[ryant601]

so today's the day. i'm officially making the switch from the iPhone to the world of blackberry. I'm picking up a Bold 9700, anything i should know?

[SteveG79]

I recently made the switch from iPhone to BB 9700, not regretted it in the slightest. Whilst some aspects of the device can take a little getting used to, the overall user experience is great.

[mikeyg164]

congrats!!! and welcome to crackberry.

[asullivan9700]

i work for att and i pick up the 9700 getting rid on my jailbroken iphone and ever rep in my store has soon followed..... lol my store had the highest blackberry sales in my area lol i would have to say the only thing i miss from my iphone is the games but ill take no drop calls over games any day

[noaim]

congrats to you there!

[thearnley]

I'm all but ready to get a Bold 9700 and get rid of my iphone. However, the one question that I have to have answered before I visit my ATT store is about syncing with itunes. Am I able to sync all itunes music and movies with BB?

[ryant601]

you can use blackberry manager, either for mac or PC, does the same job.

[thearnley]

are there any issues with DRM protected music?

[andy4321]

are there any issues with DRM protected music?

it will work trust me

[pounder001]

I was not able to sync DRM protected music onto my 9700 that was in my itunes library

[gwbold9000]

You can only sync non-DRM music from iTunes to your BB. Syncing is also done via iTunes playlists so you also won't be able to sync songs one-by-one. Having said that, it syncs pretty good and easy to use.

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[9700bold]

My daughter has both. She says much easier to type on BB. I tried hers and typed my first ever sentence on a BB. A complex sentence. Nailed it the first time. Course I can type. But still impressed enough that I bought the 9700. She said too many errors with i-phone.

[9700bold]

The 9700 looks a lot nicer!

[sconnoll006]

Im actually considering the same move....ive had my iphone 3g since sept of 08 and im getting bored with it...

before the iphone i had the curve....things i miss about the curve

BATTERY LIFE
BBM
Multi tasking HUGE PLUS
Loudness of the overall phone including speaker phone
Multi sounds for text,calls and emails
light to tell me i have an email or text or voicemail
overall size of the curve or bold 9700 (no case needed on the 9700 i see with the leather back)

my list can go on but im a huge apple fan. my main focus at work is apple products (apple specialist)

web surfing is great on the iphone but im really getting impatient with no updates to the OS and the battery is horrible. Every where i go i have to be near a charger...its getting old..

dont know if i can wait it out till june to see what they come up with...

how has your experience changing from the iphone to 9700 bold ?

[vedwardsiii]

I come from four years on the iphone and now two months on the 9700. I can honestly say the bold is better. Pretty much a repeat of what everyone else says here. If your not convinced look at the themes available as well. Nothing like that for the iphone. I can't stop trying new ones. Put you weather and hidden today info on the home screen and its awesome. Also the calendar blows the iphones away. Once you go black you never go back.

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[gnegirl]

I was not able to sync DRM protected music onto my 9700 that was in my itunes library

Me either...altho anything not drm'd went down just fine.

[sconnoll006]

[QUOTE=vedwardsiii;4615986]I come from four years on the iphone and now two months on the 9700.

Wow 4 years...how did you do that when its only out 2 years

anyways...another feature that i miss is the ability to put the phone to sleep at certain times...i used to have it set to shut off at 1am and come back on at 8am during the week...which would help with the battery..

does the 9700 bold allow you to do this ?

[sirk25]

Yes, you can set an auto on/off time for weekends and a different one for weekdays. Go to options and then find "auto on/off"

[ksison]

had the iphone 3G. loved it

got the BB 9000, and now 9700. Loved the bb's much more.

[mustu]

I use both the BB9700 and the iPhone 3Gs - 32GB

If you can keep both then its the best as you will end up having the best two phones made till date...

[robarias]

I did the same thing a week ago.. the only thing I miss from the iPhone are the apps... basically facebook, which personally I think that in BB sucks. Other than that my 9700 is really cool. The battery life is just amazing.I am one week into BlackBerry, and I LOVE IT.

[jr369]

I was not able to sync DRM protected music onto my 9700 that was in my itunes library

burn cd's of those and re rip them to mp3 files with different software and re import it back into itunes and bye bye DRM. ive been doing this for years when i need to.

there is software to remove DRM but it sounds like a hassle

[jr369]

I did the same thing a week ago.. the only thing I miss from the iPhone are the apps... basically facebook, which personally I think that in BB sucks. Other than that my 9700 is really cool. The battery life is just amazing.I am one week into BlackBerry, and I LOVE IT.

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me too

i came off an iphone 2 weeks ago sold my 16GB 3GS for 420 on craigslist the same day i listed it and i miss my facebook app i tried the berry version and hated it i have been using the mobile site and i dont use it as much ever since but with my iphone i was on it all the time

[robarias]

burn cd's of those and re rip them to mp3 files with different software and re import it back into itunes and bye bye DRM. ive been doing this for years when i need to.

there is software to remove DRM but it sounds like a hassle

That is weird... I had no problem with my iTunes music... I use a Mac and all my music is from the iTunes store

[jr369]

That is weird... I had no problem with my iTunes music... I use a Mac and all my music is from the iTunes store

i've had problems with it also!!! like if i wanted to make an "MP3 cd" not a music cd and it was something from itunes i couldnt do it nor transfer the files to a USB drive cause my car stereo has the USB port i could not b/c of the DRM