RIM BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone

RIM BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone Reviews


2.5 of 5 (by 2 reviewers)
Rating Summary | 50% of reviewers recommend (1 out of 2)

Pros
  • it is a workhorse (1)
Cons
  • heavy and bulky (1)
  • rim push updates freeze the phone (1)
  • poor e mail capabilities (1)
  • slow operating system (1)

RIM BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone Reviews

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“If you have no choice, you can live with it”

I have been using this phone for the last 5 months, and have owned a BlackBerry in the past. My real purpose in using this phone is the e-mail function. I think the general issue with this phone is that e-mail platform is a little clunky and antiquated. As a BlackJack user as well, there is sharp contrast between the functionality and feature set of the two. The BlackBerry's e-mail platform makes it difficult to view e-mails, see object details and find specific files. Cutting and pasting (addresses and other text) is awkward, it is hard to edit text, and difficult to view or attach files. While... read full review »
Posted on May 10, 2008

“Try it our first, it's not all it's cracked up to be”

The blackbery was a challenge as it took me much to long to set up the phone. The wizard was no help. I continued to get locked out of the system as I went from one application to another. Finally, in desperation I had to use support for 3 days in a row before I got the phone/e-mails completely set up.

It's not as easy as it looks and the instruction booklet was not very helpful. My final source of frustration was the fact that I could only use my yahoo mail, which was not my preferred e-mail address to receive mesages on the phone. The T-Mobile will eventually be able to convet hotmail to the... read full review »
Posted on Jun 14, 2008

Reviews of RIM BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone

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