[Anoobis]

9900 is a beautiful piece of machinery. It stands out and has it's own individuality.

Essentially, feels like the old days 9000 but adds more glamour and functionality. And I still can't get use to the touch screen and i'm using the touch pad due to the old habit, lol. Another feature I can't get use to is the thinness - I have this creepy feeling that i will break it every time i'm pulling it out of the holster!
It is my first BB which is non-branded and clean.
There are two minor bugs which I believe will be removed in a future update: touch pad doesn't always moves the panels when on desktop/home; and email setup when clicked/tapped doesn't respond. Everything is working well though, emails, browser, etc.
The menu button is way too soft when clicked, compared to the other three but I think that is due to bad assembly. No visual problems though, everything looks perfect. And I'm not going to return it until it's working; it's still has a 2yrs of warranty left so no worries about it.

Overall: i'm happy and proud of my choice, it is a huge upgrade from 8520.
Way to go RIM!

[FreeMyBerry]

I have this creepy feeling that i will break it every time i'm pulling it out of the holster!

That's why I got rid of that pouch and got a nice hard plastic case for it.

This way you won't have to take it out everytime you get a call which might give it a scratch or so like one of the members here had.

[Ben1232]

That's why I got rid of that pouch and got a nice hard plastic case for it.

This way you won't have to take it out everytime you get a call which might give it a scratch or so like one of the members here had.

It seems that I am the opposite to the majority here regarding cases. I have the 9900 and won't be getting a case for it. Yes accidents do happen. I have tripped and scratched a 1 year old phone before. (Once in 25 years).

Surely having a fantastic looking phone with a case on it is like putting a bumper car rail all the way round a Ferrari or a cloak on Beyonce.

*If people do not care about the appearance of the new Bold it should have a case for protection.

**If some Bold owners are innately clumsy. Get a case.

[chasvs]

Pouch works just fine.

[CassidyXO]

I just got the phone and it is gorgeous! I cant stop touching it and cant wait to play with it. They didnt pack a SIM card in my box, so I have to go to the store tomorrow and pick one up tomorrow.

[graspDESIGN]

I just got the phone and it is gorgeous! I cant stop touching it and cant wait to play with it. They didnt pack a SIM card in my box, so I have to go to the store tomorrow and pick one up tomorrow.

So I guess you figured out your earlier dilemma??? Or did you end up paying full retail??? It is a nice phone though...WAAAAAY better than the X!

[o4liberty]

I use the holster provided with the device. I carry insurance so its not really a big deal.

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[iieeann]

Putting in the holster is ok for me, only thing i hate is no proper place to pull it out. Pulling at L/R side will trigger the volume key. Pulling at the speaker side is not easy because the back cover is angled.

I emphasize more on practicality of this phone. I must admit i bought the wrong phone, because the most important reason I bought BB is to use lotus notes email. I am stuck here because the BES of the company i work won't set this up for low rank employee like me (i thought there is way around it but sadly no); and Lotus Traveler is only available to WM6, Andriod, Apple & Nokia EXCEPT for BB @#$%^xx... The only choice i have is Wireless Mail which works almost perfectly, but it is not free.

The search function of BB is not good enough. If i type "AABB", it won't show result of "A ABB", "AA BB" or "AAB B" ; which an old WM6 phone can do that (in contact list only).

The keyboard is good, even my fat finger can use it.
I like physical key for call, option, back, escape. I just hate software keys.

Trackpad looks nice and neat, but no way comparable to dpad especially at accurate cursor to cursor move, playing games or scrolling a long list/pages. However still better than many other phones that do not even have one.
The tackpad is too close to T and Y keys, my thumb always rub on these 2 keys.

Screen is much better than 9810. I compared them side by side, 9900 looks crystal clear. I can read easily under sun light at 50% brightness.

Phone jack location is fine with me because my headphone has angled jack. However this may irritate users with straight jack.

BB supports flac natively, which is a big + to me. Not supporting APE but not a big problem, APE converted to flac is ok. Not sure what DAC is being used, but it sounds good with headphone.

Camera, well i use it quite often but i don't have high demand for that so non AF is still ok to me until i need to take close picture (rarely). For people who has demand on AF camera, this might be a big -

The USB/charging location is not quite convenient. It is still better than 9810 which is at lower side and make answering call during charging difficult (to hold at). I also prefer if it is higher a bit where i do not need to pull it out halfway from the holster.

Lock button is good, it won't be easily triggered like 9810.

Build quality is good. The phone is responsive. I just need to adjust myself to get use to the trackpad and some inconvenient function/interface of the phone. It looks like BB has less options to customize the phone, and App can't help very much on it.

This is my first BB phone

[Sanu]

9900 is a beautiful piece of machinery. It stands out and has it's own individuality.

Essentially, feels like the old days 9000 but adds more glamour and functionality. And I still can't get use to the touch screen and i'm using the touch pad due to the old habit, lol. Another feature I can't get use to is the thinness - I have this creepy feeling that i will break it every time i'm pulling it out of the holster!
It is my first BB which is non-branded and clean.
There are two minor bugs which I believe will be removed in a future update: touch pad doesn't always moves the panels when on desktop/home; and email setup when clicked/tapped doesn't respond. Everything is working well though, emails, browser, etc.
The menu button is way too soft when clicked, compared to the other three but I think that is due to bad assembly. No visual problems though, everything looks perfect. And I'm not going to return it until it's working; it's still has a 2yrs of warranty left so no worries about it.

Overall: i'm happy and proud of my choice, it is a huge upgrade from 8520.
Way to go RIM!

You mentioned the trackpad doesn't always move when moving the panels. Does this also happen when moving between icons? If so, I would suggest returning it because this happened to me and it got unbearable! It would take a lot of effort just to scroll through icons. New one is fine

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[Anoobis]

You mentioned the trackpad doesn't always move when moving the panels. Does this also happen when moving between icons? If so, I would suggest returning it because this happened to me and it got unbearable! It would take a lot of effort just to scroll through icons. New one is fine

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Actually, it moves through the icons perfectly. It's only when you're on the last icon on the panel and you want to move to the next panel - it always takes two scrolls(or more can't say exactly).