When I saw on BBCool that the Blackberry 8820 is about to be released, I got slightly worried. The article reported that the phone will combine GPS and wifi in one unit, which as far as I can tell is a first for Blackberry devices. If this phone had a camera, I would have been annoyed because it would be my dream phone – and I just bought my Curve 8310 for $330. But when I checked it out on Gizmodo, sure enough, no camera. A lot of commenters seemed to like that, saying that their employers don’t allow camera phones. Only one person pointed out that the Blackberry camera can be disabled at the enterprise level by administrators. I don’t want a phone without a camera; I first had one with my Color Sidekick (man that thing was crap) and I love it. In fact, the Curve’s camera is so good (2MP) that I haven’t used my regular camera since I got the phone – nothing I’ve taken a picture of has been that important. So even though the 8820 will have both GPS and wifi, it’s not for me.
And neither is the upcoming Curve 8330. It doesn’t have wifi. What’s it take to get a quality smartphone with GPS, wifi, and camera?
by Blackberry Phone Fan
27 Jun 2008 at 16:57
Based on what you’ve described the recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9000 looks like it might really be the phone of your dreams once it comes out later this summer. Aside from the WiFi it sounds like your Curve serves you well though so maybe by the time you’re ready to replace it the Bold will have dropped in price.