BlackBerry KickStart 8220 Review

**Kevin Michaluk** · 07-23-2008, 01:32 PM

Hey All,

Just like the BlackBerry 9000 Review, I figured I'd set up a thread here for discussion surrounding the BlackBerry KickStart review I posted in the blogs!

BlackBerry KickStart Review Series
- Part 1: BlackBerry KickStart 8220 Hands-On Hardware Review
- Part 2: BlackBerry KickStart 8220 Hands-On Video Tour

The obligatory hands-on first review shot!

**John Yester** · 07-23-2008, 01:38 PM

Great review!!!!!!! Rim does it again!

**money69** · 07-23-2008, 03:12 PM

When can we expect part 2?

**Kevin Michaluk** · 07-23-2008, 04:37 PM

Part II probably coming on Monday. Want to use it for a few more days before writing it up - see how the battery life is, if I can get the knack of SureType (have always been a full Qwerty guy), etc.

**enyahs_shayne09** · 07-23-2008, 04:40 PM

Why Dont They Just Name Suretype
Cq For Compact Qwerty???

**enyahs_shayne09** · 07-23-2008, 04:41 PM

But I Love The Kickstart!!!
CanT Wait To ROCK It!!

**benzworm** · 07-23-2008, 05:47 PM

i want it SOOO bad!!!

**money69** · 07-23-2008, 07:02 PM

One thing Ive never seen mentioned anywhere is the internal memory. Are you gonna cover all that in a later review?

**harps70** · 07-23-2008, 11:17 PM

Can you give some details on the dimensions re LxWxH and weight, in mm and grams if possible.

**jenaywins** · 07-23-2008, 11:21 PM

Hmmm... Don't really like the loks of this phone. Then again, I'm not a huge fan of flip phones,,,

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**fonebrkr** · 07-24-2008, 01:28 AM

Great review Kevin. Thanks

**levander** · 07-24-2008, 09:06 AM

This was going to be my dream phone. But, three heart breaking pieces of news:

1.) No WiFi for AT&T customers. My plan was to not pay the $30/month for the data plan and just use WiFi with Opera Mini and Tiggit...

2.) No 3G support. No, I wasn't going to pay for it. But in the next couple of years, online mobile access is going to become more and more valuable as more services become available. At which point, I would pay for it.

3.) Micro USB vs. Mini-USB?? I've already got like 7 mini-usb cables and chargers laying around for old RAZR's (and there has been talk that the Kickstart is being marketed directly to people who used to like the old RAZR's). There better be some huge technological advantage to micro-usb other than it's a little smaller than mini-usb...

Damn. Looks like I'm sticking with my old RAZR V3xx for another year or so... Damn.

Now that I think about it, no WiFi for AT&T is probably AT&T's effort to make as many people as possible have to pay the $30/month for the data plan. The whole intent of doing that is probably to ace the plans of users like myself who just wanted WiFi and no data plan.

**bmcclure937** · 07-24-2008, 09:09 AM

Totally awesome review...

I read through it and it has great information, not sure if I am a fan of the whole device yet

Just think of all the "entry level noobs" this will attract!! Run for cover!!

*I only kid*

**mr.saving** · 07-25-2008, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by bmcclure937

Totally awesome review...

I read through it and it has great information, not sure if I am a fan of the whole device yet

Just think of all the "entry level noobs" this will attract!! Run for cover!!

*I only kid*

Hahaha....

**Kevin Michaluk** · 07-30-2008, 12:27 AM

Video Walk through Posted:

BlackBerry 8220 KickStart Hands-On Video Tour | CrackBerry.com

**nfl46** · 07-30-2008, 12:14 PM

Thanks a lot. I'm not a fan of flip phones though...anymore. But it looks convincing for people are like flips though.

**bomba** · 07-31-2008, 04:39 PM

this is great news!!! it just looks like a sweet phone to me. on question though, do you know when rim is gonna announce the device or when it will be officially released?

**souljourney** · 08-09-2008, 10:43 PM

Any idea what color T-Mobile will get?

**vlalra** · 08-17-2008, 08:09 PM

2 question;

1st is this phone coming to att

2nd when will it be out

Thanks

**ftg888** · 08-31-2008, 11:32 AM

what put me off the pearls and curves was the laggy os
and slow interface. is the 8220 fast and zippy like the bold?
the bold has what a 624mhz cpu ? whats the speed of the
8220 ?

we would like to know.

a.

**bamafan2989** · 09-01-2008, 10:46 AM

Hey Kevin, any chance you can let us in on when the next review part is coming out?

**benzworm** · 09-01-2008, 02:36 PM

the one month review is coming up in the next week or so

**Redneckbutlerboy** · 09-02-2008, 03:26 PM

I didn't like this phone at first and was all worked up over the Bold. But the more I look at it I think this might be the phone for me since it won't be as much of a change from my v3xx and I'm used to non qwerty keyboard as I use 7130c from work for data at this time.

**Kevin Michaluk** · 09-02-2008, 03:46 PM

Yeah. starting to work on that review this afternoon. Hopefully have it done for tomorrow afternoon or else it will go up wednesday morning (takes me a bit of time to get it done right - slow writer!)