'Both carriers' phones are short on multimedia features.'
'this certainly applies to the design of the entire BlackBerry 8700 series.'
'Verizon Wireless customers can use their BlackBerry 8703e handset as a modem and get BroadbandAccess on Verizon Wireless' award-winning Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network.'
'the EDGE speeds of the BlackBerry 8800 seemed pokey'
'Text editing also benefits greatly from the ability to zoom around with one quick motion of the thumb on the trackball, rather than having to click a dozen times on a d-pad or nudge a joystick around for a minute.'
'The level of serious multimedia support is woefully inadequate, bringing to mind the audio/video "support" seen on the Palm devices of two or three years ago.'
'Stylus It is the typical Sony skinny stylus: uncomfortable for larger fingers and made less comfortable because it retracts to a smaller size'
'A scroll wheel and two directional arrow buttons below the screen promise easy, one-hand navigation--but they aren't implemented as thoroughly as they could be.'
'No wireless technologies are present on this device: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GSM / GPRS are all missing, leaving the cradle connection and IR as the only means of interacting with the unit.'
'Write letters naturally and Decuma handwriting recognition software matches characters instantly for fast and easy data input.'