TAG | Telstra boldly launches the BlackBerry Bold... first |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 18 August 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Also included is a better browser that now shows you the
width of a web page zoomed right out. Using the smooth trackball, which
seems to have a bit of added texture when scrolling it, a tiny arrow
mouse cursor appears, letting you glide the arrow across the screen. So, while the browser is a massive improvement it’s just a shame the BlackBerry doesn’t have a touch screen as well as the trackball to more easily manipulate the web. I guess I’m simply too used to the iPhone and thus see most competing phones through iPhone shaped rose coloured glasses! The BlackBerry Bold’s keyboard is also excellent, nice and relatively large keys, all well shaped and an absolute pleasure to type on with two thumbs. But as Steve Jobs explained when he introduced the iPhone in the first place, those keys take up a lot of space which could instead be given to screen space – it’s a shame there isn’t some reliable “slider” mechanism that could unveil a larger screen if desired (giving you the option of typing on a smaller screen or a larger one). In addition, with the slider enabled, if such a thing existed, any future phone would then still need to be properly balanced. However these are problems for the next generation of BlackBerry phones to worry about, as the current Bold version has no such slide and is but a figment of my sci-fi addled imagination. The back of the phone also has a camera and a faux-leather type feel, giving it a nice, bold, executive look. All in all it’s the best BlackBerry yet, and with existing BlackBerry users or new converts sure to be happy to captain this new model. Continued on page 3. |
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