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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Phone (AT&T)

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Product Details

What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery-operated, travel charger, USB cable, wired 3.5mm stereo headset, swivel holster, swift start guide, User Tools CD
Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; microSD thought expansion to 32 GB; access to personal and corporate email
AT&T Visual Voicemail and AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot admission included; compatible with optional AT&T Navigator GPS and AT&T Mobile Music

Product Description

Potent and refined, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone for AT&T includes built-in shore up for both AT&T's fast 3G network as well as access to the nation's largest Wi-Fi network with more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots--including roughly 7,000 Starbucks locations. The Bold 9700 offers constant data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you link quickly to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. And, of assuredly, you'll enjoy all the communication and connectivity features you've come to expect from a BlackBerry phone--including email served up by the BlackBerry Internet Marines and a full menu of messaging options (SMS, MMS, and IM).

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 runs on AT&T's wildly 3G network, and it offers free Wi-Fi access to more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots.

Other features list access to BlackBerry App World, a 3.2-megapixel auto-well- camera with video capture capabilities, and Bluetooth connectivity for stereo music streaming and PC tethering.

This phone can apace download video, music and more over AT&T's lightning sudden HSPDA 3G network. Additionally, it offers support for HSDPA loaded-speed networks (2100 MHz) around the world--enabling you to make use of voice and data access in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. This GPS-enabled phone can right of entry the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions. It also comes pre-stuffed with AT&T Visual Voicemail at no extra cost.

Offering top-of-the-be on the take performance and functionality, the Bold 9700 features a sophisticated, cheerful-gloss black finish, chrome highlights and leatherette finance. It also includes a distinctive, highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for lecherous and accurate typing, and an innovative touch-sensitive optical trackpad, which makes for a excess navigation experience. And you get easy access to BlackBerry App World, the ritualistic app store for BlackBerry smartphones, enabling you to browse and download fun and operating mobile applications to their phone.

A hot-swappable microSD/SDHC celebration card slot provides additional storage for multimedia files and archiving applications, with a 2 GB respect card included and support for optional 32 GB cards. Other features subsume a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity for hands-unimpeded devices and stereo music streaming.

Staying Connected

With BlackBerry's go email technology, your email will find you without having to inaugurate a connection. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously to the point to the wireless network, notifying you as new email arrives. In addition to the quotation, you can also receive and view attachments in a wide range of simplified file formats, including Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect, and Adobe PDF.

Through the web with the integrated, full-featured browser, which without delay and efficiently displays HTML pages as well as enables you to set up RSS feeds to remain connected to up-to-the-minute news and blog posts. And keep up with your contacts using a class of instant message (IM) networks, including the integrated Blackberry Messenger-boy as well as downloadable clients for Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger-girl, and Lotus Sametime.

For corporate users, this BlackBerry fancy delivers all the enterprise email and messaging capabilities you've come to envisage. It's supported on the BlackBerry Internet Service, giving you access to up to 8 calling or personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts), as pleasing as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, enabling advanced security and IT supplying within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments.

Key Features

Firmly 3G connectivity via AT&T's HSDPA/UMTS network as well as compatibility with curious 3G networks while roaming (850/1900/2100 MHz bands; 3.6/7.2 Mbps speeds with network availability).
Quad-pack GSM phone for good global voice connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
GPS helmsmanship capabilities via AT&T Navigator service includes audible turn-by-manner directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options.
BlackBerry OS 5.0
Undergo for BlackBerry App World featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-fete mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories categorize travel, productivity, entertainment, games, social networking and sharing, dirt and weather, and more.
2.44-inch display with 480 x 360-pixel decision and 65K color depth.
35-key backlit QWERTY keyboard
3.2-megapixel camera with sedan-focus, image stabilization, 2x digital zoom, flash, and geotagging capabilities.
Video capture capabilities with up to 480 x 352-pixel devotion for sharing (176 x 144 pixels for sending via MMS)
Multi-style digital audio and video player with compatibility for MP3, WMA 9 Pro/WMA 10, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, and more.
BlackBerry Media Sync is built rectitude into your BlackBerry Desktop Software and lets you sync your desktop iTunes or Windows Media Actor music files with your BlackBerry smartphone. If you're a Mac operator, just choose the "media" option and you're ready to sync your iTunes music collecting from your BlackBerry smartphone onto your Mac.
Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity with stereo music streaming (A2DP) capabilities as superbly as hands-free headsets and car kits. Additionally, the Bold 9700 can in the same way be used as a 3G modem for a laptop computer (i.e., tethering) with an new data plan.
Memory expansion via microSD card hollow with support for optional cards up to 32 GB. A 2 GB card is included with the phone, and it equally has an internal 256 MB memory.
Full messaging capabilities including SMS paragraph, MMS picture/video and IM instant messaging (via popular services including AOL, Yahoo!, and Windows Dwell Messenger)
BlackBerry Browser for accessing full HTML Web sites.
Organizer tools including chronology, task list, memo pad, and calculator
Airplane mode allows you to lend an ear to to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
Integrated hands-relaxed, full duplex speakerphone
Voice-activated dialing capabilities

Fundamental Statistics
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 weighs 4.3 ounces and planning 4.29 x 2.36 x 0.56 inches. Its 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery-operated is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 456 hours (19 life) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as jet as AT&T's dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz; HSDPA/UMTS). This phone is equally compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks (HSDPA) in foreign territories.

What's in the Box
BlackBerry Stout 9700 handset, rechargeable battery, travel charger, USB radio, wired 3.5mm stereo headset, swivel holster, vivacious start guide, User Tools CD

AT&T Services

High-career data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network: The dual-platoon 850/1900 MHz 3G network provides up to 3.6/7.2 Mbps of download briskness, making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the usefulness of offering simultaneous voice and data services.

Additionally, this phone is in the same way compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks found in international territories. (For use shell the United States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.) When traveling facing the U.S., you can enjoy wireless voice coverage in more than 215 countries and wireless observations coverage in more than 185 countries--as well as right of entry ultra-fast 3G mobile broadband services in more than 100 countries.

In areas where the 3G network is not present, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and eat some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing typical data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast satisfactorily to support a wide range of advanced data services, including whole picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet permission, and email on the go.

The full-featured, premium AT&T Navigator GPS navigation devotion includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-experience traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (further charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to for your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including unstationary access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS military talents that provides integrated speech recognition for address access and points of interest search.

AT&T Visual Voicemail provides an easier way to inhibition voicemail. No more dialing into complicated voicemail menus. Visual Voicemail delivers messages just to your handset, so you can review your voicemail messages anytime, where, and in any order you choose. Getting to important messages is simpler than all the time:

Listen to important messages, in any order you choose
View renown or number of caller who left message
Add contacts to your lecture book
Delete messages
Call back
Reply via printed matter message, email
Forward voicemail audio via email or MMS
Salvage voicemail audio to device memory or memory card (fund up to 40 messages in the inbox)

AT&T Mobile Music enables you to buy tracks while on the go, right of entry the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, a glimpse of what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and think out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal.

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Complicated Specifications

Video format support: DivX 4, DivX 5/6 entirely supported, XviD partially supported, H.263, H.264, WMV3, MPEG4, Sorenson Inspirit & On2 VP6(Flash support)
Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro / WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Educated AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
Email support: BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Rite (POP3/IMAP4)
IM client: Yahoo, MSN Live, AIM,
USB connectivity: USB port allows charging and observations synchronization of the device with a USB "A" to micro-USB "B" cable
Bluetooth tolerate: Mono/Stereo Headset, Hands-free, Serial Mooring Profile, Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), Dial-up Networking (DUN) and Bluetooth SIM Right of entry Profile (version 2.1)

Customer Reviews

From a ex- "crackberry" addict and current iPhone user...
I be obliged preface this review by stating that I am a recovering "crackberry" hophead. I have owned several RIM devices through the years, most recently the 8820. I made the pounce to the iPhone last Summer and haven't looked back... until now.

I got my hands on the Striking 9700 this past week and am considering the switch from the iPhone subvene to the Blackberry. Below I will list my favorite aspects of the phone:

Prime battery life - unlike the iPhone this device can go a variety of days without needing charging (I have to plug my iPhone in each night and sometimes have to find time during a busy day to assess the device).
Gorgeous display - the display is vibrant, rich and faithful for viewing photos, videos etc.
The new tracking device - I was a little faltering with this change as I enjoyed the trackball that accompanied the 8820 - but I ought to state the new technology is an improvement, even if it did take an hour or so to get acclimated to.
Camera - the 3.2 MP camera took surprisingly respectable pictures and is a major upgrade over previous camera enabled Blackberry releases.
Apps - much like the iPhone, Blackberry has caught on to the deprivation for apps and customizing and the included capabilities of youtube, XM radio (payment needed), facebook etc. make this device competitive with Apples production offerings.
Key pad - Nothing beats a full keypad, and though this one "feels" smaller than the 8820 keypad, the keys are on a slope and are easier to find and thus more user friendly IMO.

In finale I would state that I am leaning toward switching backside to Blackberry just for the instantaneous e-mail that it offers. The iPhone has been fun, but I almost never play games or anything of that sort on it anymore and the Blackberry is a more obligation friendly device and I miss having a full keyboard (not to impart I miss not having to clean my screen every other day because of having to equal it so often (see the iPhone and other touch-screen devices).

2010-01-31 (Alabama) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

Not a crackberry fiend
OK, so I am not a CrackBerry zealot and this is my first BlackBerry with the exception of the one issued by effort years ago that I think is a generation zero and my company has so locked fluff I can't even chat on it. My last phone was the Iphone. My AT&T account was worthy for an upgrade and they still do not offer Android phones and I was not acquiescent to switch to a CDMA phone which eliminates Verizon and I desideratum better coverage than what T-Mobile offers because I go a lot. It was coming down to a BlackBerry which, I already knew is not the first smartphone for internet and the Iphone which of course is not the best phone for "staying in excite".
What totally pushed me over the edge and why I went with this phone was blunt and simple, I can cache the stations from Slacker Radio on the BlackBerry and Iphone does not let you. Now while this may not appearance of like a big deal to some people, I have to ride on the NY tube "A" line from the first stop in Queens all the way to Canal Avenue in Manhattan. A large majority of that trip is underground with no apartment service. Being able to cache the Slacker stations means that I do not fool to spend any more money downloading from Itunes or everywhere else just to have the music get old after a month.
Now retaliation to the actual product. I have to admit that I am very pleasantly surprised with how much I in point of fact like this BlackBerry. The BlackBerry interface is very cosy to use and program. The text messaging is much better with a actual keyboard and BlackBerry has its own BlackBerry Messenger Service that allows you to talk/text with other BlackBerry users anywhere in the mankind for free and does not count towards your service providers workbook allowance.
As expected the internet part of the BlackBerry is worse, not splendid, but definitely not as good as the Iphone.
I gave this product 5 stars balanced though I feel the internet experience was subpar because entire I am extremely pleased with every other aspect of this phone and it in point of fact exceeded my expectations. I figured if I hated it I still had my Iphone and I would lawful go back to it but, instead I have sold my Iphone and plan on keeping this for the 18 months when I command be eligible for the next upgrade and see what's out there then. I do not see my self fashionable "addicted" to BlackBerry unless they really finally overhaul the web browser and still want to see what AT&T will be coming out with that transfer be running the Android system. But for now only BlackBerry, not droid or Iphone, allows you to cache the Idler stations so that will keep me here for awhile.
I am equally impressed with the BlackBerry earphones that come with the 9700, they are for all and I mean definitely much better than the ones that get with the Iphone. I can wear these all day and my ears do not hurt. The bass is euphonious good once you turn on the bass boost in the phone and it comes with 3 opposite size ear gels for a custom fit.
I would also like to get into the mobile life. I leave 3 different chats open at all times (Google, Lively and AIM) plus I play the Slacker radio a lot and get over a days quality of juice out of the battery. To put it simple I use a lot more juice than others do and the freestyle life is, in my opinion, better than the Iphone. With the Iphone I would get far a day and you have to take into account that I could not use Skiver Radio, and with the BlackBerry a day and a half, again that is with cheerless use. I would imagine that most people would get through 2 days out of the BlackBerry battery.
BTW: If you buy this phone you have to go to crackberry dot com and probe out all the free downloads they have over there for BlackBerrys.
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2010-01-29 | Love Electronics (New York) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

Yet Unorthodox Amazing Phone from RIM
I oblige owned the Blackberry T7105, 8320 Curve (T-Mobile), another 8320 Curve (AT&T), and now the Plucky 9700. This is the best Blackberry I have ever owned, and it's not even-handed close.

The 3G Speed is lightning quick when surfing the web or downloading an email partiality. It is actually faster than if I have WiFi enabled including my wireless router. The screen and graphics are razor sharp. The processor make tracks, which is the main reason I upgraded after owning my definitive 8320 for only 7 months, is just phenomenal! I haven't seen an hour crystal yet. My favorite thing is that the Bold 9700 is the same measure as my old 8320.

The interface is very similar to the older 4.X OS that's on the Curve, lately much nicer, faster, and equally intuitive. The camera takes top-hole pictures (2048x1536), and saves them in about 1 advance vs. the 4-5 second lag on an 8320. I love that this phone comes with a 2GB recall card included. It also comes with a really small leather case.

Call quality and reception so far have been A-one. I honestly can't find a downside to this phone.

If you are badly in poverty of an upgrade, this phone is definitely worth upgrading to. Not so persuaded jumping from a Bold to a Bold 9700 makes much quick-wittedness, but if you go from a Curve or Pearl to this phone it will be a great improvement.

2010-01-26 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

Good divice; keys to small
This is a unequivocally nice gadget, it has been improved in many aspects, all of them mentioned in other coments, the barely two negative aspects I found are:

- Keys are toooo small! Its a soreness to write something. Old models have better keyboards.
- Requirements improvements in the Browser.

If you don't have problems with this too items I advisable the phone.

Kind Regards,

Sergio.

2010-01-25 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

Few improvements but not ample.
I set up been using this phone for about a week now. And while this crest beats previous bold 9000 in many aspects there is serene much to be improved. So let me first say things that I do like in all directions the phone. Of course the greatest improvement was the addition of the trackpad, at before all it was kind of unusual to navigate with it but I got accustomed to it very quick. Second thing is the screen resolution, it was improved from the old confident by 480x360 vs 480x320 pixels. The screen is extraordinarily crisp and bright and sunlight legibility is very decent. The camera likewise experienced an improvement and while I was taking pictures outside on a lambent day and later comparing them to the previous bold, there is a quite noticeable change, pictures look somewhat close to my missus's 10 megapixel canon camera. I was also surprised by the improved standing of the videos this device shoots. Much better and smaller quantity pixelated than the original bold! Now for the things that I don't like or wished to be improved. In spite of of the fact that everyone raves about "amazing" mobile life on this device, I must say I am disappointed. At best, the mobile lasts me a day and a half but not two day as many reviewers say. Perhaps I do extensive web browsing and conversation via instant messaging. I usually like to read various blogs and tidings on opera mini 5 browser and I noticed that this utilization along with IM+ drains battery like crazy! Of passage at least now I don't have to carry a spare battery with me like it was with the preceding bold since I am sure this one will last me for the broad day. But most often I still have to charge it every continuously. Which is kind of a disappointment and not what I expected after reading a number of reviews. Now about the browser: It sucks.... It simply sucks so much that any other smartphone's browser order put it to shame. But another annoying problem now that I noticed is that I can't get to movable version of citibank online at all! No matter how I would reconfigure the browser... So it means no banking online for me as I Euphemistic pre-owned to do on my previous bold. Very annoying... The browser is lull slow as hell and only the fact that I have opera on this phone doesn't hyperbolize it a deal breaker. I must say though that I am running a latest .405 variation of the software and perhaps the issue with banking online dialect mayhap be fixed in later versions. Which I again, doubt uncommonly much. Now another disappointment is the absence of many supported languages. For norm there is no Russian support whatsoever. But than again, it may be released in the later versions. I faith so. And now last but not least is the speaker quality. In the first day of use I noticed that the orator has been downgraded. Instead of the three speakers which premature bold had, this device has only one and when you bring the abundance all the way up you can hear a rattling noise. Not a very nice experience... Total I like the device especially it's size, I was skeptical about it as I liked the striking 9000 big screen. But this one seems to be slim and looks more eye tempting. also I like the battery cover design, you can not accidentally extend it and whole device seems sturdy and has a look of a professional stooge. Hopefully with next updates there will be undergo for more languages. But as of now I am giving it only 3 stars.

2010-01-20 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 3

LG Neon GT365 Prepaid GoPhone (AT&T) with $50 Airtime Credit

List Price: ~~$99.99~~
Price: $79.99
You Save: $20.00 (20%)

Product Details

Up to 3 hours of talk age, up to 244 hours (10+ days) of standby time
Affordable smartphone in sad/gray with 2.4-inch touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard--includes $50 airtime have faith with AT&T's GoPhone service
What's in the Box: handset, mobile, charger, quick reference guide

Product Description

A astute messaging phone boasting a full keyboard for text messaging underground its vibrant colors, the stylish blue-and-gray LG Neon helps you check connected whenever and wherever you roam with its bright touchscreen-enabled LCD mask (for dialing only) and slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. You'll be masterful to keep up with friends and family while on the go using printed matter messaging, mobile e-mail, and instant messaging via popular services including AOL, Yahoo! and Windows Conclude (messaging charges apply).

The LG Neon with a 2.4-inch touchscreen with vibrating feedback...

With AT&T's GoPhone pay-as-you-go post, you pay for just the minutes you use without having to sign up for an annual promise--this phone even comes with $50 of airtime included (see more particulars below). You can easily refill your minutes via prepaid cards or the Internet, or on to prepay each month and roll over unused minutes.

Other features list a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD celebration expansion to 4 GB, digital audio player and support for AT&T Mobile Music work (additional charges applicable), EDGE cellular data connectivity, organizer tools, and up to 3 hours of talk continually.

AT&T GoPhone Service
AT&T's pay-as-you-go GoPhone plans are wireless plans made carefree. Simply pay in advance for what you need. No long-term contracts, ascription checks, or surprise bills--just all the benefits of wireless, with no complications. In totalling, AT&T's Rollover Balance feature lets you carry over your brand new account balance when you purchase refill minutes to come your balance expires. Other great features register no long distance or roaming fees across AT&T's national armed forces area, the ability to track usage via text messages with an updated residue after each call, and the ability to refill your minutes 24-hours a day, 7-life a week. You can also cancel any time without penalty.

With the Pay As You Go opportunity, you'll choose the rate plan that fits your requirements and then start dialing. Your balance is lowered respectively time you make or receive a call or use services such as part messaging. You can then refill the minutes in your account via the Internet, using your phone (by trade 611 from your cell), or purchasing a pre-paid be direct in denominations up to $100.

With the Pick Your Plan option, you'll set up monthly, robot payments with your credit/debit card or scrutiny account. If you need to make more calls or you use up your ponder during the month, just add minutes to your account at any in unison a all the same--you'll pay the same per-minute rate as your plan. You can buy more minutes in increments of $15 and $25 using your attribute/debit card or checking account.

AT&T has also introduced a new $3 Unbounded calling plan, which charges you $3 per day for unlimited chance calls to anyone nationwide with no per-minute charges. The $3 per day fee is however charged on days when you make or receive a voice muster, and the service does not require a deposit or long-term devotion.

...and a smooth, slide-out full QWERTY keyboard for easy section messaging and writing longer e-mails.

$50 GoPhone Airtime Trust
The $50 airtime credit available only to GoPhone Pay As You Go customers activating or upgrading using the appliance contained with the airtime credit package. GoPhone Pick Your Sketch is not eligible for any credits. Postpaid customers using this contraption as an upgrade may be eligible for a credit of 150 minutes. Airtime or minutes accept are provided only in connection with this new device hold and will not be applied to an account using any other device. Airtime purposefulness be credited automatically after activation of the included device. Airtime depend on will expire 90 days from the date it is workable to the account.

For new GoPhone customers, once the device and SIM are activated SIM cannot be acclimatized with any other device for a set period of time. Existing customers replacing their handsets obligated to have been active customers for at least 4 months on the archaic of upgrade to receive the airtime or minutes credit and are only equipped to receive one credit every 6 months. Existing postpaid customers be compelled also be on a Rollover plan. Existing customers must use their existing SIM with the new phone not the new SIM. For GoPhone ritual details and rate plan terms and conditions, see applicable folder and User Guide or go to terms and conditions.

Phone Features
The LG Neon has a 2.4-inch LCD with a 240 x 400-pixel vow and support for 262K colors, and it also has an accelerometer for auto-rotation of the mask when you turn it from portrait to landscape view. Lower the screen you'll find a colorfully organized four-button seaman that's complemented by send/end keys and two soft navigation keys. When you hold close the dialer button at the bottom left corner of the phone's pilotage area, you'll be able to quickly dial numbers using the touchscreen dialer. All other functions are accessed via the medical man navigation keys.

The Home screen menu from LG's Gleam user interface (UI) provides quick access to your chronology, alarm clock and digital audio player, and it provides an second-sighted tab-based layout for accessing phone, multimedia and other tools. The phone likewise offers a three-row full QWERTY keyboard that smoothly slides out from the formerly larboard side of the phone (when viewed in tall portrait fad).

The phone comes with a small 14 MB internal honour, which is expandable via optional microSD memory cards (up to 4 GB in bigness). The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contacts, with respectively entry providing space for up to four phone numbers, one e-post address, and a picture ID. The phone also includes nine skedaddle dial options (eight entries plus one voice-correspondence) and support for caller groups as well as designating a specific ringtone to a ring up.

Hands-free communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone equally provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for verbalization headset, hands-free car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth side-view, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headset. You can also wirelessly send contacts, calendar events, notes and pictures. This phone can prevent up to 20 Bluetooth pairings.

The digital audio player is in accord with MP3, AAC/AAC+, and WMA files, and it allows you to create and manage playlists at once on the phone. Other features include a customizable equalizer and visualization, the cleverness to multitask in other phone applications while still playing music, and undemanding transfer of files from your PC via USB (optional cable close by separately). The phone also includes a flight mode, which allows you to extend playing music while turning off the cellular radio.

Capture photos and videos on the go with the 2-megapixel camera/camcorder.

The 2-megapixel camera offers four detailing modes (1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 pixels) and it has up to a 4x digital zoom (depending on obstinacy selection). It also features white balance and brightness wheel, multishot capabilities, night mode for enhanced imagery in low-set alight conditions, multiple quality options, and your choice of shutter tones (including not sounded). Additionally, this phone can capture video clips with audio in either 320 x 240 or 176 x 144-pixel resolutions with up to a 2x digital zoom. You can memorial clips up to 32 seconds for sending via MMS messaging or up to 60 minutes for saving to your PC.

Other features embrace:

SMS text and MMS picture/video messaging
Threaded messaging displays messages in opportunity-order from a contact
Mobile e-mail--Yahoo!, AOL, AIM, Windows Survive, AT&T Yahoo!, & BellSouth Accounts
Instant Messaging--AIM, Windows Combustible, Yahoo! Messenger
Organizer tools: alarm clock, annals, notepad, calculator, tip calculator, world clock, tasks, stopwatch, and component converter
USB mass storage capabilities and charging via computer (wire sold separately)
8 unique ringtones, plus vibrate and secretive modes
Speed dial (8 entries plus 1 agent-mail default)
Support for real-music ringtones
Spokesperson memo recording for both reminders and sending via MMS
Java 2.0 vouch for for application and game downloads
8 unique ringtones with fluctuate and silent modes; compatible with MP3 real-music ringtones
Participation memo recording (MMS and general modes)
Bluetooth version 2.0 with the latter profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote be in control of), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing returns for text, e-mail), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (against push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)

Paramount Statistics
The LG Neon weighs 3.81 ounces and measures 4 x 2 x 0.66 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery-operated is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 244 hours (10+ generation) of standby time. It runs on the 850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews

LOOKS Skilled
THIS PHONE LOOKS Tangibles, BUT IT HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN. IT WILL TURN ITSELF OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF LISTENING TO MUSIC. Equally, SOMETIMES TAKE A LONG TIME TO TURN ON. NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

2010-02-04 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

appealing good
My daughter has acclimatized this phone for about 3 months and loves it. She said the but downside is that it can be "slow" or "choppy" on occasion when typing or receiving a verse, but not enough to really bother her. (I should note that she sends and receives hundreds of texts every day!) So, for the premium and included air time, it was a good deal!

2010-02-02 (Lancaster, PA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

Loved it
Plainly, I have to admit that i was very skeptical before recieving this phone. Numerous people had said this phone was aweful. After a month (quit or take) of use, i have found this phone to be WNODERFUL. I accept no problems with the battery, and i love the keyboard. The color ( i get a blue one) is absolutly gorgeous!! Amazon was very quick on shipping, and i bear no complaints. i have had no problems at all with this phone, and would recomend it to human being.

2010-01-25 | pRiNcEsS | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

Awful phone for pay as you go
replaced a bar specimen pay as you go phone and wanted better text capability. this phone is crucial for the price and for a pay as you go option. New is $149 or free with a 2 yr contract which I did NOT require. I want to change phones more often and this worked fact out of the box. charged it up, put in my old SIM card, and it uploaded my credit to my existing account. could not be undergoing been easier.

2010-01-23 | popcrazy (Winfield, IL United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

Turns off
When I in the beginning received this phone I absolutely loved it. But after all together (maybe a month or so) it started randomly turning off. Now it happens all the even so. Only happens ocassionally when on a call, usually when typing a part or in menus. Sometimes it takes several times to complete a subject-matter and get it sent, and it doesn't remember it in drafts or sent (if it turns off while sending the paragraph), so you have to start all over. Very frustrating. I would not subscribe to this to anyone. I am counting down the days until I can upgrade and usual to do more homework than I did with this phone.

2010-01-18 (Magna, UT USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

BlackBerry Bold 9000 Phone, Black (AT&T)

List Price: ~~$499.99~~
Price: $0.01
You Save: $499.98 (100%)

Product Details

2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; MicroSD burgeoning (to 32 GB); newly designed QWERTY keyboard
Of one mind with AT&T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video help
What's in the Box: handset, freestyle, charger, USB cable, 3.5mm stereo headset, holster, quick start handle and user manual, CD with Blackberry Desktop software

Product Description

Expected to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and discharge, the BlackBerry Bold is the fastest, most powerful Blackberry yet, with supporter for tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the people as well as integrated GPS and Wi-Fi networking (802.11a/b/g). It features a lustrous lowering exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leather-like backplate, a polished user interface, and a newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard.

Crafted from bonus materials, inside and out, the BlackBerry Bold is designed to give affair professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance in an telepathic design. View a demo of the Bold (opens in new window).

Conceal yourself on track for your next meeting with trick-by-turn directions via the AT&T Navigator service, which is powered by TeleNav and provides vocal or text-based turn-by-turn directions with knee-jerk missed turn rerouting and a local business finder aid in 20 countries. It also supports AT&T mobile music services and admission to thousands of video clips via Cellular Video. Other features involve a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free pronunciation, 1 GB of internal memory with MicroSD expansion (up to 32 GB), multi-looks audio/video playback, and up to 4.5 hours of talk constantly.

The Blackberry Bold also comes with free entry to AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots, available at more than 17,000 locations nationwide including Starbucks. The outwit part is that you don't need to sign up for anything new to use this amenities--Wi-Fi access for is included in all Blackberry Personal and Enterprise Rate Plans. (You necessity subscribe to a Blackberry Data Rate Plan to access AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots.) Furthermore, the Blackberry Bold is the first RIM device that supports AT&T Cellular Video (CV).

AT&T Armed forces
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G unfixed broadband data network, which is available in most greater metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS 850/1900 MHz network, and this phone is equally compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks (found in international territories). The AT&T 3G network provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it reachable to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the sway of offering simultaneous voice and data services. (For use outside the Pooled States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.)

In areas where the 3G network is not at one's fingertips, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and downstairs some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing middling data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast reasonably to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, in toto completely picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet right of entry, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to bury the hatchet e construct calls in more than 190 countries and access figures applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers supranational data roaming.

You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and amenities, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible shot-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D inspirational maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers various other features to make your commute more enjoyable and believable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the no more than mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated idiolect recognition for address entry and points of interest search.

The tri-bind 3G Blackberry Bold also offers integrated Wi-Fi networking and GPS for extinguish b disillusion-by-turn directions as well as a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder.

With 3G connectivity, you'll be proficient to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features please from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and upper-class premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Unfixed Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic underwriting music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID ado-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music scandal portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T's Internet, video, and music services.)

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and transportable web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, present news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

Phone Features
The graceful BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a lustrous black outer, satin chrome-finished frame and stylish, leatherette backplate with a newly expected full QWERTY keyboard for exceptionally fast and easy typing and stupendous half-VGA (480 x 320 at 217 ppi) color display that's fused to the undersurface of the lens, making images get it out with stunning definition and clarity. It also includes a trackball helmsmanship system located on the top of the QWERTY keypad. The BlackBerry Bold equally boasts a new acoustic design for enhanced phone listening characteristic and clarity and numerous premium phone features, including Rabble-rouser Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD).

The BlackBerry Enterprising smartphone's support for tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and its subsequent-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short toil of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages. The BlackBerry Brazen also includes 128 MB Flash memory plus 1 GB on-feed storage memory, as well as a microSD/SDHC memory be unsecretive slot that is conveniently accessible from a side front entrance.

The Blackberry Bold delivers the legendary BlackBerry email participation. With BlackBerry service plans from AT&T, you can receive emails instantly from up to 10 email accounts (personal and enterprise). With BlackBerry light out technology, you don't need to retrieve your email. BlackBerry devices are meant to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, allowing you to be unobtrusively notified as new email arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing email attachments (Brief conversation, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats).

If your company has a BlackBerry Daring Server installed, you can also take advantage of the power of wireless chronology synchronization. Your calendar events are exchanged wirelessly and on impulse so that your desktop calendar and BlackBerry handheld docket are synchronized. All your Outlook meeting requests, changes, and updates are straight away synchronized instantaneously with your desktop. Make engagement requests, invite new attendees and more, all on your Blackberry Immodest. Users without BlackBerry Enterprise Server support can manually sync with their desktop calendars and contacts via Bluetooth or USB using the included BlackBerry Desktop Software.

You'll use to advantage enhanced Internet browsing on the Blackberry Bold. The trackball mimics a mouse, making it relaxed to navigate sites in Page View or Column View or to zoom in on indicated parts of a web page, while various emulation settings let you to choose between the full desktop-style HTML text and layout or the mobile version. Attachments can also now be downloaded from within the browser and there is buttress for watching streaming videos (RTSP, real-time streaming form).

The included BlackBerry Desktop Manager software comes with Roxio Media Straw boss for BlackBerry, which includes new features that make it easier to start multimedia content as well as manage music, videos and recorded Spokesman Notes between a computer and the smartphone. It also optimizes video files for mild full-screen playback on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone's heavy display with support for full-screen and widescreen formats.

Roxio Photosuite 9 LE is likewise included, allowing you to easily enhance pictures and create photo albums on your notebook. In addition, the new BlackBerry Media Sync application allows you to sync your iTunes digital tuneful collections . The BlackBerry Bold also boasts a new acoustic manipulation for enhanced phone listening quality and clarity and numerous prize phone features, including Speaker Independent Voice Acceptance (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD).

Other features group:

Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which enables innovative security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Stock market and Novel GroupWise environments, as well as BlackBerry Professional Software for limited businesses
2-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, 5x zoom, geo-tagging capabilities, bloodless balance settings, and choice of three picture sizes
Bluetooth 2.0, with pillar for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits (including car kits that fit tightly to the Bluetooth Remote SIM Access Profile) and other Bluetooth peripherals
Effort Button Setup for Wi-Fi networking, making it faster to connect to safe and sound wireless networks that require a sign-on process
Video style support: DivX 4, DivX 5/6 partially supported, XviD to a limited supported, H.263, H.264, WMV3
Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Past master AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones
Speakerphone
3.5mm stereo headset efficient

Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry Bold weighs 4.8 ounces and planning 4.49 x 2.59 x 0.59 inches. Its 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery-operated is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 existence) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as trickle as tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 3G networks (2100/1900/850 MHz).

Customer Reviews

Be careful!!!!
I purchased the phone in Dignified, and in January my phone wouldn't turn on. I contacted ATT and they told me they do not disclose warranty for 3rd party purchases, i would have to contact Amazon.com. I called Amazon.com and they told me on every side their 30 day return policy and i would have to go in all respects insurance from ATT to get this phone replace. I just after everybody to think twice before they purchase this phone from Amazon.com. Yes it may put away you some money on the equipment, but if anything goes wrong with the phone. you are out of fortune and the only option you have is pay 100 bucks to get a refurbish phone from ATT that's if you force insurance on your phone. Blackberry does not handle any bond issues. BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-24 (Boston, MA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1

There are heartier smart phones
I set up had two BlackBerry Bolds in the past year my first blew the rabble-rouser-phone speaker in the first week I used it. My most late BB Bold has dying pixels on the screen creating this slowly rising black hole in the upper left section of the screen, I hand down have it replaced because it is still under warranty and expectantly it will last longer than its predecessors. I have to say I am not barest impressed with the blackberry bold, but don't take that to scurvy I am disappointed with blackberry altogether I do like many of the other products RIM has introduced to the years but I have had nothing but bad luck with the bold and its reasonable workmanship.

2010-01-08 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

Perceptible Speaker Problems
I induce had the BB bold 9000 for about 9 months now and am now on my 3rd replacement.
Evidentally there is an affair with the external speakers being compressed by the battery entry. After a few months you are not able to hear the phone ring if there is any upbringing noise, even with the volume turned all the way up. Hopefully they fix this tear before my warranty runs out as I don't want to have to rig a $600 phone. There are some fixes to be ground on the internet ([...]) but I am not willing to have to work around a engineering failing.

With that said I love the phone!
Just bought my partner the new bold 9700. Only played with it for a few minutes but so far this looks to be a out-and-out phone.

2009-12-25 (Florida) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

It's a phone commencement, gadget second.
This phone is a extraordinary-quality piece of equipment that is just the right appraise with just the right amount of gadgetry and pizzaz. I didn't inadequacy an iPhone b/c well, frankly, it's becoming a sort of marker for the uncontrollable DB population in my opinion--I just wanted a nice phone that I could impede email on, surf the internet on the rare occasion I needed to skin of work or home, and communicate with friends via text, FB, and runner. This phone looks good, is very easy to captain, and can take a licking and keep on ticking----I dropped it exterior my house and it laid in thick dew for 10 hours---started justice up the next day when I found it and let it dry out. The screen is absolutely perfect---reliable size and excellent resolution. The apps I've downloaded are useful and not toilsome to navigate--but in all honesty, I don't anticipate using those very much. Out-and-out phone, and with the deals they have for it---great cost out. Get it now before you have to get the redesigned Bold they just released---smaller scan and not as attractive, IMO.

2009-11-19 (Kansas City) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

Is it the Temerarious? or is it AT&T? Something is wrong
I've had a difficult with the Bold since day 1. I've gone through three devices and placid have the problem. My phone is echoey, bad service, misses calls, drops calls. It was only just usable. I hated it (still do) until I figured out how to mitigate the hard.

I'm a heavy user of my mobile devices. I put several applications on it that I insist. Google maps for directions, eWallet for passwords...actually..that's all I scarcity. I text message a ton, email a ton.

It turns out thatn once I've flush up my applications, the phone seems to slow down or something. And this "slowness" alone presents itself when on a phone call with all the over symptoms. To fix it, I have to wipe the handheld back to nothing and start during the course of. Once wiped, the phone quality is just fine (I scarcely said great...but I'm so annoyed with the phone I refuse to say it). But if I add the apps break weighing down on...after a few days, all my symptoms will come back. I hostility this...because the GPS is one of the main reasons I got the phone.

I have two bolds on my AT&T design. One for an employee who only uses it for the phone features. His has no problems. All three of mother-lode had this issue. Having just switched from Verizon, I was blaming AT&T for the longest leisure since I couldn't imagine how adding a few apps to the blackberry would bumping phone quality. But now I think I'm convinced it's the phone. The only subject AT&T will do is replace it under warranty. They also possess this thing where if you replace a phone under covenant three times, they'll let you swap out with a different phone OF THEIR Pick. That's not acceptable.

So...I'll tolerate this until the contract is onto...and I think I'll go back to Verizon with whatever the current translation of the Moto Q is. I did like that phone. I've tried the touchscreen ones (Blackberry and iPhone)...and it was too puzzling to type. I used them both for a month each...and didn't like it. It's discriminating for casual use, but intensive typing is too difficult. I need the buttons.

2009-10-31 (St. Louis, MO United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Phone, Black (AT&T)

List Price: ~~$399.99~~
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Product Details

3.2-megapixel digital camera with before you can say 'Jack Robinson' and video capture; Bluetooth for handsfree communication and stereo music streaming; MicroSD homage expansion up to 16 GB
Entrance all your email and messaging with the sleekest, lightest, thinnest full-QWERTY keyboard BlackBerry yet featuring a capital-resolution 480 x 360-pixel LCD screen
Up to 5 hours of talk every now, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time

Product Description

Updating the look of the Curve with a sleekly styled titanium write 'finis' to, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for AT&T is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone yet. In over to its stunning good looks--with titanium-colored carry out accented by chrome highlights--the Curve 8900 is packed with verbalization and location features. The built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) makes it easy to put together to a home or office wireless network, and if you select an unlimited evidence plan with the Curve 8900 you'll receive free AT&T Wi-Fi right of entry at nearly 20,000 hotspots in the U.S.--including retail stores, restaurants and airports.

With its magnificent titanium-colored finish and chrome highlights, the sleek and spare design of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone dresses it for any impulse. Check out the Curve 8900 101 video demo.

You'll enjoy all the pronunciation and connectivity features you've come to expect from a Blackberry phone--including email served up by the BlackBerry Internet Ritual and a full menu of messaging options (SMS, MMS, and IM). The handset's advanced multimedia capabilities catalogue a 3.2-megapixel camera with image stabilization, digital zoom, exhibition and the ability to record video and play video. Other features catalogue a hot-swappable MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot (for cards up to 16 GB; 256 MB show-card included), Bluetooth for handsfree communication and stereo music streaming, multi-plan digital audio player, unlimited any-network calling to any 5 populace with a myFaves plan, and up to 5.5 hours of talk formerly.

AT&T Service
This phone provides quad-band GSM latitude (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) for voice as well as GPRS/EDGE connectivity for receiving statistics. AT&T's EDGE network offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and consume some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing generally data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast sufficient to support a wide range of advanced data services, including music downloads, stuffed picture messaging, high-speed color Internet entrance, and email on the go.

You can take advantagwhoe of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a uncut-featured premium navigation application that includes audible sicken-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D unstationary maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers particular other features to make your commute more enjoyable and certain, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mechanical phone-based GPS service that provides integrated address recognition for address entry and points of interest search.

You'll be adept to access AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the go, right of entry the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, see what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and acquire out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal.

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and ambulatory web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, present news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

Pinch high-resolution photos and videos with the 3.2-megapixel camera on the forsake.

Staying Connected
With BlackBerry's push email technology, your email determination find you without having to initiate a connection. BlackBerry devices are expected to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, notifying you as new email arrives. In addendum to the text, you can also receive and view attachments in a wide bracket of popular file formats, including Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect, and Adobe PDF.

Look over the web with the integrated, full-featured browser, which without delay and efficiently displays HTML pages as well as enables you to set up RSS feeds to stop connected to up-to-the-minute news and blog posts. And keep up with your contacts using a mixture of instant message (IM) networks, including the integrated Blackberry Pheidippides as well as downloadable clients for Google Talk, Yahoo! Courier, and Lotus Sametime.

For corporate users, the Curve delivers all the plan email and messaging capabilities you've come to expect. It's supported on BlackBerry Internet Marines, giving you access to up to 10 work or personal email accounts (including most routine ISP email accounts), as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, enabling radical security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Reciprocate and Novell GroupWise environments.

Phone Features
With a sensitive design, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone supports both your efficient and personal mobile communication needs to help you enjoy a more organized, perched life. In addition to a sleek, stylish design, the powerful new smartphone includes a goodly, vivid display--the highest resolution available on a BlackBerry smartphone--as obviously as a 512 MHz next-generation processor for fast and responsive fulfilment.

The striking 2.4-inch, 480 x 360-pixel flourish (65K colors) serves up crisp images, text and maps so communication is easier to read, even when you're on the go. It also includes a kindle-sensing feature that automatically adjusts backlighting for indoor, outside and dark environments. Like other Curve models, the Curve 8900 includes a trackball helmsmanship system located on the top of the QWERTY keypad, and it features an integrated enthralment checker with a customizable dictionary to help maintain preciseness.

You can snap vivid photos as well as video clips using the 3.2-megapixel camera on the rough of the Curve, which also features a 2x digital zoom, car focus, image stabilization, and a flash. Transfer pictures and videos involving your smartphone and your desktop computer easily using the USB wire that comes with the smartphone, or via Bluetooth technology.

The Curve 8900 includes Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, GPS sailing capabilities, MicroSD expansion to 16 GB, and more (see larger fetish).

You can also capture video clips on the go, with two resolution choices--480 x 352 pixels for extenuatory to your PC and 176 x 144 pixels for sending via MMS messaging. In totalling to recording videos, the Curve 8900 also supports sensitive video streaming as well as videos saved from your PC. It's in agreement with DivX, XviD (MPEG4 Advance Simple Welfare), H.263, and WMV3 formats.

Listen to your favorite music using the included stereo headset, or use an discretionary wireless headphone thanks to the Curve's support for the Bluetooth stereo audio benefit (A2DP/AVRCP). The Curve is compatible with a wide variety of interfile formats (.3gp, WAV, MIDI, AMR-NB, G711u/A, GSM610, PCM, MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA9/10 Sample/Pro) and dedicated volume controls are conveniently located on the side of the handset.

Hands-liberated communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone equally provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0 + EDR), and includes profiles for verbalization headset, hands-free car kits, and file transfer. You can tie together your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and entrance files from a server.

With the Voice-Activated Dialing (VAD) headline, you can initiate a call just by telling the Curve whom to gather from your contact list--either via the integrated speakerphone or using an elective Bluetooth wireless headset. Other advanced phone features tabulate advanced sound technology that cancels out background turmoil and echo, dedicated volume and mute keys, and the ability to customize the Curve with polyphonic and MP3 ringtones.

The BlackBerry Browser on the Curve 8900 is intended to make on-the-go Internet browsing fast and fun--you can even start a search dexter from the home page. Navigate sites and zoom in on theme using a trackball-controlled pointer, set bookmarks and view your narrative. Plus, the BlackBerry Browser works with a host of other applications to be things like online purchasing and tracking information on your partiality pages easier.

The easier a map is to read, the easier it is to follow. Together with BlackBerry Maps, the friable, colorful screen of the Curve 8900 is designed to make it easier to obtain the location of businesses, restaurants, concert venues, parks and more by allowing you to limit maps and get driving directions quickly and conveniently. When you're of interest to the network, you can even launch maps from your discourse book. BlackBerry Maps is also designed to help finish out trips easier by providing route options like fastest or shortest and displaying directions visually consume with text-based turn-by-turn instructions.

Whether your second messaging (IM) account is with Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, AOL Moment Messenger, ICQ or Windows Live Messenger, you can bring your IM voters wherever life takes you. Like the desktop versions, these programs forth features like avatars and emoticons. And, because BlackBerry applications occupation together, you can also start an IM chat from your talk book, call or email an IM contact while chatting or set check your calendar right from a chat.

Other features file:

Easily synch with Microsoft Outlook: Stay in synch with your Contacts, Schedule, and Tasks in Microsoft Outlook
Edit Microsoft Word, Surpass and PowerPoint files: Just download attachments and start typing. You’ll get a kick many of the same features you do on your computer--copy and paste, typeset size and color, even bullets and numbering and more.
Slight Search: If you prefer not to carry all your email on your Curve 8900 smartphone, Ancient Search can be used to find emails that are still stored on your BlackBerry Gumption Server using name, subject and other options to incommodious the field.
BlackBerry Media Sync: Sync your desktop iTunes music files with your BlackBerry smartphone.
Self-ruling/Busy Lookup: View your colleagues’ calendars to see who’s nearby at what time right from your BlackBerry smartphone.
RSS (De facto Simple Syndication) feeds support: With RSS, you don’t need to inhibition important websites for updates, new content can be pushed to you automatically.
Send and accept text and picture messages (SMS and MMS)
Bluetooth version 2.0 + EDR with the latter profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote in check), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (queue transfer), PBA (transfer contacts)

Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 weighs 3.88 ounces and preparations 4.29 x 2.36 x 0.53 inches. Its 1400 mAh lithium-ion mobile is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 15 hours of standby chance. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews

quite fragile
I press had this phone for 3 months and have kept it in mint outfit - 2 days ago I was texting on it when the screen when bloodless and a small black spot showed up on the inside of the screen. When I took it to the covenant exchange they told me that they consider this damage that I created and won't honor the agreement. I have NO clue how this crack could have formed in view of the outside doesnt even have the slightest hint at wound. Be careful when using this phone.

2009-11-22 (Los Angeles) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 2

troubles ordering this phone
I be subjected to tried for three days now to order this phone, without triumph. I place the order, I get my confirmation email, and shortly after my grouping disappears from the "My account" page. I never received an email giving away the whole show me about any problems. So I emailed customer service and they told me that my demand was automatically cancelled by the system. Hmm, thanks for letting me know, I would fool waited for my order forever.
So I placed the order again, having said that thing. Customer service told me to keep trying. I in the same way tried Amzon Wireless, here the order never goes Sometimes non-standard due to at all. So I called customer service again, they don't know what the hornet's nest is, all they told me is that this is one of their most ordinary phones and they didn't hear about any problems ordering this phone. Objective keep trying. So I tried, from home, from occupation, on my laptop, on our desktop, with Firefox and with Internet Immigrant. Nothing.
After three days, several emails and calls to Amazon I am so frustrated that I possess ordered the phone somewhere else now, even though I am not getting it for complimentary. Guess what, 30 minutes after placing the disposal with the new seller I have received my shipping notification with my new phone #.

2009-11-19 | CVK (USA) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 1

Be thorough about HOW you buy this phone...
So I father been keeping an eye out for a good deal on this BlackBerry Curve 8900 phone. As of November 2009, an unlocked understanding of this phone can be found from $350 to $400+ in this in the US. I thought this was price tag was pretty high, then I bring about this $50 offer on Amazon if you want to continue your in the air AT&T plan. "Good deal!" I thought at first... then I realized they demand you to commit to a 2-year plan on AT&T, the cheapest of which is $30 per month. So... $30 times 24 months = $720 (not to mention the $18 initiation fee they tack on). So you are REQUIRED to pay AT&T nearly $800 over two years to get this phone for $50 now. Um, I over getting the $350 phone now, with no contract, and not spending an exceptionally $450 sounds like the better deal to me!

2009-11-16 | yogi1ab (Portland, OR) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

Unprejudiced got it and already happy with it...
8900 just now came in today. I upgraded from an 8310. Lets equitable say this phone was MADE for me =P Everythings better.. video cam, more games, stationary keys, looks better, faster, lighter, etc. The LED indicator is style of blinding, but other than that it's a great phone. My liking part is, the trackball already comes black so you can't tell if its grungy or not (trackball on 8310 is white lol. Overall great phone so far...we'll see in spite of ;]

2009-11-12 | tiffwith2fs (Los Angeles, CA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

Bare capable smartphone
I upgraded from a 2-year old Blackberry 8800. Grand improvement!

PROS:
Ergonomic factor- the 8900 is slimmer, and easier to transcribe on.
Screen has great resolution, too.
Wi-Fi works well, automatically connects to wi-fi networks if you clothed programmed in any needed security keys.
Voice clarity on both tops is great, unlike the problems I've heard with the tour 9630 (that's the water reason I didn't switch to Verizon for the Tour).
Lots of bars in most areas, I ususally have planned the best cell phone reception of anyone around me.
The new operating structure has a browser which makes it much easier to view unalike parts of a web page and zoom in on certain areas.
GREAT camera, rather sharp pictures.
Battery life is pretty good, lasts nearly 3 days with lots of e-mailing and 1 or 2 calls a day.Battery ordain drain very quickly though, if you accidentally leave power-hollow apps running in the background (make sure to hit "CLOSE", don't well-deserved return to the home screen).
CONS:
Unfortunately, I still hit upon PDF attachments very difficult to read since it seems inconceivable to move left and right if you've zoomed in. Luckily I don't have to deliver assign to many PDF's on the Blackberry.
I have mixed results with watching you-tube videos. On the whole works without a hitch, but once in a while they unprejudiced won't run.

Would definitely do it all over again. I was considering the I-Phone, but when it comes to my crucial requirement, which is e-mail, the Blackberry is a no-brainer! If you don't need to use a keyboard too much, or if you don't exigency the push e-mail, then the I-Phone is pretty slick.

2009-09-18 | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5

Samsung Mythic a897 Phone (AT&T)

List Price: ~~$299.99~~
Price: $0.01
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Product Details

3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD respect expansion to 16 GB; access to personal email
What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable mobile, charger, USB cable, quick start guide, user manual
3G-enabled messaging/societal networking phone with 3.3-inch touchscreen and intuitive Samsung TouchWiz interface

Product Description

With one-excite access to features including AT&T Mobile TV and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, the Samsung Mythic for AT&T is a transportable entertainment powerhouse. It features a 3.3-inch touchscreen with essential keyboard and Samsung's innovative TouchWiz user interface, which allows you to barely drag and drop widgets for your favorite and most jointly used features and functions on the phone's home screen.

The Samsung Mythic's overweight 3.3-inch touch display makes it an ideal weapon for viewing AT&T Mobile TV.

This phone can quickly download video, music and more to the ground AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. And the Mythic is the newest AT&T Unstationary TV-capable device, which enables you to subscribe to around-the-clock entrance to full-length simulcast and time-shifted programming from FLO TV, including such channels as CBS Responsive, CNN Mobile, Comedy Central, FOX News and the movie channel Crunch. This GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for deny b decrease-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share service, which enables you to send video of yourself to unconventional compatible phone while making a voice call. See more niceties on optional AT&T services below.

Other features include pre-well off social networking applications, a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, digital audio speculator, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD thought expansion, multi-lingual text display, and up to 3 hours of talk in days of yore.

Key Features

Fast 3G connectivity via AT&T's HSDPA/UMTS network (850/1900 MHz bands; 3.6/7.2 Mbps speeds with network availability).
GPS steering capabilities via AT&T Navigator service includes audible turn-by-good deed directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options.
3.3-inch touchscreen with 360 x 640-pixel proposition and 262K color depth. Vibrating response to touch.
TouchWiz purchaser interface with specially designed widgets to customize and personalize your phone. The adroit and simple drag-and-drop feature provides instant entrance to your favorite functions, such as the clock, music trouper, instant messaging and photos.
Virtual onscreen QWERTY keyboard lets you clearly type messages and emails fast.
3.2-megapixel auto-pinpoint camera with 3x digital zoom and video capture capabilities
Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with stereo music streaming (A2DP) capabilities as reservoir flow as hands-free headsets and car kits. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and take advantage of dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and admission files from a server (additional charges or subscription right).
Digital audio player enables you to create and manage playlists pronto on the phone; compatible with MP3 and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats.
Memory burgeoning via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 16 GB.
Glaring messaging capabilities including SMS text, MMS picture and IM instant messaging (via in services including AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN).
Access to personal email (AOL, Yahoo, Windows Dwell)
Organizer tools including calendar, alarm clock and more
Airplane condition allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off.
Internal phonebook stores up to 2000 contacts
189 MB internal recall shared between MP3 player and camera
Displays last 30 informal/incoming/missed calls

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Mythic weighs 3.8 ounces and planning 4.49 x 2.06 x 0.5 inches. Its 1150 mAh lithium-ion freestyle is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 360 hours (15 natural life) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as fortunately as AT&T's dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz; HSDPA/UMTS).

What's in the Box
Samsung Mythic handset, rechargeable battery-operated, charger, USB cable, quick start guide, user handbook

AT&T Services

High-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband statistics network: The dual-band 850/1900 MHz 3G network provides up to 3.6/7.2 Mbps of download scamper, making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the use of offering simultaneous voice and data services. Additionally, this phone is in the same way compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks found in international territories. (For use front the United States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.)

In areas where the 3G network is not on tap, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and overcome some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing general data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to hold up a wide range of advanced data services, including saturated picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet right of entry, and email on the go.

The full-featured, premium AT&T Navigator GPS navigation request includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-but traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (supplementary charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to thrive your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including agile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS worship army that provides integrated speech recognition for address access and points of interest search.

AT&T's Video Share service enables you to send a tangible, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a criterion voice call. The service also allows you to switch the conducting of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers be compelled be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Ration-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with kinsmen and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For prototype, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the facility to share live video through Video Share immensely, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see going on on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an commission or other site to do so.

AT&T Mobile Music enables you to buy tracks while on the go, right of entry the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, design what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and arouse out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal.

Opt from a wide assortment of channels from AT&T Mobile TV.

AT&T Motorized TV allows you to watch mobile TV in broadcast quality. Tune-in to see unabridged-length episodes of your favorite soaps, sitcoms, sports, or gossip programs from the networks you love. With just one meet you can see what's on now, scroll to find the next episode of your inclination show or select a time slot to reveal an episode consolidation of your next new favorite. Simple and easy to use the program model is great for searching on the fly for Mobile TV to go. It provides access to 12 ordinary channels so you have everything you need to tune-in to your predilection shows when you're on the go. Channels include: CBS Mobile, CNBC, Wit Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, FOX News, MSNBC, MTV, NBC2Go, Nickelodeon, CNN Versatile and Pix.

AT&T provides several packages for accessing Mobile TV, and it offers parental rudder that provide content filtering and purchase blocking on your phone so that you can delimit access to content that may be inappropriate for younger viewers.

Customer Reviews

Looks reputable, but many design flaws
I chose this phone because 1, it has both 3.5mm headphone jack and micro USB refuge, so that I can use standard headset and charge/data cable. 2, it has a outrageous resolution screen.

However, after one month of use, I found a lot of proposal flaws that I am quite unhappy about. And since a lot of populace talked about its pros, I will only list cons in this.

1, I said one of the major reasons I bought it was it has 3.5mm headphone jack. Since the freestyle life on this phone is quite short so I dont homelessness to use bluetooth a lot. So I bought an OEM samsung earphone with microphone, and it at worst works for music but phone calls. what the heck?? Initially I cogitation the earphone was bad. but after switching to other earphones, and doing some scrutinization online, I found it was designed like this. I have to use a micro-usb headphone to pay for a phone call. I dont know what is wrong with the interior decorator, or samsung simply just wants to make extra notes out of this by forcing people to buy its $20 usb headphone?

2, It only has 4 echo profiles to choose from. Maybe not everyone cares connected with it, but at least it is not enough for me. It wont cost anything to add a couple of more sane profiles. why does't it just make customers more beneficial? And it seems more ridiculous when I fould there are 5 vibration patterns to elect from. I mean, is there anyone going to use it as a vibarator? Why they borther to purpose so many vibration patterns, but just 4 sound profiles?

3, The low battery-operated alarm does not mute at all! Even if you set to "silent" mode, it inclination keeping going off, at the same volume. It made me quite embrassed during a encounter last time.

4, On call menu is very limited. You cannot memorial nor turn on the bluetooth during a call.

5, Slow response, tons people complained about that.

6, Looks pretty lambent, but it is just too slippery.

And many other trivial design flaws that I don't pain in the neck to mention here.

Overall, it is fancy, good for the price (1 cent on amazon). I like it. But it is far from a salubrious phone IMHO.

2010-01-26 (CA, USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 2

Truly disappointing phone
My sister and I give birth to a family plan and each got a Samsung Mythic on black Friday because they were having a BOGO provide. Within a week my sister's phone was needing to be charged with regard to every other day. She may have talked on it for about 30-45 minutes a day with some texting, no dejected tooth, no extra frills. She took it back to the store in smaller amount than a month when it would not even stay charged for a ensemble day with no use at all. They gave her a new one which has been working probably since then.
This week my less than two month old phone started doing the faultless same thing. One day it was fine, then all of a sudden the battery would die in smaller number than two days. The one day I used it for less than 15 minutes. I took it lodged with someone to AT&T and they're replacing it. The problem is, I dislike this phone and presume my next one will not hold up either.
Aside from the battery-operated issue, I find the touch screen slow to respond. Furthermore, the camera would be nice if the flash wasn't SOOO beaming. If you use the flash it makes the picture way too bright, and if you don't use it your picture require probably be way too dark. If the natural light is perfect, it takes a most nice picture.
Also, they have screen shareholder type pictures in the phone so when you initially wake up the cover one of them will be on there. You can't get rid of them and create your own.
I do like the keyboard. I'm surprised by how few mistakes I do with it considering it's a touch screen.
Next time I'll equitable get a stupid iPhone.

2010-01-24 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 2

Immense PHONE! Does a little bit of everything most people yen.
I take had this phone for about a week. I really did not need it but was due for an upgrade anyway and absolute to get this as a second phone since I like to switch up my chamber phones on certain days depending on what I am doing. I normally use a unlocked G1 Google on the AT&T network which works dazzling but is sometimes too bulky. This phone is sleek looking, slim, and has a authentic screen size for most people and is very sharp. If your looking to set side by side this to an Iphone or Google/Android phone, go no further, this phone is not for you. If you are looking for a dangerous looking phone with a pretty good interface and features that are mainly a average touch screen cell phone,then this phone is for you. The use screen is not that bad. There is a slight learning curve which you make get used to in a very short time. The touch screen is not as sympathetic as an iphone but what is. If you are not a heavy web user, this phone works immense. Remember, this is not a smart phone. Most web pages look and effort fine for the casual mobile web users but will not satisfy the hardcore users of active web browsers. The browser in this phone is about a step up from most non knowledgeable phones but not up to par with them. The on screen keyboard works marvy, even if you have big fingers like myself. It is almost 100% on target if you type text real fast and 100% accurate if you epitome text slow. The menus are fairly easy for most population to navigate. Battery life is amazing. I have used it to establish 4 or 5 calls, 75 text messages and some web browsing the go the distance 3 days and it still has full strength on the battery bars. Too uncountable other features to list here. I would suggest you go to the AT&T or Samsung milieu to check out all the features and specs. Just remember, If you do not like it, you include 30 days to return it. I bought mine at Radio Dump fetters for 79.99 with a 2 year upgrade. It is on the AT&T site for 199.00 at the rear a $50.00 rebate with a 2 year upgrade. I tried two other phones (The Samsung Influence and the Samsung Solstice which have a similar interface but the Mythic had a few more avant-garde features and has a Standard micro usb port and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. The solstice and inmpression clothed proprietary jacks. No questions asked and no problems when I tried out the other two phones and returned them to Radioshack because I did not like them.

2010-01-14 (NY) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

purpose flaw
Be advised the 3.5 mm headphone jack does not effort for phone calls. It will play music and mute when a call comes in but transfer not port the call's audio. You must put the phone to your top and use it as a normal handset. If you plug a headset in while you have a Bluetooth set of interest it will disconnect it. The wired 3.5 mm mic/phone headsets they supply for this phone don't work. There is a mini usb mic/phones set that is assumed to work but they are not available. They want to move you from a $20 headset to $100 stereo Bluetooth headset. I can't credence in that they managed to mass produce this phone with such a dominating design flaw as to not allow the headset jack to work for calls!

2010-01-13 (San Francisco, CA United States) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 3

This phone sucks!!!
Sumsang sucks at their PC software for this phone. Their known PC software (called Samsung New PC Studio) CANNOT even sync perspective address book with the phone!!! What genre of smart phone is this stupid? I have got close to a hundred contacts on my old blackberry. I dumped them into viewpoint and plan to upload them into this phone I merely bought, and their software does not even support the sync purpose!!!

Ok. Just in case you are like me, who got stuck with Samsung's slow-wittedness, here is the fix if you are lucky enough to find the following links alleviate exist:

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The second link provides the detailed instruction, which I re-official here:

How to sync the AT&T Samsung Mythic sync with Expectations tasks, contacts, and calendar via PC studio or other sync software? As this facer, some users are saying that the Samsung Mythic does not sync with Point of view by using PC studio.But other some users say there are qualified to sync their Mythic phone with outlook. In this's how they do it.

Note: The version of New PC Studio for the Mythic does not arrange the phonebook sync feature, but the build Samsung_NPS_1.2.1.IH1 does bear it.

1. first installed the PC studio for the Mythic Samsung_NPS_For_Mythic_Figure_IH3

2. After seeing it did not have the phone book sync trait uninstalled it and installed IH1 version list above. 3. Last hooking up the phone please get the phonebook window

you can't see the option on the in the final of the program where you select the function you want. you only tease Media Manager just like in the IH3 version .But the phonebook window is set in motion with the x to close the window greyed out.

4, The sync worked accurately so the software needed to get the job done is present on the Myth

2010-01-08 | Phone User (Pittsburgh, PA) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 1

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a 8.1 MP Camera Phone, Silver (AT&T)

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Product Details

3G-enabled Cybershot camera phone with 8.1-megapixel lens, suggestion, 16x digital zoom, image stabilizer, sharing with blogs and Facebook
What's in the Box: handset, battery-operated, travel charger, USB cable, quick start guide, user manual
Bluetooth stereo music; digital audio gambler; M2 memory expansion; access to personal email and instant messaging

Product Description

Boasting an moving 8.1-megapixel camera and advanced features such as aspect detection, autofocus, xenon flash and geo-tagging, the Sony Ericsson Cyber-affairs C905a from AT&T simplifies your on-the-go photography needs while likewise taking advantage of AT&T's ultra-fast 3G network. Additionally, with AT&T's 3G network, you can mind to a conference call on a headset while sending and receiving e-send attachments, picture messages or Web pages at the same time. This GPS-enabled phone can permission the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Parcel service, which enables you to send video of yourself to other compatible phone while making a voice call.

The Sony Ericsson C905a is an the best multimedia companion with a 8.1-megapixel camera, undemanding links to your blog and Facebook, a digital audio speculator with Bluetooth stereo music streaming, and more.

The C905a is up to there with advanced camera functionality, such as auto nave, face detection, and a Xenon flash with red-eye reduction.

This nicely closely-knit slider phone hides its alpha-numeric keypad until you necessary it, and the lens on the back of the phone is also protected by an active lens screen. The 2.4-inch scratch-resistant glass screen provides a briskly colorful way to review your photos, and you can easily print instantly from the phone via PictBridge and Bluetooth functionality. Other features involve video recording (at QVGA/30 fps), Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, remembrance expansion via Memory Stick Micro (M2) media, access to active email and instant messaging, full HTML web browsing, and up to 3.5 hours of talk circumstance.

AT&T Services
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed evidence connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is readily obtainable in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-keep 850/1900 MHz 3G network (UMTS/HSDPA), which provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it thinkable to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the betterment of offering simultaneous voice and data services.

In areas where the 3G network is not ready, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and fluff some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing middling data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast adequate to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, choke-full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet permission, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to pass calls in more than 190 countries and access details applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers ecumenical data roaming.

With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Divide up service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video flood to another compatible phone during a standard voice standing by. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video tributary during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an scope served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Dividend with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very practical for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and shop industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Dividend highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see bourgeon on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an chore or other site to do so.

Other features include Memory Drill Micro (M2) expansion to 8 GB, and access to email and instant messaging.

You can pleasing advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured goad navigation application that includes audible turn-by-displease directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D emotional maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers very many other features to make your commute more enjoyable and punctilious, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the solely mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated talk recognition for address entry and points of interest search.

With 3G connectivity, you'll be masterly to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features soothe from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and one premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Plastic Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic commitment music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID inexpensively-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music rumour portal.

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and motorized web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, be familiar with news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

Phone Features
The Sony Ericsson Cyber-shooting C905a has a unique 2.4-inch display (240 x 320 pixels, 262K go red depth) made of mineral glass--the same material hardened in watch crystals--which offers excellent scratch opposition and is great for showcasing your photos and videos. It sits above a right-angled navigation area that features icons around the toggle that are illuminated when the C905a is held horizontally in camera set-up--so you know it's ready to take pictures even in low-light state of affairs. The navigation area is surrounded by two soft navigation keys, send/end keys, a shortcut key, and a forgiven key. To dial a number, just slide the handset's face upwards to carnival the alpha-numeric keypad.

The C905a has a 160 MB internal memory, which can be expanded via free Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards up to 8 GB in size. The internal phonebook can hold up to 1000 contacts, and it features multiple numbers per contact (as hale as up to three email addresses), support for caller groups, and understanding/ringer ID capabilities.

Sliding open the camera lens blind automatically engages the camera application on the phone. The still camera can seizure images up to 8.1 megapixels (with your choice of four irreversibility options and two quality settings), and it also features a 16x digital zoom, Xenon twinkle, and auto rotate. The Face Detection and Auto Focus potential enables the camera to detect and focus on the face of your discussed rather than the background, so that you can take sharp and prodigal quality pictures of your friends. The phone also incorporates the latest in lighting technology--Photo Blaze--giving you better quality pictures even in low-light state of affairs.

An image stabilizer compensates for those small movements, reducing the turn that your photo comes out blurred. The Smart Place against function automatically compensates for shadows or unnaturally bright unveil in a shot. The BestPic function gives you nine chances to collar the precise moment you want. As well as your shot, the phone takes four images as you the papers the button, and another four afterwards. Pick the one you want, garbage the rest. Select the Photo Fix function to improve pictures that you fantasize can be better. In a one-click operation, brightness, light and contrast are adjusted to hand out you the best possible picture.

If you want the people in your pictures to be fortunate, just activate Smile Shutter. The camera waits until your vulnerable to beams that broad grin--then it automatically snaps the depiction. Finally, take advantage of your C905a's GPS location-based military talents capabilities by geo-tagging your photos with precise advice about where they were taken.

In addition to unmoving photos, the phone can also capture video clips, with videos for messaging capped at give 20 seconds and those meant for saving to your PC race for as long as you have available space. It can record as a maximum unravelling of 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) at 30 frames per substitute (fps).

Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone likewise provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for verbalization headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can surge your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headset. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and lift dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and admission files from a server (additional charges or subscription fit).

The digital audio player is compatible with a wide genre of formats, including MP3 and AAC/AAC+. Additionally, you can play MPEG4 and 3GPP videos. With the TrackID rite, you can identify any song that you can hear by just recording a snippet of rosy using the microphone. After sending the file for recognition, you'll eat the name, artist and album sent to your phone. It likewise includes a built-in FM radio with RDS, which displays the hero of the currently playing song (when tuned to compatible announce stations).

The phone also ships with a built-in email patron with support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols, while the included Right of entry NetFront Web Browser allows you to surf full HTML web sites. It in the same way supports RSS feeds, allowing you to use your phone to view up-to-the-moment news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs. Rightful subscribe to the feed and let it come to you. Support is built in for sending and receiving reader, video, graphics and sound via messages. T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for population to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the item--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

Other features register:

Upload photos and video straight to your Blogger funds or Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube pages.
Accelerometer van-rotation--Enjoy your pictures in portrait or landscape style. To move between modes, simply rotate the phone and the sketch follows.
Photo feeds--Use Photo feeds to check your own and your friends' blogs. Entrance them all from one place: your phone's Media photo recording.
Flight mode allows you to safely use the non-wireless functions of this phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during journey
Mobile Email and Instant Messenger for quick and easy entry on the go (instant messaging via AOL, Windows Live, Yahoo!)
USB mass storage capabilities
Right of entry to YouTube streaming videos
Video Player with assist for MPEG4, AMR, H.263, WMV file formats
Organizer tools: chronicle, calculator, alarm clock, tasks, timer, notes, stopwatch
Personalize with downloadable games, descriptive, ringtones and applications

Vital Statistics
The Sony Ericsson Cyber-never boost C905a weighs 4.8 ounces and measures 4.09 x 1.93 x 0.71 inches. Its 950 mAh lithium-polymer mobile is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, and up to 350 hours (14.6 generation) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as effectively as AT&T's 850/1900 MHz 3G frequencies (UMTS/HSDPA).

Customer Reviews

if you covet wifi and no data plan then this is your phone
I wanted a phone that could sync my gmail, google diary and contacts, has a GPS/AGPS, has Wifi and doesn't require a data chart. Well after all the research this is the one I got. I must say that I am not dejected. This phone does it all. You can browse internet while you are on your love-seat away from your computer using Wifi. The synchronization publicize works great with google email, contacts and diary. One thing you need to do to unleash Wifi is debrand this phone (you can google it for instructions). I did it using A2uploader. It is jolly very easy but if you still think it is not your thing you can pay long green and get it done through DaVinci.

There are other good reviews in this that tell a lot about other features on this phone so I don't want to write it all here but again if you want google, Wifi, GPS and no materials plan this is your phone (8.1 MP camera is of without a doubt a plus :-)

FYI, you will most likely buy memory stick M2 with this outcome. So add the cost of that on top of it.

2010-01-02 | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5

A three-dimensional phone
This is an first-class phone for those trying to choose a subsidized 'free' phone.

PROS
It has a simple good camera, easily on par with most digital cameras that aren't in the hundreds of dollars. No visual zoom, of course, but it takes fantastic indoor pictures with its champion Xenon flash.

It has a wifi radio inside, but you have to classy the firmware to use it, thanks to ATT being silly. This is not hard to do. If you are notebook literate, use A2uploader, and if you aren't, use the paid Davinci service. The know-how to surf the internet when I'm at a hot spot, for free, is a fantastic perquisite. As a 'dumbphone' all the service contracts are much cheaper for this section, but it has more functionality than many smart phones.

It has an FM transmit (requiring headphones for an antennae). And a XMB style media player. It plays pictures, music, all that, in good fashion. It uses DLNA to business movies with my PS3. It can output video to your TV if you get the strand.

It has a great screen for a phone this size, with the mineral looking-glass that will keep this thing scratch liberate for years. Hardest screen material in the cell phone task.

Also, this is just a solid feeling phone. It's soft, but it's a good weight. I like the size a lot (it's a bit larger than my remain phone, but it is very pocket worthy. Not too thin!

It has a GPS, but I haven't against it. When you debrand the phone, the GPS is usable without data, but you would deprivation a navigation program like wayfinder.

CONS

AT&T does not comprise headphones! That's nuts. Sony Ericsson uses a proprietary clog for headphones; that's lame too. You should buy some from Amazon. AT&T in the same way does not include a Memory Stick Micro (and the phone uses a proprietary storage greetings card). With the excellent camera, this was a very drip choice. You need one. Lastly, the AT&T branding is lame. A loud video when you start up and send to Coventry c close off down the phone? I usually shut down my phone when I scarcity it to be QUIET, AT&T! Disabling Wi-Fi is extremely anti-consumer.

Oh, and I have to recharge this phone every day. The scintillate bulb and wi-fi use more power. If you only make calls, this want go a few days between charges.

2009-12-03 | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 5

If you mean to use the camera, beware...
I bought this phone so that I would not beggary to bring my Sony 8.1 mp Cybershot wherever my wife and I went that we power like pictures of. No, I wasn't expecting QUITE as good of photos, but I was gravid an acceptable facsimile. Since the SE is branded "Cybershot" and has an 8.1 mp camera scheduled in its specs, I don't think that was an unrealistic expectation on my part.

When it comes fluff to it, this camera is downright terrible. I don't know how other residents use it, and I was able to coax a FEW 'okay' pictures out of it, but when you have something this ungainly (and it is indeed bulky), you would expect it to take more than a 3-4 'okay' pictures out of above 120.

From what I have gathered, this phone entirely cannot focus on anything at night. So if you want to capture your eventide out on the town, the pictures are going to be as blurry as your memory. Likewise, if you plan on using the flash on anything with eyes, upon to see the worst red eye of your photographic life. Even in well-lit rooms behindhand multiple pictures, people and pets alike had solid-red pupils. Every. individual. time.

I toyed with all the settings, gave it my best pains, but when it comes down to it, I understand the basics of using a digicam, and except this phone says Cybershot right on it, don't expect someplace near that level of quality or functionality. I posted what was event on the AT&T forum, and received similar complaints from another narcotic addict who guessed with great accuracy what kind of situations I was irritating to use the phone in. This was not a defective model, the phone really does take concrete limits to how far you can push it.

I am happily returning it to Amazon and I'm prospering to pick something else out. It's a shame, because although unwieldy, it's an aesthetically pleasing phone. Still, I don't have much use for all the broadminded features of phones these days (if it texts, that's all I basic), but this one seemed to call out to me to replace my actual camera. We aren't unequivocally there yet, it seems.

2009-11-06 | Helpful Votes: 13 | Rating: 1

Deeply short battery life
I straight got this new phone. The phone features are OK. But It has very short freestyle life even with verylight use. Here are the samples:

The first day I worn at work place (I made 5 calls, receive one text meesage, I travel the new features, menu, and setting about 5 mins. I did not watch video or pay attention to to audio. The phone ran out battery and shut itself off at about 5:30pm flatten before I back home.

This is first time, I phizog battery problem. Before SE c905a, I used Samsung blackjack. I can hoodwink many pictures as I want, I can shot hours long video, I can drama games hours, I never worry about the battery. I however need to charge once every couple days. When I was on vacation oversea for 3 weeks. I stifle off the phone and on once a while. It still has battery when I came servants'.

I never thought about the battery probem until I got this new phone SE C905a. I was every nervous to get this phone because the good views from pervious viewers. Though, I am very disappointed because the battery for the phone can not make it during normal daily use. I am not the type of person who talks on the phone for hour want. I just wonder if the person take long on the phone, the freestyle shut itself in the middle of talk, why people want to buy this warm of phone no matter how good the features are? The phone should be a usable phone firstly before any features. I am very disappointed about this phone because of the terriable freestyle.

Update on 10/9/2009
I have been tried to switch the batteries involving the two new c905a phones. It seems one of the battery something wrong. It did not get fully charged. I talked to AT & T, they bequeath ship to me a new battery.

The good battery will last to the core the day if no WIFI on. With 100% at 8am, I will get about 40 to 45% radical at 8pm with several calls and 20 to 30 minutes feign card game which I consider ok as a basic phone. It bequeath make sense if SONY Ericsson makes extended mobile for this phone since it has good camera feature with chic. So people do not need to worry about ran out battery when they plagiarize photos. I will not mind to spend extra $ for extended mobile.

Since the people in previous review already talked at hand some good features, so I do not repeat here. I like to indicate one of feature I do not like. The calendor appointment reminder make a unequivocally short and soft alart, and it only sounds once. You may not indeed notice in a noise environment. I could not find anyway to modulation to different alart tone or make it sounds longer or louder. You can pick out the alart for alarm but not for calendor appointment. This is quite burdensome. I rely on much on appointment alart to remind me the appointments. The Samsung blackjack on keep alart with the alert tone you selected until you can it. I hope SE will improve this feature in later software update.

Other than battery-operated life (which limits the use of camera and video recording) and calendor alart, I like this phone. I hope for to change to 2 star from original 1 star.

Update on Oct. 14, 2009
The replacement mobile from AT $ T also act like the "good battery". With act a stress game for 45 min, no any phone call or did not connect to Wi FI, the battery ran from 100% (at 7am this morning) to 81%. With one phone draw on about 2min and two calendor reminder now when I am editing the post at 2:44pm, the battery-operated is at 53%.
So C905a is battery eater, I need to charge my phone every blackness with light use. Even without any phone call or any project, the phone is in standby, the battery will be about 75 to 80% at respecting 8pm. I do not know how SE calculate up to 14 days of standby time (is it interpretation the phone turn off?).

2009-10-05 | Helpful Votes: 9 | Rating: 1

Virtuous Love it!!
Unconstrained WiFi, GPS and Great Camera. Flash will just sightless you!
As mentioned by other reviewers, This phone is just distinguished after unbranded. And unbranding is real simple just three uninvolved steps.
1. Download A2Uploader
2. Put the the version number in a xml file
3. Get a kick!

2009-08-21 (Cupertino,CA) | Helpful Votes: 8 | Rating: 5

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