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tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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The 8520 has a poor camera. It lacks a led flash and it's got fixed focus. I would recommend you a 8900 instead.
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TruffleHunterSnortBeast
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From: Nuneaton
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On 2010-11-11 04:26:00, tranced wrote:
The 8520 has a poor camera. It lacks a led flash and it's got fixed focus. I would recommend you a 8900 instead.
But the 8900 is not free for £10 p/m on Virgin
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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I know I know.
What are the other options available?
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seboy81
Joined: Feb 11, 2005
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From: Stoke - on - trent, West midla
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Finally i can show a interest to join the exclusive Esato BB Club, if you guys will have me of course lol
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On 2010-11-12 16:50:11, TruffleHunterSnortBeast wrote:
On 2010-11-11 04:26:00, tranced wrote:
The 8520 has a poor camera. It lacks a led flash and it's got fixed focus. I would recommend you a 8900 instead.
But the 8900 is not free for £10 p/m on Virgin
8900 is a good entry device, but any model with trackball I cannot condone - trackballs get issues 7mths down the road and many wireless providers are not supporting that worn hardware I've noticed lately - a real cop-out if you ask me.
8520 as a device not bad, camera piss-poor. Look for Bold 9700 minimum or something similar.
Cons of BB:
Media … if you're expecting 720p Video recording; forget it currently no model supports this.
Video playback is decent, 480x360 resolution @ 30fps in H.264 or MP4 format is optimal - specifically if it can play on 3GS then it'll play on Bold 9700.
Yet this device is not ideally suited for Video playback or recording - 480x320 @ 30fps is not too bad to share on a small tablet or send as a "quickview" over email. Again this is NEVER going to be your video editing device and shouldn't be … that's what a HandyCam is for - regardless of what the newer top-tier hardware devices can do with 720P.
Music streaming 9700/9800/9780 over WLAN with BB6 is SWEET, and over Slacker, etc, or internal MP3's with the right headset is VERY solid … internal DSP makes personal music listening an enjoyment.
* Auto More/More ALL or Get Images for concantenated emails is mildly annoying if you've never used emails heavily on any other OS … but it does emails superbly vs the competition … Apple is NOT ready in current state to properly handle marketing sales of iPhone for corporate deployment - maybe to CIO's but to true die-hard email users … ability to search remotely ANY emails in ANY folder (heck I can do this with GMAIL on my BB for personal BIS) CANNOT be done on iPHone currently and remember Apple has ALWAYS relied on Microsoft for proper PIM management.
Pros" well you already know this going through the pages or choosing a BB> You need to decide HOW you use a smartphone for NOW and down the foreseeable road for immediate future.
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p900 lover
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What is a reliable BB housing supplier, i would like original and not crap from ebay. |
Nanu
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On 2011-02-20 00:17:27, p900 lover wrote:
What is a reliable BB housing supplier, i would like original and not crap from ebay.
I have used cnn.cn many a time and have yet to be disappointed! 
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Dups!
Joined: Sep 24, 2006
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Looking forward to the Dakota. My next two phones are the Arc and Dakota.
Been looking for a replacement for my P1i and the Dakota is brilliant for that purpose. The 9700 failed at replacing my P1i, the phone is used very rarely and I am contemplating selling it. I hated the Torch for its slide-out QWERTY keypad. I just hate sliders of any form.
Aah, the joys of using two lines 
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Dups!
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Looking forward to the Dakota. My next two phones are the Arc and Dakota.
Been looking for a replacement for my P1i and the Dakota is brilliant for that purpose. The 9700 failed at replacing my P1i, the phone is used very rarely and I am contemplating selling it. I hated the Torch for its slide-out QWERTY keypad. I just hate sliders of any form.
Aah, the joys of using two lines
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Dups!
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Looking forward to the Dakota. My next two phones are the Arc and Dakota.
Been looking for a replacement for my P1i and the Dakota is brilliant for that purpose. The 9700 failed at replacing my P1i, the phone is used very rarely and I am contemplating selling it. I hated the Torch for its slide-out QWERTY keypad. I just hate sliders of any form.
Aah, the joys of using two lines
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Dups!
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Looking forward to the Dakota. My next two phones are the Arc and Dakota.
Been looking for a replacement for my P1i and the Dakota is brilliant for that purpose. The 9700 failed at replacing my P1i, the phone is used very rarely and I am contemplating selling it. I hated the Torch for its slide-out QWERTY keypad. I just hate sliders of any form.
Aah, the joys of using two lines
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Dups!
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Looking forward to the Dakota. My next two phones are the Arc and Dakota.
Been looking for a replacement for my P1i and the Dakota is brilliant for that purpose. The 9700 failed at replacing my P1i, the phone is used very rarely and I am contemplating selling it. I hated the Torch for its slide-out QWERTY keypad. I just hate sliders of any form.
Aah, the joys of using two lines
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Dups!
Joined: Sep 24, 2006
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From: GMT +2
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Looking forward to the Dakota. My next two phones are the Arc and Dakota.
Been looking for a replacement for my P1i and the Dakota is brilliant for that purpose. The 9700 failed at replacing my P1i, the phone is used very rarely and I am contemplating selling it. I hated the Torch for its slide-out QWERTY keypad. I just hate sliders of any form.
Aah, the joys of using two lines
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
p900 lover
Joined: Jan 08, 2004
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From: London
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I have just got a 9700 as a replacement for my broken 8900 and am wondering is there a way to keep my old pin? a way of transferring contact ect? |
Nanu
Joined: Feb 18, 2006
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There is no way of keeping your old pin...
Well there is,  but it involves a work and is illegal.
You can set up the 9700 to be exactly like your 9800 with regards to the data, but only if you started the device transfer wizard before releasing the 8900...
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