
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The BlackBerry 8800 causes a lot of discussions right now which means it is some kind of famous even before its release. 
However, some of them are good some not as good as they should be. But we have to keep our distance and take a critical look on them. Is the 8800 the new revolutionary BlackBerry? Will it attract more people to own their own BlackBerry? Will it be the device that convinces the CIO’s of more companies to give their colleagues this new “E-Mail and more” device? We will see.
I read some of the more critical articles and so I have just found the following quote in some of them:
But it’s not so easy to wow the masses with every product launch, and the latest BlackBerry reveals a little design fatigue at Research in Motion Ltd.
Well that’s correct. But it’s a BlackBerry guys! Let’s take a look further:
Where the launch of the 8700 in late 2005 brought a brand new look to the BlackBerry, the 8800 is basically a puffed-up version of the black Pearl (RIM recently introduced a white Pearl). It’s got the same shiny black front and back, the same silver sides and nearly identical detailing in the look and placement of buttons and orifices.
On a less superficial level, it’s simply odd that this device is only equipped for Cingular’s EDGE data network, which isn’t much better than a dial-up connection, rather than the advanced UMTS technology the company is rolling out for speedier Web browsing and downloading music and video.
Puh, that doesn’t sound good. A “puffed-up Pearl”? That’s not what I expected to read but well … they are some kind of right. The 8800 will be no more than a Pearl without a camera and a QWERTY keyboard. But hey! It will bring GPS to the market in every device. That is exactly one feature I - and many others - were requesting for a long time.
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BlackBerry redesign e-mails it in
BlackBerry redesign e-mails it in
