Had no idea, like night and day,my curve bridged but not everything opened,and was sluggish,glad I upgraded,thought I loved my PB before,this is great.
Yeah, a lot of people do underestimate the Bold. I have the 9900 and a friend of mine has a 9800 (through work), he wanted to try out my Bold and was blown away by how much better it is than even the old Torch
I just upgraded from the Torch (9800) to the Bold (9900) and I too was surprised by the difference. My wife upgraded from her Curve (8900) and must have been blown away.
Too bad RIM has done a poor job selling the 9900. It really is a fantastic phone.
Since this is the PlayBook side of the house. Yes, I too have noticed how much better the 9900 functions with my PlayBook. It connects easier, and since the phone is H+, the added data speed makes streaming video much better too.