[2008blackrabbit]

Love this phone...however here are the small set backs in my opinion

Keyboard a tad small
Usb hook up changed
Headphone not as good quality as the 9000

Other then that this is a kick arse device

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[phonemaster123]

Sounds good I'm assuming your running this device in Att then. I would like to hear how it works in tmobiles uma system

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[nah.uhh]

What about the quality of the speakers? Is it on par with bold, or the crappier speakers from the storm/8900 or are they new?

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[scis30]

small set backs..ok?
what are the big "step fowards"

[Shao128]

What about the quality of the speakers? Is it on par with bold, or the crappier speakers from the storm/8900 or are they new?

Just my opinion but the speak quality isn't as good as the 9000.

Just some other thoughs of mine 9000 vs 9700

- small, I prefer the size of the 9000
- all white keys, and big numbers on the keys. I preferred the red keys from the (rogers) 9000.

Trackpad is fantastic, camera takes great pics, overall great device.

[kayceeee]

hows the double app memory work out? much smoother? thats what im looking for in the new bold the trackpad isnt so much as i've already tried it on the curve but the double ram is whats interests me

[fusioncal]

What about the quality of the speakers? Is it on par with bold, or the crappier speakers from the storm/8900 or are they new?

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From what I heard, Bold 9000 speaker quality is better than Bold 9700.

[2008blackrabbit]

Step forward

Nicer screen image
Trackpad is great
Sleek design to better fit for holing it in terms of size
Browser seems to render pages quicker on the rogers 3G
Very nice picture taking quality (has auto focus now)

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[djnick]

i hear conflicting. some reviews say the speaker is better than the 9000 and some say that its worse. I guess we will all find out soon enough

[sabelt]

hows does the bold touchpad feels compared to curve touchpad?

[jasonnet]

I know the 9700 has a charging port, but can you charge using the micro-usb port?

[Crucial_Xtreme]

hows does the bold touchpad feels compared to curve touchpad?

It feels like it's better quality. IMHO, it's better than the tp on the 85xx.

[greggebhardt]

small set backs..ok?
what are the big "step fowards"

The camera and trackpad are "priceless"

[greggebhardt]

I know the 9700 has a charging port, but can you charge using the micro-usb port?

You can charge the Blackberry three different ways.

AC charger plugged into the micro USB port

Powered USB connection plugged into the micro USB port

Charging pod (prefered for me)

[kelvinlin]

Hey guys, just picked up one today coming from using a 9000

Key things about the bold that I wanted improved,
better pocketability
more secure battery door
MORE MEMORY

The 9700 address all those concerns. The speaker quality is nowhere near as nice as it is on the bold, however, it is still very clear and loud. Another thing, I was running 5.0.0.314 on the 9000, which was very quick as far as Bold OS's went, but the 9700 flat out blows it out of the water. Whether it's memory, OS, processor, optimization, I don't know, but it flat out WORKS.

As far as i'm concerned, if the 9700 is an option, I wouldn't even consider the bold.

[rewd]

From what I heard, Bold 9000 speaker quality is better than Bold 9700.

I think the same thing of the 9000 vs the 9630. My coworker and I compared speakers from my 9000 to her Tour and although the Tour is definitely louder the quality of the sound from the speaker is much better on the original Bold.

Wonder if it's the same with the new 9700?

[Afeceo]

Can someone comment about battery life??

[Username00089]

Can someone comment about battery life??

On one of Kevin's blogs he commented that he hadn't had to charge the
phone for two days supposedly. But who knows how much usage he had.

I charge my phone every night no matter what.

[tedzone]

hows the double app memory work out? much smoother? thats what im looking for in the new bold the trackpad isnt so much as i've already tried it on the curve but the double ram is whats interests me

The ram is double that of the old bold and on par with the jav. But what I've noticed (I was alternating between bold and jav before I got my 9700 so I know what I'm saying) is NO MEMORY DRAIN. Anotherwords-- I've had 124.1 mb of free mem available since friday. My bold was a disaster for ram. My jav had ram but between batt pulls-- it dropped like 20mb from its peak.
I'm happy about this since the quickpull guys can't get their app to work with 5.0

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