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Reviewer: Grant - South Africa
Date: 3rd Apr 2008

What a fantastic phone! At last a serious piece of equipment without all the gadgets that never get used. This is not a teenage toy like so many phones have become, but an intelligent & well thought product that increases productivity. My work efficiency has increased dramatically from having this phone. Every time I wonder if I can dial a number contained within an SMS message with one click of the wheel or jump to a specific item somewhere else on my phone the answer is always, yes! A design masterpiece in both concept & style. To those people complaining about not being able to use the small keyboard because they have sausage fingers, you're obviously not working hard enough.

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Reviewer: Colin Mcauley - Lisburn, UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

The Blackberry 8800 is great. It is easy to use although.

- The keys are very close for my sausage fingers.
- Bluetooth not working with another phone is a REAL PAIN.
- The voice dialling button is too convenient & can be presses by accident when unit is not locked.

The case is very nifty.

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Reviewer: Anne-marie - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

My mum recently purchased this phone & she loves it. There have been a few problems however:

The Bluetooth would not work between other mobile phones & after complaining about this found out that Blackberries cannot receive data unless it is sent from another Blackberry (very annoying).

There are no spaces between the keys which makes any typing rather difficult, but manageable after a few days.

Overall the phone seems very good & is very pleasing on the eyes (the cool little cover is also a nice touch).

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Reviewer: Andy - Leeds, UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

I got this phone last Wednesday & I think it rocks. I was put of by it having no camera but looked at my old phone & saw I only had 1 pic on it so no real loss. Email set up was a walk in the park no shock there. The bb maps was not working at first but then noticed I needed to type in my tcp works fine now. I found the menus were a bit boring past the first two main ones. But I soon found software to jazz them up. I think as time go's on there be more & more apps for the 8800 & for the gps. Garmin is now out for the bb which looks good as it has all the maps on so no data downloads. There is talk of tomtom been reformatted for the bb so hope that comes out soon. All in all this is my first bb I have had htc, Nokia, Sony/Ericsson, moto the lot & I cant see my self changing from blackberry now. The 8800 has speed & power & endless battery life. The phone works in harmony at end of the day rim hardware rim software. Typing is easy after learning to trust the keys. I could go on & on but to sum it up SPOT ON!

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Reviewer: Daniel - UK
Date: 17th Oct 2007

This phone is great, it rocks, it is perfection re-defined & it is a mobile office.

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Reviewer: Sushil - West London, UK
Date: 23rd Sep 2007

Well I have this phone, I only got it on Friday. It's so good the fact that it has an Internet but the sad thing is that it doesn't have an integrated camera which is a real shame really because I love phones which have camera.

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Reviewer: Larry Watson - London, UK
Date: 12th Sep 2007

Some people think the Blackberry 8800 is a move forward from the 8700 (size, features etc). I have extensively used the following Blackberry's: 7290, 8700, 8800, 8100 & 8300. The company policy at my organization prevents the camera from working so having a camera (or not) is not an issue for me.

Out of all the Blackberry's I listed I must state that the 8800 is the worst Blackberry that I have used to date. Yes, it has an updated browser & capabilities from the 8700 & is leaps 'better' than the 7290, but it just plain loses it when it comes to usability.

The main purpose of a Blackberry is to quick & easy typing! The 8800 does not have any space between the keys which makes it very difficult to type compared to any other Blackberry on the market. This is something that was 'corrected' in the 8300.

Take a pass on the 8800. Why else would you be getting a full keyboard mobile if you we're going to be using it for a lot of emails? Stick with the 8700 or go for the 8300.

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Reviewer: Mini - UK
Date: 21st Aug 2007

I have to travel loads so I need to have a Blackberry.

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Reviewer: A Happy User - UK
Date: 14th Aug 2007

This phone has a good design but it's a let down with no camera! Everything else rocks though :)

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Reviewer: Mini - UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

I have to say I need a new BlackBerry & would not consider any other handset or manufacture for my business needs, this 8800 is a very well equipped Smartphone but I may wait & get the Wi-Fi model which is the 8820 & it will be very popular in my London office. I travel far too much with my work & I have to have a BlackBerry as they have never let me down before. Don't get me wrong I have to have a BlackBerry for business needs but I am a Moto & Sony Ericsson fan for my weekend phones.

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Reviewer: Terry - US
Date: 12th Jul 2007

This phone is great.

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Reviewer: Tanya Bolden - Atlanta, GA, US
Date: 12th Jul 2007

I bought this phone for my husband, & he just loves it! The built in GPS features are awesome. It is indeed worth every penny. Only minus, no camera. But who really buys a phone for the camera features?

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Reviewer: Mobitique - Ashkala, Barbados
Date: 10th Jul 2007

Perfection re-defined!

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Reviewer: Kristy Macdonald - Fraserburgh, UK
Date: 29th May 2007

This phone rocks!



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