I'm Francesca. I like reviewing and hey, if I can make a little spare change doing it, then even bet...
I'm Francesca. I like reviewing and hey, if I can make a little spare change doing it, then even better. I've updated and improved a lot of my older reviews, so please take a look. I can also be found on Dooyoo, under the same name :) x
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As far as I'm aware this phone is available in many colours including blue, red, black and pink. I know there's definitely pink as this is the one I chose, it was free on a £20 O2 contract. I chose the phone honestly because it was the only pretty pink phone on the market, I find some slightly tacky but this had a little class and personlity. However, even though my reason of chose was superficial, I was soon to find out just how good a BlackBerry was.
The actual phone is nice to hold, the buttons aren't too small and neither is the screen. It's not one of these silly thin phones or touch phones, I can feel the buttons I press and I can fee the phone in my hand. The numbers are set out as normal but the keyboard is like a computer and follows the QWERTY layout. I found the keyboard hard to use at first but soon grew fond of it, I'm a fast typer on the computer so I was soon using this to my advantage and became an equally fast texter. As well as texting, this phone also allows you to e-mail and better yet, recieve e-mail which is great if you're expecting something important.
The phone also has camera and video features, to be honest these aren't the best features the phone has to offer but I guess it had to lack something. The camera is just 2MP which is nothing compared to the new phones on the market that start off at 5MP and even 8MP. The videos come out slightly blurry and the flash is very bright and not high tech t all. Saying all this, I have taken a few good shots so it's not all bad.
The memory on this phone is not a lot but mine came with a free memory card, I'm sure most do so this is an advantage because some memory cards retail at over £10. This allows you to store more pictures, e-mails, videos, texts and music. A great feature of the phone is the roller ball, similiar to the ball found in old computer mouses, this makes viewing texts and web pages easier as you can scroll much quicker saving time, so this really helps you navigate around the phone.
With smart phone, you can add applications such as MSN, Facebook and MySpace, maeaning instead of going onto the internet each time and typing in the web address and then logging into your various networks, you can simply click on the application and then your chosen page is laid out in a mobile friendly page. This way you can do what you usually do on the computer but in a phone friendly way. Many applications are free to add, so that's one less thing you need to pay for.
You can also get GPS as one of the applications. It works really well and so if you need directions or can't afford a Sat Nav for the car, this is the app for you. One slight downside is that it takes a long time sometimes to find a sattelite which is needed so the GPS can locate where you are, no a good thing if you're in a rush.
The battery life is realy good, one charge overnight usually lasts me 3-4 days depending on how much I use it during this time. What annoys me is the annoying flashing light that lets me know it needs charging, suely the bttery would last longer if there was no light but I guess the ligt is better than a constant vibration or tone.
One last thing that I don't get is that when you're on very low battery, instead of just switching off, the phone first switches off the mobile network meaning your phone is still on and working but you can no longer make or recieve calls/texts. What's the point in that? Just switch off! The whole point of the phone is to make calls, why stay on and make me believe that I still have enough battery to make calls when I actually don't! Excuse my rant, I just needed to get it off my chest. But apart from this, it really is the best phone I've had in a while and I do recommend it.
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U-Bop 3.5mm Stereo Hands-free Headset provides superior stereo sound quality and handles more
both phone calls and your music. Superior sound quality with extended bass and sound isolation Music-to-Mobile feature mutes music for phone calls One touch answer/end button pauses your music and answers calls.Brought to you byU-BopThe Accessories Boutique
Advantages: SureType half-QWERTY keyboard fantastic for texting, WiFi browsing, Applications, thin build Disadvantages: No 3G, poor camera, need to pay £5pm for BlackBerry Internet when not in WiFi area
Feb 16th, 2009
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